Thomson’s Two Goals Not Enough in 5-3 Loss to Rockhoppers

If the Brooklyn Aces have had a kryptonite this season, it’s been been New Jersey Rockhoppers goaltender Nick Niedert.

Making 39 saves on the night, the gritty netminder guided his team to a 5-3 win over the Brooklyn Aces.

Things didn’t start off the Rockhoppers’ way however, as a Mike Thomson marker at 6:49 of the first gave Brooklyn an early 1-0 lead. New Jersey then bounced right back, getting tallies from Tom Boudreau and Chris Ferazzoli at 10:22 and 15:56, giving the Rockhoppers a 2-1 lead going into the second.

New Jersey extended the lead on a Kyle Bozoian score that made it a 3-1 game. Aces defenseman Doug Hoffman scored on the powerplay at 10:51, cutting the lead to 3-2 with only one period of play.

Nevertheless, the Rockhoppers weren’t done offensively, as Anthony Becker’s 16th goal of the season make it 4-2. Brooklyn still has some fight in them and Thomson ended up lighting the lamp for the 18th time this year, making it a one-goal game with 2:20 left to play.

Taking goaltender Eddie Neville out of the net for the extra man, the Aces were unable to tie the game. Ferazzoli added an insurance goal at 18:49 with the empty net to put the game away at 5-3.

Notes-

With the loss, New Jersey is just 10 points behind the Aces for the top spot in the EPHL.

Neville made 45 saves on 49 shots.

The Aces powerplay was one for four.

Attendance for the game was 1,292.

Photos by Patrick Hickey Jr.

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