East Division rules on Day 3 of 3HL East Showcase

Another day is in the books of the 3HL East Showcase and Day 3 was a day for the East Division to flex their muscles.  All for teams for the East won their games against the four teams from the North Division on Day 3 and here is a look at the results and game summaries:

Metro 8 vs. Battle Creek 3 – The Jr. Revs fired off 33 shots on goal, but Metro fired 51 in an 8-3 win.  Trevor Bardallis had three points as did Doug Andrews.  Metro jumped out to 3-0 lead.  Battle Creek scored the next two to draw within 3-2, but that would as close as the Revs would get as Metro scored three goals in a three minute span in the 2nd period, which included a power play goal from Andrews and a shorthanded goal from Bardallis.  Two more goals put the game away in the 3rd period for the Jets. Boxscore

Pittsburgh 5 vs. Queen City 2 – 17-year-old Bryan Hovanec had two goals and two assists as Pittsburgh moved to 3-0 at the Showcase with a 5-2 in over Queen City.  Pittsburgh jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Ryan McAloon and Alex Berardinelli.  Zach Newman answered back for the Steam.  Hovanec then scored back-to-back in the 2nd period to give Pittsburgh a 4-1 lead.  Eric Woodward scored to close it to within 4-2, but a power play goal from defenseman David Mnatsyan gave Pittsburgh the final 5-2 win.  Pittsburgh outshot Queen City, 49-32. Boxscore

Cleveland 4 vs. Toledo 1 – The 3HL’s leading scorer Cameron Dimmitt had three assists and a goal and Kyle Fink scored twice as Cleveland picked up their second win of the East Showcase, defeating Toledo, 4-1.  Fink scored the only goal of the 1st period.  Dimmitt scored his lone goal of the game early in the 2nd period to make it 2-0.  Joe Skrzynski answered back for Toledo to cut Cleveland’s lead to 2-1.  Andrew Mitch scored for the Jack to make it 3-1 heading into the 2nd intermission.  Fink added a power play goal in the 3rd period to give Cleveland the win.  Alexander Larson made 27 saves for his 12th win of the season.  Boxscore

Flint 4 vs. Michigan 1 – The Jr. Generals poured 51 shots on goal in a 4-1 win over Michigan.  Edward Osowski scored first for Flint, but that was quickly answered back by Michigan’s James Koonce, who scored his league-leading 30th goal of the season.  Andy Lay gave the lead back to Flint for good with a goal late in the 1st period.  Anthony Terzo scored to make it 3-1 and Richard Jansson (a tender of the NAHL’s Aberdeen Wings) scored the fourth and final goal to give Flint the 4-1 win.  Benjamin Myers picked up the win, making 21 saves while Schuyler Ferguson was very good in the loss, making 47 saves. Boxscore