Brahmas Leave Minnesota With Single Point After Loss To Wilderness

The Lone Star Brahmas went into their game against the Minnesota Wilderness on Saturday afternoon needing a win to salvage what they could from their NAHL Showcase Tournament. Any win would have to come against an experienced Wilderness squad. Minnesota’s roster includes eight players with 328 games of NAHL experience accounting for 146 points on 66G-80A.

Despite early offensive pressure by Lone Star it was Minnesota that opened the scoring at the 5:45 mark of the first. Jach Suchy fired a shot on goal from the hight slot that Harrison Feeney kicked away with the pad, but the puck jumped right to Peter Grytdahl at the bottom of the far circle and he pushed it past the blocker hand before Feeney could recover. At 10:26, the Wilderness would score a nearly   identical goal. Nick Portz fed the puck to Aaron Myers in the high slot and his shot went off a body in front to Nate Horn just outside the crease to Feeney’s right. He lifted one over the screened Brahmas’ netminder.

With 12 seconds left in the second and the Brahmas just coming off a penalty kill, Nick Siffringer laid out to block a shot then corralled the puck and slid it to Hayden Taylor in the neutral zone. Taylor went flying up ice alone on Kaleb Johnson. Taylor’’s shot went top shelf to pull Lone Star within one.

Early in the third the Brahmas went on a 53 second 5 on 3 power play. After the faceoff, Ben Pirko lost an edge near the blueline that turned into a 2 on 1 rush the other way. Feeney stood tall wearing the puck off his left shoulder to thwart the shorthanded opportunity. Just after returning to full strength the Wilderness went on another odd man rush, this time 3 on 1. Once again Feeney was there for the big pad save to keep the score close.

The Brahmas had opportunities late with a 4 on 3 power play and then a 6 on 4 for the last 1:30 with Feeney pulled for the extra attacker, but could not get the equalizer. The loss dropped Lone Star to 0 – 3 – 0 – 1 for the four day tournament sending them home to Texas with a single point to show for their efforts.

Shots on goal were 28 – 28. The Brahmas were 0-7 with the man advantage while the Wilderness went 0-5. The Brahmas will return to action next weekend against the Odessa Jackalopes in their home opener.

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