BALANCED OFFENSE, STELLAR GOALTENDING LEAD WOODSMEN PAST CYCLONES
TOMAH, Wis. — When the Wisconsin Woodsmen and Wausau Cyclones took the ice Friday
evening, it had been 34 days since their last meeting — and the Woodsmen had a bit of a score
to settle with the Cyclones.
And settle they did.
Still smarting from an 8-2 loss to the Cyclones on Oct. 3, the Woodsmen turned up the offensive
heat, and clamped down on the defensive end, in dealing Wausau a 6-1 NA3HL setback at the
Tomah Ice Center.
Andrei Khomenko gave the Woodsmen all the offense they would need with his sixth goal of
the season, a tally with just 2:31 to play in the game’s opening period.
But the Woodsmen weren’t about to settle for just one goal.
Parker Holloway netted his team-leading 12th of the season midway through the middle period
to give Wisconsin a two-goal, 2-0 cushion heading into the second intermission.
And after netting solo tallies in each of the first two periods, the Woodsmen would more than
double that effort over the final 20 minutes, getting goals from Jackson Haupt, Bryce Bechen,
Paxton Raymond, and Cameron Hovden to account for Wisconsin’s four-goal third-period
outburst.
While the Woodsmen offense was busy lighting the lamp over and over again behind Wausau
goalie Gavan Norton, the Cyclones saw little red behind Wisconsin netminder Nicholas Foy,
eventually foiling the Wisconsin goalie’s shutout bid on a goal by Maksim Salienko with 3:16 to
play in regulation.
Foy finished with 13 saves between the pipes for the Woodsmen, while Norton made 21 saves
for the Cyclones.
Wisconsin (10-4-1-0 overall) will set its sights on a weekend sweep of the Cyclones on Saturday,
when the two teams return to the Tomah Ice Center for the 7:15 p.m. rematch.