Sharks clamp down on Badgers

Zachary Beko netted four goals and the Sharks kept atop the Norris

Division standings by beating the Badgers, 5-3.

Beko scored two unassisted goals before Blake Vanderham scored off a

Ryan Cox feed. Beko scored near the end of the second period as the

Sharks took a 4-3 lead.

With goalkeeper Brett Shaver keeping the Badgers out of the net in the

decisive third period, Beko put the game away when he scored off a Conor

Murphy assist.

Shaver finished the game with 32 saves as the Sharks improved to 8-2.

Alec Schartner had a goal and an assist, James Williams and David

Abady scored once, Michael Godinho had an assist and Andrew Livezey

recorded 31 assists for the Badgers, who fell to 3-5-2.

In other games:

Fire 6, Aloha 1

Kyle Martins scored three goals and Jared Neely added two more as the

second place Fire improved to 7-2-1.

Tyler O’Donnell also scored, Neal MacPherson and Matt Schnautz had

assists and Travis Beckman came up with 36 saves.

Aloha, which fell to 2-4-4, got a second period goal from Matt Korn,

and 32 saves from Max Devries.

Blackhawks 4, Blades 1

Kyle Day scored the Blackhawks’ first three goals, one off an assist

from Kelly Culhane, and Dallas Heyden scored off a Keith Fronk feed in

the third period.

Chris Jernigan had 29 saves for the winners, who are now 4-3-3.

For the Blades, now 3-6-1, Jacob Sabraw scored off a Marcus Velasco

assist, and Kyle McGeary had 30 saves.

Diablos 4, Thrashers 2

Zachery Dickson scored twice with an assist, Julien Laux scored one

goal with an assist, Jordan Conaway scored once, Jake Robinson had an

assist, and Lewis Gifford’s busy day in the net included 35 saves as the

Diablos ran their record to 5-1-4.

Nainoa Ane and Corey Jones scored, Kevin Gast had an assist and Eric

Grant had 36 saves to lead the Thrashers (4-3-3).