The Halifax Thunderbirds (7-4) visited the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-9) in NLL action Saturday night .at Lee’s Family Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Halifax came into the game winners of four straight and five of their last six outings. Las Vegas has also come off a decisive victory against Colorado in their previous game, and were looking to keep up the momentum.
Ryan Terefenko (13g, 12a) has on fire during this win streak, posting 11 goals and 18 points over the previous four games. Randy Staats’ (17g, 46a) and Clarke Petterson (17g, 32a) have also been at the top of the Thunderbirds production.
For Las Vegas, Jonathan Donville (12g,38a), Jack Hannah (27g,33a), Casey Jackson (19g,16a), Kyle Killen (12g,16a), Adam Poitras (14g,12a), and newly acquired Holden Cattoni 21g,38a) will give Halifax all they can handle.
The goaltending match-up had Warren Hill in net for the Thunderbirds facing Landon Kells in net for Las Vegas.
When a top offensive team meets a weaker defensive team, usually a lopsided score happens. To their credit, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs played the Halifax Thunderbirds tough all game long. Landen Kells made 52 saves only yielding eight goals in the 9-5 loss.
The Desert Dogs never really got on track offensively in this game, not getting on the board until Holden Cattoni scored almost five minutes into the second quarter. While Cattoni and Jack Hannah had decent games for Las Vegas, the rest of the offense was silent.
Halifax was led by Cody Jamieson’s two goals, with eight different scorers throughout the night. Warren Hill almost wound up on the scoresheet, firing a long shot with the Desert Dogs net empty. The shot went off the post and right to Tyson Bell,who was playing his first game after a lengthy suspention, who placed it in the empty net to seal the deal.
To The Game:
Thomas Hoggarth opened the scoring for the Thunderbirds converting a Randy Staats pass from in close at 9:14, followed by Colton Armstrong with a bounced shot that found the corner in transition off a Ryan Terefenko feed at 13:16.
After one quarter, Halifax 2 Las Vegas 0.
Second Quarter:
Las Vegas got on the board when Josh Jackson scored his first NLL goal in transition unassisted at 1:14, but Cody Jamieson answered with a high to low shot through the five-hole at 8:45. Jason Knox then found the top corner off a Thomas Hoggarth feed at 12:28 to increase the Thunderbirds lead to three.
At the half, Halifax 4 Las Vegas 1.
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Third Quarter:
Halifax opened the third quarter scoring when Cole Kirst was sent in on a breakaway off a Clarke Petterson at psss 1:38, but Holden Cattoni answered for the Dogs with a high to low laser off a Jack Hannah pass at 10:36.
Clarke Petterson added a low to low blast to the shortside at 14:18, followed by Ryan Terefenko off a Jake Withers faceoff win 0:08 seconds later.
Jonathan Donville answered for Las Vegas with a buzzer beater with just 0:00.1 second left in the quarter.
After three quarters, Halifax 7 Las Vegas 3
Fourth Quarter:
Holden Cattoni scored his second of the game for the Desert Dogs on the power-play off a Jack Hannah pass at 6:23, but Cody Jamieson answered with a high to low power-play goal of his own off a Jason Knox pass at 8:43. The goal was Jamieson’s 350 career goal.
The Desert Dogs got back within three goals when Brandon Goodwin scored with a low to low shot at 10:53.
With the Las Vegas goalie on the bench Warren Hill tried his luck at scoring but hit the post. Tyson Bell was on the door step to deposit the rebound for the goal at 13:06.
Final score, Halifax 9 Las Vegas 5.
The Three Stars:
1. Randy Staats
2. Holden Cattoni
3. Warren Hill
Game Stats:
- Shots on goal favored Halifax 61-46.
- The faceoff battle was also won by the Thunderbirds 12-6.
- The loose ball battle went to Halifax 81-51.
- The Thunderbirds went 1 for 3 on the power-play, while Las Vegas went 2 for 6.
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