Zach White scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout as the Twin City Thunderbirds defeated the Monroe Moccasins 4-3. Jacob Schnapp, Zach Papapetros, and Dominic Dumas scored the goals for Twin City. Winning netminder Ayvin Eidsness made 53 saves in the win. Monroe saw goals from Jared Christy, Blake Keller, and Bradley Richardson. Moccasins goalie Bryn Sommerfeldt made 32 saves in the loss.
Monroe came into the game with hopes of ending a four game losing skid. Twin City was coming off a two game weekend sweep of the Danbury Hat Tricks.
Bryn Sommerfeldt made his first start of the season for Monroe while Twin City brought out Ayvin Eidsness for his second start of the season.
Monroe opened the scoring when Jared Christy sneaked a puck through the five hole of Twin City netminder Ayvin Eidsness at 5:26 to give the Moccasins a 1-0 lead. For Christy, it was his second straight game lighting the lamp. Monroe controlled the pace of play and they were rewarded again when Blake Keller received a set up pass from Andrew Durham to give Monroe a 2-0 lead at 15:06 of the first. Twin City countered when Jacob Schnapp scored his second of the year to put Twin City within one. Monroe led in shots on goal by a margin of 21-8.
In the second period the lone scoring came courtesy of Bradley Richardson off a set up by Frank Schumacher from the right point. The Monroe captain’s pass bounced for Marcus Ortiz before the puck found Richardson for the goal at 4:15 of the second. For Ortiz it was his first professional point since 2020. For Richardson it was his second goal in the last three games. Monroe outshot Twin City 14-11 in the second period.
In the third period, Twin City responded early on the power play when Zach Papapetros scored a power play goal at 0:54. Midway through the third, Twin City tied the game as Jack Johansen found an open Dominic Dumas who lifted a snap shot by Bryn Sommerfeldt to tie the game at 12:56. The two teams remained scoreless the rest of the third to send the game into overtime. Monroe outshot Twin City 18-12 in the third.
Overtime saw no scoring which sent the game into a shootout.
Dominic Dumas, the first shootout taker for Twin City scored the opening goal of the shootout. The next goal came in the third round of the shootout from Zach White for Twin City to win the game for the Thunderbirds.
With the win, Twin City improves to 3-0-0. Monroe falls to 2-4-1. The two teams meet tomorrow at 7:05 on Halloween night. With tickets on sale online.
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