The Brooklyn Aces knew last night’s game was an important one and even though they scored three goals in the third period, a flat start after an early first period goal doomed them in a 7-5 loss to the New Jersey Rockhoppers.
B.J. Kuper broke open the scoring at 1:38 on the powerplay after a Matt Tyree tripping penalty, giving Brooklyn an early 1-0 lead. The Aces wouldn’t score again until 12:37 of the second, when Mike Christensen scored on the powerplay. In between that lapse in offense for Brooklyn, the Rockhoppers got four goals from the quartet of Tyree, Kyle Bozoian, Matt Puntureri and Anthony Becker. Soon after Christensen’s goal, the Rockhoppers got another goal from Becker at 14:01 and one from Logan Bittle at 15:57, making it a 6-2 game going into the third period.
The Aces tried to fight back in the third as a Jesse Felten marker, his 19th goal of the season, at 1:50 cut the Jersey lead to 6-3. 5:57 later, Puntureri lit the lamp again, as New Jersey reclaimed their four-goal lead. C.J. Tozzo and Derek Kern tallied later in the period to cut the Rockhoppers lead in half and even took goaltender Miro Recicar out of the net for the final 1:03, but couldn’t get the equalizer.
With the loss, which was Recicar’s first in regulation all season, the Rockhoppers gained two points on the Aces and are now 18 behind Brooklyn for the top spot in the EPHL.
Notes-
The Aces powerplay was two for four on the night.
Aces defensemen Joe Lyle and Nick Grove were not in the lineup.
The Aces newest addition, Dan Carney had an assist on Kern’s goal and was -3 on the night.
Recicar made 33 saves on 40 shots.
Kern’s goal was his second in four games with the team this season. He also has five points.
Attendance for the game 1,468.
Photos by Patrick Hickey Jr.
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