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The Phantoms came out last night to play a physical game, it was obvious from the start. When the Phantoms lead with the Needham, DeLuca, and Amonte line, they probably mean to throw some checks. Unfortunately, we forgot to play the skilled shooting game and now have to win tonight and tomorrow night to stay alive.
I guess it should have been a sign that 0:40 into the game, Tristian Amonte took a checking from behind penalty. We put him out there to hit people, I guess that's to be expected. The first frame was pretty uneventful outside of that. The Phantoms were outshot 11-4 but neither side put up any goals.
The Phantoms did jump out to a lead in the second. After a Matthew Barnaby goal was waived off for interference earlier in the period, Brett Murray capitalized on a misplayed puck by the Dubuque defense. On a simple play where Jeppe Urup sent a pass up the boards and Brett Murray tipped it into the zone where in came to Saints' defenseman Luke Robinson in the corner . Robinson tried to push the puck back up ice one handed as he turned but ended up settling the puck for the charging Murray with his back turned to the oncoming Phantoms' leading scorer. Murray wasted no time in scooping the puck up and putting a sharp angle shot on net from the goal line that surprised Saint's netminder Matthew Thiessen for a goal at 10:21.
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And the regular season is a wrap with the Phantoms downing the NTDP U17s.
Owen Gallatin got the NTDP on the board first. After making a great bank pass from his own end to the neutral zone to spring Hunter McKown, Gallatin jumped up from his defensive position to join the rush. McKown hit him traling the play and he put a shot on goal that somehow eluded Chad Veltri in net at 9:38. Despite being outshot 9-7, the NTDP carried the 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
The Phantoms stormed back in the middle frame, starting with a powerplay goal. Joseph Abate, back for his second game after an upper body injury, hit Gianfranco Cassaro with a cross ice pass at the blueline. The defenseman was all alone as he carried the puck to the top of the left faceoff circle and unleashed a laser shot that beat NTDP goaltender Drew Commesso at 4:21.
Matthew DeMelis put the Phantoms ahead after taking a pass from Ben Schoen near center ice. DeMelis danced around defenseman Connor Kelley, treating him pretty much as a pylon in a stick handling drill, and right by defenseman Jacob Truscott, before making a backhand to forehand move on the shot that beat Commesso at 12:17.
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The Phantoms faced Sioux Fall for the second time, just a day after being beat 4-1 by the same team. What a difference that 24 hours makes. In what looked like a total flip from the previous night, the Phantoms managed to beat the Stampede 3-0 and earned Christian Stoever his first shutout in the USHL.
The Phantoms definitely looked like they had more energy to start the game. They put up the first goal of the game at 8:36 when Craig Needham took a shot on net that Stampede netminder Alec Calvaruso made the initial save but the rebound landed in the low slot, where Dalton Messina came crashing into a herd of defenders and jammed the puck passed the goaltender to put the Phantoms up 1-0. The Phantoms outshot the Stampede 11-6 in the first period.
In the second frame, Brett Murray would score an unassisted, shorthanded goal when Calvaruso went behind the net to retrieve a puck dumped the length of the ice. Murray pursued the puck and stripped Calvaruso behind the net and managed to wrap it around for a goal with 0:30 left on the clock.
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