FRASER, Mich. – Joey Bruce’s hat trick and Fredrik Meurling’s 17-save shutout propelled the Metro Jets to an 8-0 win over the Toledo Cherokee Saturday night at Fraser Hockeyland.
Bruce added an assist for a four-point game as the Jets swept the home-and-home weekend series with Toledo.
“I didn’t really have to do much on a couple of them,” said Bruce. “Jhuwon (Davis) set me up perfectly. I thought he played an outstanding game and is an awesome linemate. It’s easy to do my job when I have guys like that out there.”
Davis added a goal and three assists, while Jets captain Jeremy Schwartz, the third member of that line, posted a pair of assists on the night.
Conner Graham and Joey Demarte each recorded a goal and an assist and Brandon Graham and Nick Ceccarini scored single goals.
Tanner Neill and Tyler German registered two assists apiece.
The Jets outshot Toledo 54-17.
Toledo goalie Parker Simpson made 46 saves in suffering the defeat.
“The scoreboard was nice after the game, but I thought we were fighting the puck in the first period and not capitalizing on a lot of our chances,” said Metro coach-GM Justin Quenneville. “We don’t like to let teams linger around and Toledo pushed back. Luckily, Freddy did a good job early in the second shutting the door and giving us a chance to get in it and when we did, we came in with a fury.”
Metro scored six goals in a 5:39 span during the second-period explosion.
The Jets next play a home-and-home with the Lansing Wolves, starting next Friday night on the road and wrapping Saturday night at Fraser Hockeyland with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
The Metro Jets DP Team plays tomorrow on the road against the Tri City Icehawks in Bay City. Game time is set for noon.
All games will be available to be streamed on www.HockeyTV.com.
