AJIHL 2012
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Sydney Lightning vanquishes Sydney Maple Leafs in shootout, 4-3Penrith Ice Palace Sun, Feb 03, 2013 Casey Kubara scored the clinching goal in a shootout, and Sydney Lightning picked up the extra point in a 4-3 win over Sydney Maple Leafs. The two teams needed eight turns to complete the shootout. Sydney Maple Leafs got a shootout goal from Scott Clemie. In addition to the clincher, Sydney Lightning got a shootout goal from Chris Shephard.Sydney Lightning came back from a two-goal deficit to capture the victory. Sydney Lightning was down 3-1 after a power play goal by Sydney Maple Leafs' Clemie at 6:31 in the third period. Sydney Lightning knotted things up at 3-3 on a power play goal by Hayden Sheard at 14:59 in the third period. With 26 shots on target during the contest, Sydney Lightning exceeded the 3.5 shots it averages per game this year. In addition, Sydney Lightning received assists from Shephard and Axel Winton, who each chipped in one. Sydney Maple Leafs did not challenge the opposing netminder, taking only 14 shots on net to force 11 saves. However, Sydney Maple Leafs racked up more shots in the game than the 2.0 per game it averages. Nolan Barlow also scored for Sydney Maple Leafs. Other players who recorded assists for Sydney Maple Leafs were Steven Naidovksi and Dexter Crowe, who contributed one a piece and Jayden Ryan and Tyler Kubara, who each chipped in two. Marco Tomasello recorded 11 saves for Sydney Lightning. Sydney Lightning incurred 36 minutes in penalty time with three minors. For Sydney Lightning, Cameron Todd was ejected from the game. Dylan Burgess rejected 22 shots on goal for Sydney Maple Leafs. Sydney Maple Leafs incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.
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