In the first home game of the new year, the Sockeyes hoped they could extract some revenge on the Mission City Outlaws on Thursday night. The Outlaws scored three goals in under three minutes in their only other meeting this season en route to a 5-3 win.
Despite having played the previous night, the Sockeyes jumped out to a quick start, as Tyler Paterson tapped a pass from Troy Kaczynski into a gaping net under a minute into the game.
The pace of the game slowed drastically following the goal, as the period ended with the lone goal and only 13 total shots.
The Sockeyes have been juggernauts on the power-play this season, but it was the Outlaws who won the special teams battle. They killed off all five Sockeyes penalties, and scored a goal on the power-play when a point shot from Ram Brar deflected off Brody Dyck’s arm past Sockeyes tender Nathan Alalouf
Mission’s top line was dangerous throughout, and Bryce Pisiak scored his team-leading 28th and 29th goals of the season.
Down 3-1 in the final ten minutes of the game, the Sockeyes finally solved Bryce Phenix a second time when Kaczynski snapped a wrist shot along the ice under the Outlaws netminder.
With nine seconds remaining on the clock, and trailing 3-2, Kaczynski rushed up the ice after a defensive zone face-off win and split the defense for a breakaway. Phenix stayed with him, putting an exclamation point on a 30-save performance with a left pad save with only a single second remaining.
Richmond rallied late, but came up short as they dropped their 2nd home game to Mission this season with a final score of 3-2.
- Bailey Meadows
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