DECATUR, Ill. – Down 3-0 late in the second period to the Decatur Blaze, the MHC rattled off four unanswered goals to defeat the Blaze 4-3 Saturday night at the Decatur Civic Center.
Captain Brandon Plummer’s goal at 12:37 of the third period stood as the winner.
“What a game these guys played tonight,” said Metro Jets associate coach Dan Pszenyczny. “Coming off a rough couple games in Lake Erie, being down early, they never gave up. Everyone on the team chipped in some way.
“Ethan Ryan played a great game tonight, making some great saves to keep us in the game, and Plummer played a strong game in all three zones and got rewarded for his hard work.”
Brent Wolf, Joey Sherman and Ronny Zamojski also scored for the MHC, while Plummer (pictured below) and Sherman added assists for multi-point games.
Ryan (pictured front) made 41 saves in goal to collect the victory.
The two teams wrap up their two-game weekend series Sunday at 1:15 p.m. EST, with the game available on HockeyTV.com.
Earlier in the day, the MJDP won their last two games at the USPHL Erie Showcase, downing the Buffalo Thunder 5-2 and then shutting out the Elmira Jr. Enforcers 5-0 at the ErieBank Sports Park.
The MJDP went a perfect 3-0 at the showcase event.
In the win over Buffalo, Joey Mocnik had a goal and two assists, Garrick Smith and Seth Beagle each posted a goal and an assist, and Jake Aslanian and Tommy Purton scored.
Brendan Rachfal tacked on a pair of assists and Caden Fisher stopped 14 shots between the pipes.
Against Elmira, Daniel Miscavish fashioned a 17-save shutout as Hugo Fonovic had a goal and an assist and Tim Washburn, Derek Dreher, Max Hartwell and Rachfal scored single goals.
Nick Twombley, captain Brayden Tayles and Mocnik all recorded two assists each.
The MJDP next plays the Motor City Hockey Club this coming Wednesday night at the Jack Adams Memorial Arena in Detroit at 6 p.m.
