Starsky & Hutch No Match for Battlestar

BSG defeated Team Starsky & Hutch (Yellow, but wearing green) 7-2 on Sunday night at the MSA. Maroon forward Taylor Hoelscher had 2 goals and 1 assist, forward Steve Schmitz had 3 assists and Battlestar captain Joe Blom had 2 goals, bringing his two-game total to a team-leading 5G.  Galactica goalie Tina Kirkaldy had another solid performance, turning away 23 of 25 SOGs for a stellar .920 save percentage.

S&H got on the board first with a quick shot from the left wing that beat Kirkaldy at 10:31.  Three minutes later, Joe Blom streaked down the left lane, skated around a defenseman, cut across the crease and beat S&H goalie Kelsey Haley 5-hole.  At 4:54, BSG forward Craig Sorochin punched a shot past Haley to put the Maroon up 2-1.  Sorochin was assisted by Steve Schmitz.

The second period was a defensive struggle, with each team getting quality scoring chances.  S&H scored the only goal of the period at 11:32 to knot the game at 2.

BSG came out, firing on all cylinders, in the third.  Taylor Hoelscher found twine at 13:15 when he wristed a shot from high in the slot that beat Haley long-side.  Hoelscher was assisted by defenseman Dalton Ford.  Blom scored again two minutes later on a breakaway, punctuated with a  pretty snapshot that went top-shelf.  Blom was assisted by Hoelscher.  BSG scoring continued at 7:47 when Jeremy Thompson executed a give-and-go with Adam Ghering that resulted in Ghering slipping the puck by Haley to put the Battlestars up 5-2.  Thirty seconds later, Hoelscher would score again off a pretty feed from Schmitz.  BSG scoring was capped off with a pretty snapshot by Ron Goldberg that beat Haley gloveside at 6:21, ending the game 7-2.  Goldberg was assisted by Schmitz.  Galactica outshot S&H 34-25 in the contest.

BSG take on the American Gladiators (Red) at 3:30PM on January 29th @ the MSA.