ACES PULL THE PLUG ON POWERTIME

Sunday night the FLYING ACES welcomed POWERTIME to their new home, the Flemington Ice Arena. The ACES had never lost to POWERTIME and were extremely interested in continuing that tradition. Forward Bill Marcolini was on IR (upper body) and Eric Kusznier was a healthy scratch.

   On the ice the FLYING ACES were all over POWERTIME. Attacking with wave after wave of deadly assualt tactics while the P-TIME goalie, Ryan Dumont, was more than up for the challenge. His saves in the first kept this one much closer then it could have been. ACE forward, Steve Leoszewski, broke through first when line mate, Ryan Warn, hit him with a beutiful 'no look' pass. Kevin Smith added another later in the first to give his ACES a 2-0 lead.

   In the second POWERTIME attacker, Nick D'aniello, struck back with a nasty shorthanded goal to cut the lead in half. Moments later he came down the ice again on a huge breakaway opportunity that was stifled by ACE defensman, Ryan Bleck, who managed to catch D'aniello, pick his pocket and put the FLYING ACES back on the offensive.

   The third period was all ACES, starting with a leathal rebound goal off the stick of Matt 'Donny' Donahue. Next Nick 'The Brick' shut down another POWERTIME breakaway attack. Kevin Smith added another goal and Mike Petersen deposited two of his own. POWERTIME did manage a second goal off the stick of Mike Lasinski, but by then the ACES had already taken off.

   Ryan Warn was selected for First Star Honors for the third time in his ACE career. His 3 key assists were a huge part of the win. "We finally found our chemistry with one another, smooth passes and kept the flow alive. Looking like real hockey out there!" said Warn after the game. Josh Lovering, Mike Petersen, Kevin Smith, Steve Leoszewski and Kyle Turner had 2 assists each in the win. Darren and Craig Jones both had an assist, as did goalie, Nick Minarik.

   The mid-season mark finds Mike Petersen the ACES goal leader (9), assist leader (11) and point leader(20). Ryan Bleck leads the ACES with 14 penalty minutes and Nick Minarik leads with 4 wins (in 5 games) and a 3.00% GAA.

   

  Final notes... 1) As of now we have 9 orders for WBWII 100 Games Or The Cup ($10.00). If you want one let it be known. 2) Bleck's 100th game party has been MOVED to July 25 at 3ish. Only 1 ACE can't make it so far