SUNS post two wins over Skidmore
SUNS HOCKEY SUMMARY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024
SUNS 5, RIFLES 2
Skidmore Rifles 0.................. 0 .............. 2 ..................2
Sun Valley Suns 1.................. 3 .............. 1 ..................5
FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Joey Sides 12 (D.J. Robinson), 2:06.
SECOND PERIOD—(2) SV, Ace Cowans 4 (Owen Powers, Parker Weekes), 13:33. (3) SV, Sean O’Grady 3 (Mike Curry, Max Tardy), 15:27. (4) SV, Zane Cowans 1 (Powers, Taylor Rothgeb), 17:54.
THIRD PERIOD—(5) Skidmore, Matt Foley (unassisted), 1:23. (6) SV, Ace Cowans 5 (Weekes, Powers), 7:34. (7) Skidmore, Max Hegge (Cam Benson), 19:05, power play goal.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Skidmore 9-8-6 for 23; Sun Valley 14-10-9 for 33.
GOALIES—Skidmore, Connor Walker (28 saves); Sun Valley, Ben McLean (21 saves, 6-2 record).
OFFICIALS—Max Battimo and Tyler Hanson (referees); Chris Benson and Dan Choma (linesmen).
SPECTATOR COUNT—521.
NOTES—Sun Valley forward lines were Owen Powers-Ace Cowans-Parker Weekes, Spencer Brendel-Max Tardy-Nick Curry, Joey Sides-Justin Taylor-Dylan Shamburger, Taylor Rothgeb-Derek Grimes-Zane Cowans. Defensemen were Sean O’Grady-Mike Curry, D.J. Robinson-Doug Yeates, Ben Barton-Drew Tallet…….Suns newcomer Ace Cowans, 27, from Beverly, Mass. added 2 goals tonight and now has accounted for 5 goals in his six Suns contests. He played in Europe and Australia after his four-year Univ. of Vermont career from 2017-21…….Ace’s younger brother Zane Cowans, 24, out of St. George’s School was thrilled to score his first Suns goal tonight and was mobbed by his teammates……Jackson Hole Moose (13-11 overall, outscoring opponents 130-110) have won four of their last five games including 6-3 and 5-4 (OT) road wins in Montana over the Bozeman Stingers Feb. 9-10. Jackson Hole is 3-1 against Bozeman this winter…..
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024
SUNS 5, RIFLES 1
Skidmore Rifles 1.................. 0 .............. 0 ..................1
Sun Valley Suns 1.................. 1 .............. 3 ..................5
FIRST PERIOD—(1) Skidmore, Cam Benson (unassisted), 9:01. (2) SV, Max Tardy 11 (Nick Curry, Spencer Brendel), 14:44.
SECOND PERIOD—(3) SV, Dylan Shamburger 8 (Tardy, Brendel), 6:25, power play goal.
THIRD PERIOD—(4) SV, Joey Sides 13 (Justin Taylor, Shamburger), 7:04. (5) SV, Derek Grimes 2 (Sean O’Grady, Steve McCall), 8:45. (6) SV, Sides 14 (Shamburger, Tardy), 15:14.
SHOTS ON GOAL—Skidmore 11-6-6 for 23; Sun Valley 16-12-17 for 45.
GOALIES—Skidmore, Bobby Bowden (40 saves); Sun Valley, Tripp Hutchinson (22 saves, 7-1 record).
OFFICIALS—Max Battimo and Chris Benson (referees); Dan Choma and Eric Wingard (linesmen).
SPECTATOR COUNT—415.
NOTES—Sixteen different Suns players got on the 29-point weekend scoresheet led by Max Tardy’s 4 points…….Top point-getter for Skidmore was former Sun Valley Junior Hockey alum Cam Benson. Benson was a multi-talented Wood River High School athlete who was a pass-catching senior for quarterback Alec Nordsieck on Wood River’s 2014 football team that placed second in the Great Basin Conference and finished with a 6-4 record for coach Kevin Stilling. More notably, lefty-hitting Benso