Sorochan Steals One From the Huskies (video)
GAME INFORMATION
3 Alberta vs. Saskatchewan 2
01/19/2007 :: 7:30 pm @ Edmonton, AB Attendance: 2
By Bob Stauffer
Aaron Sorochan (Edmonton, AB, 2nd) made 37 saves as the #2 ranked Alberta Golden Bears (15-3-3 Canada West) hung on for a 3-2 victory over the visiting #3 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies (13-7-1 Canada West) Friday night in Edmonton.
Sorochan the 2005-06 CIS Rookie of the Year was especially good in a third period that saw the Huskies outshot Alberta 14-1 to the stunned amazement of 2317 fans at historic Clare Drake Arena who watched the Bears improve to 9-1 at home this season and 135-8-6 over the last six-plus seasons.
“Aaron played very well for us tonight and gave us a chance to win, and we did enough (offensively) to get that win,” said Golden Bears Head Coach Eric Thurston following the game which saw the Huskies outshoot Alberta 39-19 on the night.
The Bears actually carried the play early in the game outshooting Saskatchewan early in the first period 6-1. Freshman Kyle Fecho (Hanna, AB) opened the scoring with just 15 seconds left in the opening stanza as his long-range bomber hit a Huskies’ defender in front of the goal to deflect past Saskatchewan netminder Jeff Harvey (St. Albert, AB, 2nd) to make it 1-0 Alberta after one.
Alberta made it 2-0 on the powerplay just three minutes into the second as Ben Kilgour (Leduc, AB, 3rd) banged home a rebound for his 13th powerplay goal of the season.
The Huskies cut the Bears lead to one as Stephen Mann’s (Lac Vert, SK, 3rd) screened shot from the point was stopped by Sorochan but Curtis Austring (Stewart Valley, SK, 2nd) swatted home a rebound into a yawning cage at 9:21 to make it 2-1.
The Bears restored their two goal just 17 seconds later as Tyler Metcalfe (Headingly, MAN, 2nd) was left alone in front and he beat Harvey low to the stick side.
The Huskies though got right back in it as while killing a penalty Jeff Schmidt (Kindersley, SK, 3rd) undressed Alberta captain Harlan Anderson on a one-one-one, and then wristed a shot past Sorochan to make it 3-2 at 13:25 of the second.
Sorochan held the fort the rest of the way for the Golden Bears who now move six points ahead of the Huskies in the overall Conference standings.
The Bears finished the game 1-for-5 on the powerplay while Saskatchewan went 0-for-6.
The two teams meet again Saturday night at 7:30 PM MST (FM88-CJSR) in Edmonton.
GAME INFORMATION
GOALS BY PERIOD
1 2 3 Total
Alberta 1 2 0 3
Saskatchewan 0 2 0 2
SHOTS BY PERIOD
1 2 3 Total
Alberta 8 10 1 19
Saskatchewan 16 9 14 39
SCORING SUMMARY
Period #1
Alberta - Kyle Fecho (Tim Krymusa, Dylan Stanley) - EV 19:45
Period #2
Alberta - Ben Kilgour (Jesse Gimblett, Harlan Anderson) - PP 03:04
Saskatchewan - Curtis Austring (Stephen Mann, Keegan McAvoy) - EV 09:21
Alberta - Tyler Metcalfe (Richard Hamula, Scott Henkelman) - EV 09:38
Saskatchewan - Jeff Schmidt ( ) - SH 13:25
PENALTIES SUMMARY
Period #1
Saskatchewan - Myles Zimmer (Interference) , 2 min , 03:31
Alberta - Ben Kilgour (Tripping) , 2 min , 05:09
Saskatchewan - TEAM (Too Many On Ice) , 2 min , 07:12
Alberta - Brian Woolger (High Sticking) , 2 min , 09:44
Alberta - Scott Henkelman (Hooking) , 2 min , 16:51
Period #2
Saskatchewan - Colin Patterson (Tripping) , 2 min , 02:56
Saskatchewan - Evan Schafer (Hooking) , 2 min , 13:06
Alberta - Tim Krymusa (Cross-checking) , 2 min , 18:28
Period #3
Alberta - Harlan Anderson (Hooking) , 2 min , 01:28
Saskatchewan - Jason Wagar (Cross-checking) , 2 min , 04:32
Alberta - Chad Klassen (High Sticking) , 2 min , 13:33
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Alberta Saskatchewan
## Players G A PTS +/- SH PIM
4 Kyle Fecho 1 0 1 1 1 0
6 Ryan Stempfle 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Harlan Anderson 0 1 1 -1 2 2
9 Scott Henkelman 0 1 1 1 0 2
10 Jesse Gimblett 0 1 1 0 1 0
11 Cody Wasik 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Brian Woolger 0 0 0 -1 1 2
14 Dale Mahovsky 0 0 0 -1 0 0
16 Dylan Stanley 0 1 1 0 3 0
17 Ian Mcdonald 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Richard Hamula 0 1 1 1 0 0
19 Ben Kilgour 1 0 1 0 3 2
20 Lee Zalasky 0 0 0 -1 1 0
21 Tim Krymusa 0 1 1 0 1 2
24 Mark Ashton 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 Tyler Metcalfe 1 0 1 1 2 0
27 Chad Klassen 0 0 0 0 1 2
29 Derek Price 0 0 0 -1 1 0
Totals 3 6 9 0 19 12
## Players G A PTS +/- SH PIM
0 Cole Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Evan Schafer 0 0 0 -1 1 2
6 Brett Dickie 0 0 0 -1 0 0
7 Brett Parker 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 Myles Zimmer 0 0 0 -1 2 2
9 Keegan Mcavoy 0 1 1 0 2 0
10 Matt Girling 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Mason Wallin 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Brent Twordik 0 0 0 0 5 0
13 Jason Wagar 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 Trent Adamus 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 Derek Endicott 0 0 0 1 1 0
20 Brett Novak 0 0 0 -1 2 0
21 Mark Hinz 0 0 0 1 3 0
22 Stephen Mann 0 1 1 0 4 0
23 Jeff Schmidt 1 0 1 1 1 0
24 Colin Patterson 0 0 0 -1 0 2
25 Curtis Austring 1 0 1 1 6 0
Totals 2 2 4 -1 39 8
## Goalie(s) GS W-L-T MIN GA SAVES
30 Aaron Sorochan 1 win 60:00 2 37
## Goalie(s) GS W-L-T MIN GA SAVES
31 Jeff Harvey 1 loss 59:08 3 16
0 Saskatchewan Team 0 00:52 0 0
