SUNS VS Ice Raiders

SUNS HOCKEY SUMMARY

FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024

SUNS 8, ICE RAIDERS 2

Sun Valley Suns 1.................. 4 .............. 3 ..................8

Reno Ice Raiders 1.................. 0 .............. 1 ..................2

FIRST PERIOD—(1) Reno, Hunter Sine (Bobby Watson, Morgan Ellis), 1:52. (2) SV, Parker Weekes 18 (Ace Cowans, Owen Powers), 8:05.

SECOND PERIOD—(3) SV, Justin Taylor 14 (Joey Sides, Vinny Dimaggio), 1:44. (4) SV, Ace Cowans 8 (Powers, Trevor Thomas), 3:27. (5) SV, David Dredge 1 (Ace Cowans, Ben Barton), 10:29. (5) SV, Sides 17 (Dylan Shamburger, Mike Curry), 11:31.

THIRD PERIOD—(7) SV, Taylor 15 (Dimaggio, Kyle Caddo), 4:00. (8) SV, Caddo 1 (Ace Cowans, Barton), 9:04. (9) Reno, Bobby Watson (unassisted), 9:38. (10) SV, Sides 18 (Mike Curry), 14:53.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Sun Valley 7-17-13 for 37; Reno 9-9-10 for 28.

GOALIES—Sun Valley, Ben McLean (26 saves, 9-2 record); Reno, Justis Gyori (29 saves).

THREE STARS—(1) Joey Sides (SV). (2) Justin Taylor (SV). (3) Ace Cowans (SV).

FACEOFFS WON—Suns: Justin Taylor 8, Derek Grimes 7. Ice Raiders: Johnny Garrity 14, Chris Whitten 9 (stats by Tom Jaekel, Univ. of Nevada-Reno Class of 2026).

OFFICIALS—Austin Bove and David Horton (referees); Robert Purdy and Tyler Carreone (linesmen).

NOTES—In his second Suns season and 29th Suns game, Kyle Caddo scored his first Suns goal tonight…..Vinny Dimaggio had his first Suns points with 2 assists……Counting his two coaching wins at Reno, third-year Suns head coach Ryan Enrico improved his coaching record to 52-14, .788 winning percentage…….

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024

SUNS, ICE RAIDERS

Sun Valley Suns 1.................. 3 .............. 3 ..................7

Reno Ice Raiders 2.................. 1 .............. 2 .................5

FIRST PERIOD—(1) Reno, Jake Minton (Matt Robinson, Andrew Peterson), 16:22, power play goal, (2) Reno, Jon Sobieski (Hunter Sine, Bobby Watson), 17:21, (3) SV, D.J. Robinson 3 (Derek Grimes, Nick Curry), 18:03.

SECOND PERIOD—(4) SV, Grimes 3 (Nick Curry, Stephen Inman), 3:20, power play goal. (5) SV, Robinson 4 (Grimes), 7:06. (6) SV, Joey Sides 19 (Drew Tallet, Justin Taylor), 10:06, power play goal. (7) Reno, Sobieski (unassisted), 19:13.

THIRD PERIOD—(8) Reno, Minton (Bobby Watson), 7:53. (9) SV, Owen Powers 7 (Parker Weekes, Ben Barton), 9:20, game-winning goal. (10) SV, Taylor 16 (Sides, Mike Curry), 12:32. (11) SV, Powers 8 (Ace Cowans, Nick Curry), 13:54. (12) Reno, Johnny Garrity (Charlie Montgomery, Minton), 16:42.

SHOTS ON GOAL—Sun Valley 15-12-15 for 42; Reno 7-9-7 for 23.

GOALIES—Sun Valley, Tripp Hutchinson (18 saves, 9-2 record); Reno, Justin Sand (35 saves, 59 minutes).

THREE STARS—(1) Owen Powers (SV). (2) Jake Minton (Reno). (3) D.J. Robinson (SV).

FACEOFFS WON—Suns: Justin Taylor 10, Ace Cowans 4, Owen Powers 4. Ice Raiders: Bobby Watson 14, Johnny Garrity 16 (stats by Tom Jaekel, Univ. of Nevada-Reno Class of 2026).

OFFICIALS—Tyler Carreone (referee); Robert Purdy and Austin Bove (linesmen).

NOTES—Seventeen of the 18 Suns skaters scored points over the two Reno games led by Ace Cowans (1 goal, 4 assists) and Joey Sides (3 goals, 2 assists)……….The Suns outscored the Ice Raiders 15-7, outpointed the home team 43-16 and outshot them 79-51…….Owen Powers (8 goals, 27 assists for 35 points in 22 games) and Justin Taylor (16 goals, 17 assists for 33 points in 22 games) are the top Suns scorers to date. Nobody will equal Nick Curry’s team-high 53 points in 24 games of last winter’s 21-3 Suns…….Nine Suns have 20 or more points in the 22 games to date…..Justin Taylor (113 goals, 108 assists for 221 Suns points) moved past Kris Webster into No. 15 on the all-time scoring list….The Suns swept the season series with Reno, having won 6-2 and 7-3 in Hailey Dec. 8-9……Over 16 home games, the Suns have drawn 10,098 fans, an average of 631 per game. Counting the Dec. 22 holiday exhibition that attracted 588 spectators, the total Suns home count is 10,686 for 17 dates, an average 628 each game………The Suns wrap up their 2023-24 campaign with the “Eclipse Bowl” home games against Boston Moon on Friday and Saturday, March 15-16 at Campion Ice House…….