Mississippi sweeps weekend games from Motor City Rockers

BILOXI, Miss. — The Motor Metropolis Rockers’ six-game profitable streak got here to a crashing halt by the hands of the Mississippi SeaWolves on the second to final collection of the common season.

A five-goal second interval erased an early Rocker lead Friday evening and allowed Mississippi to coast to a 6-2 win. Mississippi beat Motor Metropolis 7-4 on Saturday.

Friday evening belonged to SeaWolves ahead Jake Raliegh, who recorded his second profession hat trick and tallied a complete of 5 factors within the win. Raleigh began the evening ending a three-on-one aim 3:27 into the primary interval for an early 1-0 lead.

The Rockers had been in a position to get two targets again within the first interval to achieve a lead, 2-1, off the sticks of Derek Makimaa and Tim Perks.

With 6:23 left within the opening body Mike Winn created an offensive rush clearing the puck from the Rocker finish. He raced it into the offensive zone and slid it to Perks within the far circle. Perks then handed it to the excessive slot to Makimaa who ripped a wrist shot from the excessive level for his twenty second of the season.

Perks added his second level of the evening when he completed a centering cross to the far aspect submit from Roman Gaudet for his sixth.

Mississippi then took management firstly of the second interval and by no means seemed again.

Raleigh and Yianni Liarakos each added two targets within the second interval as the 2 alternated the primary three targets of the center body.

Because the SeaWolves carried a 4-2 lead with 11:35 remaining within the second interval, Mississippi spoiled the professional debut of Ricky Gonzalez who made his first begin in web with a ultimate aim by Jackson Bond to chase the younger goaltender from the sport.

Blake Scott changed Gonzalez who surrendered 5 targets on 22 pictures on the evening.

The lone aim that Scott let in was off the stick of Liarakos with 3:44 left within the second interval. Liarakos collected a free rebound after an preliminary flurry of saves by Scott, and lifted it over a falling Scott for his seventeenth of the season.

Saturday evening additionally went to the SeaWolves due to 4 unanswered targets within the first interval.

The Rockers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead due to a pregame penalty that allowed Motor Metropolis to begin the primary interval on the facility play.

Declan Conway gave the Rockers the lead 27 seconds into the sport when he took a Dante Suffredini cross into the offensive zone. As he moved into the excessive slot, Conway fired the puck for his eleventh energy play aim of the season.

Suffredini added to the lead 5 and half minutes later when a two-on-one was created by Makimaa. Makimaa feathered a centering cross that Suffredini completed in entrance of the web for his seventh.

The SeaWolves then went on a scoring barrage to take a 4-2 lead within the ultimate 10 minutes of the opening interval. Liarakos added the primary aim, then Yaroslav Yevdokimov added two earlier than Phillip Wong capped the scoring with 18 seconds left within the interval.

Conway opened the second interval with a snipe that destroyed the water bottle that reduce into the lead, 4-3, 30 seconds into the center interval.

Perks earned his second of the weekend with 7:36 to play within the second interval when he created a turnover at heart ice, and walked the puck in for a aim to knot the rating at 4-4. It was his seventh of the season.

The SeaWolves grabbed the lead again, 5-4, due to a aim scored by Sam Turner with 4:19 left within the second interval when he went high shelf, glove aspect for his tenth of the yr.

Liarakos then slammed the door shut within the third interval with two targets to finish a six level evening and the hat trick with two targets within the ultimate body for a 7-4 win.

Motor Metropolis and Mississippi will sq. off subsequent weekend at Large Boy Area in Fraser for the ultimate collection of the common season. The Rockers want two factors to safe the third seed within the playoffs which start on April 21.