Lumberjax Beat Arizona 12-10
Submitted by walax on Sun, 2006-03-12 13:40.
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The LumberJax had a victory tonight at home against Arizona 12-10, bringing their season record to 4-4.
Five LumberJax players scored twice this evening including Del Halladay, Brodie Merrill, Ryan Sharp, Bruce Alexander, and Mike Hominuck. The Sting had two players with two goals each: Dan Dawson and Craig Conn. Jax goaltender Aaron Bold got the win with eight saves after coming into the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter when Eliuk (24 saves) left the game with a hamstring injury.
The first half ended with the teams in close contention with the Jax up by one, 6-5. The Sting and Jax stayed close throughout the game, but the Jax broke away in the third leading 10-6. Arizona’s scoring was spread out throughout the team with eight players contributing ten goals. Going into tomorrow’s game against Colorado, Mike Hominuck is still the Jax leading points scorer with 26 (eight goals, 14 assists). The Sting battled back in the fourth narrowing the lead, but the Jax defense proved to be too much for the Arizona team tonight. Arizona split this double-header weekend winning against Edmonton last night 13-9. The Jax will head on the road tomorrow to face Colorado who they beat 12-11 in January. The Mammoth are currently 5-4 in the standings, losing tonight against Calgary in overtime 15-14.
