RECAP : Growlers Dethrone the Royals 6-4

Reading Royals (13-6-4-0) at Newfoundland Growlers (15-8-0-0)Wednesday, December 4th at Mile One CentreGamesheetGoal Summary

V-H	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists	Type	On Ice (+/-)
0 - 1	1	1st	NFL	1:29	J. Duszak (4)	B. Ferguson		V	8 15 27 28 67	H	3 9 21 22 39
0 - 2	2	1st	NFL	18:04	E. Neugold (4)	G. Estephan, T. Skirving		V	5 18 19 36 81	H	8 15 27 29 36
0 - 3	3	1st	NFL	19:03	B. Ferguson (12)	M. Hollowell, R. Woods	PP	V	5 15 27 81	H	9 11 13 22 29
1 - 3	4	2nd	REA	4:22	R. Cuddemi (20)	J. Mazza		V	15 27 28 67 77	H	4 9 11 22 39
1 - 4	5	2nd	NFL	10:58	M. Power (7)	C. Conrad, G. Johnston		V	7 8 9 20 77	H	3 4 9 22 39
2 - 4	6	2nd	REA	14:33	M. Willman (3)	F. DiChiara, E. Knodel	PP	V	5 15 21 28 67	H	8 27 29 36
3 - 4	7	2nd	REA	18:46	T. Gooch (2)	F. DiChiara		V	7 8 9 19 21	H	3 9 11 13 17
3 - 5	8	3rd	NFL	18:34	E. Neugold (5)		EN	V	7 8 9 27 28 36	H	8 15 22 29 36
4 - 5	9	3rd	REA	19:03	E. Knodel (4)	G. Cockerill		V	5 15 19 21 28 67	H	3 9 13 21 27
4 - 6	10	3rd	NFL	19:45	G. Estephan (8)	M. Kapla	EN	V	5 15 19 21 28 67	H	8 15 22 29 36

Game Story The Newfoundland Growlers broke out the brooms Tuesday night sweeping the mid-week series against the Reading Royals in a 6-4 victory at Mile One Centre. Joseph Duszak picked up right where he left off in last night’s game where he was the overtime hero and opened the scoring just 1:29 into the game after capitalizing on a 3-on-1 and beating Felix Sandstrom glove-side to give the Growlers an early 1-0 lead. Evan Neugold doubled the lead to 2-0 with 1:56 remaining in the opening period after his wrister deflected off a Royals player, and Brady Ferguson sniped a powerplay goal blocker-side with 57 seconds remaining in the first period sending the Growlers to the dressing room up 3-0 after 20 minutes of play. Matt Bradley looked to extend the lead to 4-0 at the three-minute mark of the second period after beating Sandstrom cleanly, but the puck struck iron and bounced out. Ralph Cuddemi continued his dominating start to the season 4:22 into the middle frame to get Reading on the board after beating Maksim Zhukov for his 20th goal in 23 games and to cut the Growlers lead to 3-1. Marcus Power re-stored the three-goal lead with 9:02 remaining in the second period after cleaning up a mess in the Royals crease and sliding it home for a 4-1 score, but Max Willman made good on a cross-ice feed and fired home a power-play goal at 14:30 for a 4-2 game. Trevor Gooch cut the lead to one with 1:14 remaining in the second period after capitalizing on a turnover for a partial break that beat Zhukov for a 4-3 Growlers lead after 40 minutes of play. Evan Neugold hit the empty net with 1:26 to play in the game for a 5-3 lead, and Eric Knodel brought the Royals to within one just 30 seconds later, but Giorgio Estephan hit another empty netter with 14 seconds left sealing the deal for a 6-4 final score. Quick Hits

Grand Falls-Winsor native A.J. Whiffen was signed as an emergency backup prior to puck drop
Evan Neugold extended his point streak to six games
The three stars were 3 – F. DiChiara (REA), 2 – E. Neugold (NFL) and 1 – B. Ferguson (NFL)

What’s Next?The Newfoundland Growlers continue their four-game homestand Friday night against the Worcester Railers, ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders on Batman night where the Growlers will wear special Batman themed jerseys. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Mile One Centre Box Office or online at mileonecentre.com.