Aviators Bomb Whalers 7-1

The Whalers rowed into town Friday night and were surprised by the super sharp Harpoons that they found waiting for them in Brooklyn. This was the last time they would play in the regular season and the A's wanted to make a statement to the team that they will be facing in the playoffs. 

FIRST PERIOD found Brooklyn scoring first with 5:13 off the clock on a powerplay goal by #9RW N.Petriello. #23 RW A.Scampoli and #18C J.Dolgy earned the assist. Score was 1-0 at this time. 

The second harpoon found its target by #8LW S.Koich with an assist from #2RW M.Thomson.The score was 2-0 and Brooklyn fans were loving it!

SECOND PERIOD was all Brooklyn's, with three more unanswered markers by the flying high Aviators. #14C J.Dabkowski with aid from #27RW C.Mignone and #11C A.Owsiak. The second marker was a powerplay which #2RW M.Thomson took advantage of. On this score #20C J. Felten and #17 D K.Trentowski earned an assist. This made it a 4-0 Brooklyn lead and the fans were rocking and rolling, the smell of blood was in the water!

Surprise the next score was once again on a powerplay. #2RW M.Thomson on still another powerplay sank the fifth harpoon into the wounded beast. Mates #17D K.Trentowski and #7C C.Campanale were on deck and lent a hand to the fifth harpoon attack! 5-0 Brooklyn at the end of two. 

THIRD PERIOD and the wounded beast still wouldn't go down with out a fight. For the third time tonight #2RW M.Thomson planted his third harpoon into the dying giant of the sea. Fellow Aviators #7C C.Campanale and #16D H.Coxe earned an assist for this play. Match is now Brooklyn 6-0 and the fans are waiting to see when the big Whale will roll over and play dead? 

Brooklyn Aviators Shoot Down the Akwesasne Warriors by a score of 7-1

February 23,2012 @ Hanger #5 Brooklyn, New York


FIRST PERIOD action saw the Brooklyn Aviators shoot the puck past #79G A.Vincent three times in this period. It's hard to believe that this was the same #79G A.Vincent who played in the last two games as goalie for Akwesasne and held us down to only a few goals.The Warriors took the two matches on their home ice.

Skating was brisk and it was about time that Brooklyn was able to find pay dirt for their efforts. #18C J.Dolgy was first to beat #79G A.Vincent at the 12:40 mark with assists from #8LW S.Koich & #23RW A.Scampoli. Number two was put in the net by Aviator #2RW M.Thomson with help from #23RW A.Scampoli & #7C C.Campanale, this was at the 7:22 mark.

The third Aviators score came at the 2:45 mark by #12C M.Atsoff with assists by #7C C.Campanale & #2RW M.Thomson. The fans were feeling as if the curse that was on the A's was going to get lifted and a flood of way overdue scores collected tonight at the Warriors expense. There was only one penalty in the first period and it was awarded to Brooklyn.The score was 3-0 A's at the end of the first.

SECOND PERIOD found Brooklyn striking again with only 33 seconds off the clock, #14C J.Dabkowski hit the back of  the net with help from #12C M.Atsoff  & #17D K.Trentowski. This made the score 4-0 Brooklyn. Once again Brooklyn hit goal at the 14:02 mark of the match. #2RW M.Thomson for his second score of the night, with help from #12C M.Atsoff and #23RW A.Scampoli. This made the match 4-0 in favor of Brooklyn. 

The Warriors made their one and only score of the game with 6:39 left in the second period. #14LW M.Beaulne beat A's netminder with assistance from #26RW P.Dagenais & #8D K.McCarthy. This made the match 5-1 Brooklyn at the end of the second period.

THIRD PERIOD and the Aviator fans wanted more goals for sweet revenge for their two loses up at Akwesasne last weekend. Brooklyn's #9RW N.Petriello scored at the 12:53 mark with an assist fro #23RW A.Scampoli. The match was now 6-1 in favor of the A's.

#18C J.Dolgy made his second score of the night with aid from #20C J.Felten and #9RW N.Petriello with 3:17 left in the game. This made the score 7-1 Brooklyn and that is how the match ended. #31G M.DiLorenzo played goalie for Brooklyn, great job Mike.

SHOTS ON GOAL: BROOKLYN 44   AKWESASNE 34

POWER PLAYS:  BROOKLYN 0-3    AKWESASNE 0-3

PENALTY MINUTES: BOTH CLUBS WERE EVEN AT 10 MINUTES ON 5 PENALTIES

Article by Clifford F. Zeman