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HELLYER LADDER

Team	GP	W	L	PTS
Ice	3	3	0	9
Thunder	4	3	1	9
Mustangs	1	1	0	3
Bears	2	1	1	3
Ice Dogs	3	0	3	0

RURAK LADDER

Team	GP	W	L	PTS
Northstars	3	3	0	9
Adrenaline	1	1	0	3
Brave	4	1	3	3
Lightning	4	1	3	3
Rhinos	3	0	3	0

SCORING LEADERS

Aiden
Wagner (NNS)

Player	Points
Jeremiah Addison (PER)	14
Wehebe Darge (NNS)	12
francis Drolet (NNS)	12
Beau Taylor (NNS)	10

GOALIE LEADERS

N Novysedlak (BRE)

1.000

Goalie	SV%
Tatsunoshin Ishida (MIC)	.952
Rhys Pelliccione (PER)	.950
Leo Bertein (PER)	.912
Jeremy Friederich (ADE)	.912

Thunder seal weekend sweep over Adrenaline

Monday, May 23, 2016 - Submitted by Myles Wallace

The Perth Thunder have claimed all six-points from a closely-contested weekend against the Adelaide Adrenaline, defeating the home side 4-3 at IceArenA on Sunday night.

The Thunder have now won six-straight, just two wins off equalling the teams’ best streak since joining the competition.

The defeat was a tough pill to swallow for the Adrenaline, who battled uphill all game, killing two five-on-three penalties and fighting back from 3-1 down to level the scores in the third period.

It was the six-straight game between the teams at IceArenA that has been decided by just one goal.

Peter King was inspirational in net for the Adrenaline, making numerous clutch saves to keep his side in the contest, making 37 saves from 41 shots.

Unfortunately, King’s efforts were in vain and the Thunder stole the contest with a late short-handed goal to Ben Breault sealing the victory for the visitors.

Adrenaline Head Coach Trevor Walsh was devastated with the defeat and said mental lapses cost his team.

“We know we’re a better team than them, just some undisciplined play, some mental lapses and they’re a good team that capitalises on their chances,” Walsh said.

Whether it was a strong start from the Thunder or a poor opening from the Adrenaline is tough to say but what was obvious was the visitor’s domination of the early phases of the game.

Perth capitalised on their early momentum, netting the opening two goals of the game in quick succession.

“We set ourselves a big task going down 2-0 and then taking needless penalties didn’t help the cause,” Walsh said.

Ironically, it was not until Jessyko Bernard took a delay of game penalty for the Thunder that the Adrenaline got their noses into the contest.

The home side opened their account with the extra man thanks to Darren Corstens, to bring the deficit back to just one.

Period two was a penalty filled affair with an early penalty helping the Thunder, who capitalised on the resulting power play to make it a 3-1 game.

The penalties continued for the home side, but King and the penalty kill were up to challenge, killing off two five-on-three penalties, including a five minute major to Corstens.

Thunder Head Coach Dave Kenway was happy to have the points but felt his side should have sealed the victory in a more convincing fashion.

“You always look back and you sort of go, yeah we should have put more in the net, especially having five-on-three’s but at the end of the day, we won the game and that’s what we came here to do,” Kenway said.

The inability to capitalise on their man advantage chances almost cost the visitors, surrendering a goal under a minute after the expiry of a second period two-man advantage.

The Adrenaline then went on the level the contest on the power play with just over 11 minutes to play in the final period.

It was not to be for the home side, with Breault’s short-handed goal the eventual game winner.

Perth has now won four-straight games on the road and look to be genuine contenders for the Goodall Cup.

The Adrenaline is on the road next weekend for two games in Melbourne against the Mustangs, while the Thunder return home for a top-of-the-table clash with the Ice.

Thank you to the Adrenaline's Myles Wallace for the story. Check out the original at adrenaline.theaihl.com.

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