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| Justin Novak, team-high 10th goal, assist (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
In Tuesday night's re-match at the New Prague Community Center the home team did it again, this time scoring three unanswered goals in the third period for a 4-2 Missota Conference victory.
"We need to find a way to get things done in the third period," Tiger coach Keith Revels said. "We have been playing pretty well defensively and need to continue to do so while stepping up our offensive play at the same time."
New Prague took a 1-0 lead after one period on a power play goal but the visitors responded with two of their own in the second on scores by Justin Novak (from Jack Erickson and Dallas Tucker) and Erickson (from Novak and Tanner Grubb). to carry a 2-1 lead into the final frame.
New Prague turned the game around with two scores, both on the power play, in the first 8:33 of the third period and then added an exclamation point to the win with an empty-netter in the game's final minute.
"We had a couple brief lapses on the penalty kill and they jumped on the opportunities," Revels said. " Untimely penalties have been haunting us; we need to limit them."
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| Jack Erickson eighth goal of the season, assist (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
Gage Overby drew the goal assignment for the Tigers and finished with 20 saves as his season record evened out at 4-4.
Revels said he has seen a lot of growth from his team this season and expects more as the schedule wind down.
"I still feel like this team has its best hockey in front of it," he said.
Farmington (9-9-1 and 3-5-1 in the Missota Conference) travels to Richfield Thursday night to take on league-leading Holy Angels at Richfield Arena.
The Stars defeated the Tigers 5-3 when the two teams met at Schmitz-Maki earlier in the season.
