Post Info TOPIC: 3-16-08: Skuse Nets Breakaway Goal in 6-1 Victory
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3-16-08: Skuse Nets Breakaway Goal in 6-1 Victory
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The West Michigan Jr. Phantoms continued their all-out assault towards the top spot in the Bronze division on Sunday as the Phantoms etched yet another two points into their standings climb in a 6-1 victory over Black and Gold.  The Jr. Phantoms, who were paying tribute to the teams predecessor Viper and Komet franchises during the teams first ever Heritage Night, used a three goal outburst in the opening period to spearhead the victory.  For the Men of Phantom Nation it took just 4:52 to get onto the board as Jason Schemmel would set up Steve Downing for the first goal of the night.  A mere 2:08 later, Tim Vanoverloop would strike off a Keith Mooreman sweet dish feed to double the Phantom lead to 2-0.  Late in the opening period with 1:57 remaining, Brett Smith would continue the all-out assault as the veteran Phantom player would receive the puck from Justin Calkins and increase the Phantom lead to 3-0.  In the second period, the Phantoms again continued to press forward and that pressure would pay off 1:07 into the period, as Brent Vandonkelear would set up Steve Downing for his second of the night and a commanding 4-0 lead on the scoreboard.  The Jr. Phantoms and the Lazerskate Sports Plex would then be treated to a history making and monumental goal late in the middle stanza.  With Black & Gold pressuring deep inside the left corner of the Phantom zone, a Black & Gold offensive player would pass the puck back to the point where his defensive player was located.  On the receiving end of the point pass, the Black & Gold defensive player would fumble with the puck and the Phantoms Darren Skuse would ultimately lift the stick of the Black & Gold player and gain control of the puck. With lightning exiting from his skate blades, Darren Skuse would rocket in on a breakaway towards the Black & Gold netminder and riffle the black biscuit through the legs of the netminder for his first ever Phantom goal.  The Skuse strike would be executed with 1:11 remaining in the second period and lifted the Phantoms to a 5-0 lead.  Early in the third period, the Phantoms Brent Vandonkelear would be called for a trip and a rough which would give Black & Gold a 4:00 power-play.  The Phantom penalty killing unit would complete the first two minutes of Brents trip to the sin-bin masterfully, but 30 seconds into the second penalty Black & Gold would manage to inch the puck under the sprawled out Phantom netminder and put Black & Gold on the board.  The power-play strike by Black & Gold would truncate and negate the Phantoms shut-out streak at 83:47.  Minutes after the Black & Gold strike, the Phantoms Jason Schemmel would regain a five-goal cushion for the Phantoms and conclude the scoring during the contest.  The 6-1 victory by the Phantoms, improves the teams record to 2-0-1.  On the Nautys penalty minute clock, the Phantoms were ticketed for 4 minors for 8 minutes and Black & Gold was called on 2 minors for 4 minutes.  The Phantoms outshot the opponent 35-18.  The Phantoms will return to action in two weeks to take on last season champions the Sharkies at 9:00pm.

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and im just warming up!

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