LOCKPORT, Ill. – This past weekend, all three Metro Jets teams took to the road, with the Jets playing a single game in Cincinnati and the MJDP and Jets Elite teams playing three games each against the Chicago T-Rex.
The Jets Elite team won all three from the new Summit Ice and Sports Complex in Lockport, Ill.
Friday night, Ryan Jacobson scored two goals and goaltender Brendan Dreisbach made 16 saves in a 5-2 win.
Conor Mulligan posted a goal and an assist and Aidan RaCosta and Graysen LaPrise also scored.
Tyler Dix and Noah Chambers then scored two goals each and Jesse Lee made 21 saves in net in an 8-1 win Saturday night.
Carson Stomp and Braden Graham each had a goal and an assist, RaCosta and Brody Jamruk scored, and Cameron Maxwell and Max Lee both recorded two assists.
Wrapping up Sunday in an 8-0 shutout, Jacobson scored two more, RaCosta tallied a goal and two assists, and goaltender Aiden Binkley stopped all seven shots fired his way.
Maxwell, Spencer Stanhope and Dimitry Aksenov all had a goal and an assist, Jayson Shores popped two helpers, and Stomp and Scott Dewar also scored in the win.
“Happy to have gotten all six points,” said Jets associate coach Danny Vanderwiel. “I think the group is really starting to come together and guys are getting more comfortable with each other and it is showing on the ice. Back-to-back weekends on the road is tough, but I felt we did a good job managing it. Really happy for Binkley getting his first junior shutout. I thought all three of our goalies gave us the stops we needed.
“Excited to get to work this week and amped up for our Detroit showcase.”
Also from Lockport, the MJDP equaled their Jets teammates, gaining all six points against the T-Rex.
Starting out Friday night, Clovis Gamelin scored twice and Lucas Benavides-Forte tallied two assists in a 4-2 victory.
Chris Kobayashi and Grady Smith added goals for the MJDP with goalie Arnaud Paradis making 22 saves.
Saturday night, Kobayashi registered two goals and an assist, Benavides-Forte and Noah Bodurka added a goal and two assists each in an 8-4 win.
Gamelin, Smith, Stanhope and Paulius Uzuslenis added goals, Thomas LeBlanc and Liam Smith notched two assists apiece and Cooper Langley finished with 32 saves in goal.
In the Sunday finale, a 6-3 win, Bodurka scored two more goals and Cam Cyrus made 20 saves between the pipes.
Daniell Luska went for a goal and an assist, Gamelin and Blake Brackett scored, and Liam Smith chipped in a goal and an assist. Donald Pratt and Maurizio Boskovich tacked on two assists each.
“Winning on the road is tough at this level,” said Jets associate coach Jake Howie. “Props to our guys going down to Chicago and taking all three games. Was nice to see a little bit of an offensive explosion, but there’s still plenty of things to fix. Certainly still need to get better in our own end, along with some better back pressure to cut down the oppositions transition game, but we’ve made good strides so far this year and I’m excited to see what this group can do.”
In their lone game of the weekend, the Jets routed the Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones 11-0 Friday night on the road from the Queen City Sportsplex.
Philip Hall pitched a 17-save shutout, while Luka Pivec scored two goals with three assists and Ryan Glomboske tacked on four assists.
AJ Zaccagni went for two goals and an assist and Ayden Hartzell, Sutton Majeske, Caleb Simpson and Owen Coulter all had a goal and an assist.
Gabe Outman, Isaac Bunk and Jaxon Stone scored one each and captain Jake Taylor posted three assists.
Up next for all three teams is the annual USPHL Detroit Showcase Nov. 21-24 from Mount Clemens Ice Arena. The teams will play four games each over the duration of the event, now in its seventh season.
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