Indians tournament hopes end with 4-1 loss to the Northern Cyclones

The Indians met up with Northern Cyclones in quarterfinal game of the tournament and Cyclones came out quick and scored two early goals in the first period.  From that point the Indians settled down and late in the first Jeff Rahilly made an excellent rush up the ice following his rebound for an unassisted goal.  From that point on the Indians pressed hard missing several great chances in the second period to tie the score, however the Cyclones weathered the storm and got out of the period in the second period with a 2-1 lead.  In the third the Indians continued to mount a charge but to no avail and the Cyclones found the net twice for a 4-1 lead on won the game.  Alex Rairigh was in the net in a losing effort.

The Indians will take on the Northern Cyclones at 550 at the Farmington Hills Ice Arena

Indians roll over the Minnesota Revolution 6-2

Saturday morning saw the Indians up against the Minnesota Revolution in the third game of the Compuware/Honeybaked invite.  Early in the first period Minnesota got on the board to take an early lead, however one minute later Hudson Troyer put a shot over the goalies glove to tie the game up, assisted by Bren Lyons for a 1-1 score at the end of the period.  In second the Indians opened the period with Cam Parrott scored from Colton Hayes and Chase Tallaire.  Troyer added his second of game from Hayes for 3-1 lead through two periods.  Justin Moyle opened the scoring in the third period on an end to end rush scoring unassisted, then Michael Chapman scored on a nice passing play from Nathan Brown and Jeff Rahilly.  Minnesota added one of their own before Cam Parrot scored his second of the game on a shot from the point assisted by Rahilly.  Alex Rairigh took the win in the net for the Indians.

The Indians will now wait to see who next opponent will be based on the standings of the tournament.

Hill Academy tops the Indians 7-1

The second game of the tournament pitted the Indians against Hill Academy from Canada, both teams traded opportunities in the first period however neither could score.  In the second the Indians couldn’t get anything to go their way and Hill Academy capitalized on all of their chances scoring 5 unanswered goals for a 5-0 lead going into the third.  Early in the third Chase Tallaire scored on a rebound, assisted by Cody Colegrove and Warner Young.  That was all they could muster and Hill Academy scored two more for a 7-1 final score.  Both Alex Rairigh and Jeb Barrett played in the net.

The Indians will take on the Minnesota Revolution at 1120 tomorrow morning.

Indians skate to a 3-3 tie with Honeybaked

In the opening game of the Compuware/Honeybaked tournament the Indians came out ready to play.  In the first period both teams skated even throughout the period exchanging good scoring chances.  In the second Hudson Troyer found a rebound and in front of the net on hard work by Jason Kasper and made no mistake burying it for the 1-0 lead.  Two minutes later Mat Thurston scored from Cody Colegrove to up 2-0 midway through the second period.  Honeybaked came back with 3 unanswered goals to take the lead, however the team didn’t quit and late in second period Thurston scored his second of the game from Warner Young to even the score again.  Neither team could get the go ahead goal and the game ended tied.  Alex Rairigh was in net for the Indians.  

The Indians will face Hill Academy at 4 pm this afternoon