Earthquakes claim Norris title
The Earthquakes laid claim Wednesday to the Norris Division title
by beating the Thunder Blades, 5-1, in the division final at Coast 2
Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach.
The Thunder Blades took a 1-0 lead just 3:30 into the match on Adam
Lamotte’s unassisted goal, but the Earthquakes came back to score the
final five goals of the match to win going away.
Successive goals by Ramiro Pimentel, one off a Bryce Keizer assist, put
the Earthquakes on top to stay, and a Jared Musacchio goal of a Eric Chan
feed gave the Earthquakes a 3-1 edge through two quarters of play.
In the third period, Musacchio would score again, this time off a Keizer
assist, and then he would assist Pimentel’s third goal of the game to
close out the scoring.
Earthquakes goalie Colten Daigneault recorded 21 saves, while the Thunder
Blades’ Mark Kosko stopped 25 shot attempts.
In other championship matches:
HOWE DIVISION
Riptide 3, Huntington Storm 2
Bryan Morris, Joe Murphy, and Ryan Ross all scored, both Chris Burns and
Ross Turchi had assists, and goalie Greg Earl had 25 saves to lead the
Riptide to the title.
Goalie Chad Ramsey fended off 27 shots attempts, both Kristof Ruics and
Ricky Kratter scored, and Andrew Mastrolia had an assist for the
Huntington Storm.
PATRICK DIVISION
Razors 6, Avalanche 3
Ryan Pelliccioni and Joshua Hackworth both scored twice, Brett Stoughton
and Branden Adkins each scored once, and Adkins, Pelliccioni, Stoughton,
and Gregory Rizza all had an assist to power the Razors.
Matthew Steinbrick’s two goals sandwiched an Andrew Watt goal, and both
Steinbrick and Andrew Delavan had an assist for the Avalanche.
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