MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – It was another solid stretch for the three Metro Jets teams last week as the squads took three of four wins against their competition.
The Jets defeated the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones 12-4 Thursday afternoon on the road before coming home to take a 6-4 victory Friday night over the Nashville Spartans on home ice at Mount Clemens Ice Arena.
Also on home ice, the MJDP doubled up the Motor City Gamblers 6-3 Thursday afternoon and the Jets Elite team dropped a close 4-3 decision to Motor City last Wednesday afternoon at Mount Clemens.
“I liked our guys’ compete level,” Jets associate coach Jake Howie said after the Nashville win. “We get down two goals there and we battled to come back and not give up. That’s a big hockey game to get two points out of and give us a little cushion for first place.”
Tyler Bautko, Tyler Husted, Carson Finney, Ugo Lollier, Luke Gaffney and Yarne Vaerewyck all scored in the win. Carson Redd tacked on two assists.
Taylor White picked up the victory in goal making 18 saves after relieving Carson MacKenzie, who allowed three goals on 14 shots through 24:02 of action.
For the Spartans, Chris Free, Austin Micale and Sean Karaman scored, Khyle Flynn and Gino Indelicato each posted two assists, and Daniel Duzek made 37 saves in goal.
Thursday at the Queen City Sportsplex, Gaffney had two goals and three assists, Finney and Redd two goals and two assists each, Lollier went for a goal and three assists, and Ryan Lemker put up four assists in the lopsided win.
Steven Miller added a goal and two assists, and Alex Bedenko and Vaerewyck chipped in a goal and a helper apiece. Avery Byron and Robert Vanderdonck also found the back of the net and Lucas Cassel tacked on a pair of assists.
In goal, Tabor Hatch made 16 saves and Shawn Bromley finished with six.
Cincinnati was led by Patrick Patton, who scored two goals, and Alex Atchison and Louis Allen, who scored one each. Emmitt Guest recorded two assists and Nick Gingold and Carter Herheim combined to make 50 saves between the pipes.
This weekend, the Jets play a home-and-home series with the Toledo Cherokee, starting Friday night at 7 p.m. from the Team Toledo IceHouse and wrapping Saturday at 6:15 p.m. from Mount Clemens Ice Arena.
“We just have to keep it simple and play our game,” said Howie.
Royal St-Cyr potted two goals and Pierce Ashcroft added a goal and an assist in the MJDP win over the Gamblers.
Alek John, Josh Boze and Jack Noonan also scored and Lucas Millmine and Nicco DeStefanis each registered two assists.
Andrew Parmentier started in goal and made four saves through 15:31 before Austin Muirhead played the rest of the way, finishing with 21 saves for the win.
Jake Mullins, Shaun Zatelli and Preston Stenzel scored for Motor City and goaltender Logan Givens made 36 saves.
In the Jets Elite loss, John Spiridonakos netted two goals and Landon Graham one as Eliot Duerr made 38 saves before an injury forced Hatch into the game where he stopped both shots he faced over the last 7:01.
Peter Spiridinakos and Blake Botterill had two assists each in the game.
For Motor City, Josh Koza, Trevor Touchton, Dustin Fretter and Cody Adams popped goals and Braedyn Sullivan turned aside 33 shots in net.
This weekend, the Jets Elite hosts the Fort Wayne Spacemen Friday at 1:30 p.m., followed by the MJDP and Spacemen at 4 p.m.
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