Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | CP | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northstars | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Adrenaline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Brave | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lightning | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rhinos | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Points |
---|---|
Jeremiah Addison (PER) | 14 |
Wehebe Darge (NNS) | 12 |
francis Drolet (NNS) | 12 |
Beau Taylor (NNS) | 10 |
Goalie | SV% |
---|---|
Tatsunoshin Ishida (MIC) | .952 |
Rhys Pelliccione (PER) | .950 |
Leo Bertein (PER) | .912 |
Jeremy Friederich (ADE) | .912 |
The Melbourne Mustangs came away with a convincing 5-0 victory on the road at Perth ice Arena on Saturday, as they settle in to their 2019 Goodall Cup campaign with back-to-back wins.
Right from the opening faceoff it seemed the Thunder struggled to find their feet and the Mustangs managed to jump on the opportunity with Liam Bourke opening the scoring, only a few minutes into the opening period of play.
Thunder coach Dave Ruck said right from the get-go his team didn’t have the intensity to keep up with the pace of play, and although they found their feet a bit as the game wore on, it wasn’t enough to find what it takes to win in this league.
“We started going harder as the game went, but at the end of the day our legs weren’t there and we weren’t winning the battles right from the start of the first," Ruck said.
After an early goal the Mustangs were given another opportunity to increase their lead to two, with Alastair Punler given a boarding penalty, which then lead to a second Mustang goal. This time it was McMahon who gave the Melbourne team a two-goal lead heading into the second period.
With the Thunder already on the back foot, the Mustangs managed to find a way to capitalise on the lack of energy in the Perth line-up and it was quickly 3-0 before the half way mark of regulation, with McDowell’s shot finding its way past Perth’s import goalie Nico Viksten.
The Thunder, however, were given every opportunity to find their way back into the contest, including a number of power plays during the second period which were killed off, without the Perth team recording a shot on goal in the process.
From that point on, it seemed as though the Thunder were holding out for the final horn to sound. Half-way through the final period of play the Mustangs took a 4-0 lead, which translated into a 5-0 victory as the final buzzer sounded to cap off a shaky start for the Perth squad, and a successful start to the Mustangs 2019 season after the team won their first game the weekend prior.
After the game, the Mustangs' coaching staff were pleased with the teams' start, and admitted that as the game went on it became more of a shutdown game than anything else.
“They came in surges, and at times we had to shut it down and become more defensive, but at the end of the day the team stuck to the systems we expected of them. And it helped us today having that game in hand to get everything going against a team that is just starting to adjust to a new season," assistant coach Jon Moses said.
The Thunder’s staff seemed to feel as though the team had more to give after Saturday’s tough loss, and expected them to be better in the game the following day.
“I saw some good things at times, but we need to get more on the net and we need to be harder to play against.” Ruck said.
With a reset needed for the Thunder to find their feet, the Mustangs will look to continue their hot streak after shutting out the Perth side in game one of a double header weekend.
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