Hanover Marauders continued to have difficulty finding the back of the net, falling to the Pinkerton Astros 4-1 at Campion Arena. Pinkerton collected one even strength goal, along with one each on the power play, short handed, and into an empty net. Hanover shuffled players around, with Austen Thum and Parker Thurston taking several shifts up front and Kordell Lindsay back on the blue line. We also saw the creation of the DNA line, with Ben and Jake Acker playing together. The teams played a very physical game, with big hard checks delivered by Lindsay, Gavin Ratliff, Eric McCoy and Benjamin Chaimberg.
Pinkerton took the lead late in the first period after a goalmouth scramble. The Astros doubled their lead with a power play goal in the middle stanza on a pretty three way passing play resulting in a one-timer from the high slot that beat Mike Stinson over his blocker. Hanover halved the lead off the face-off to the right of the Pinkerton goalie. Ben Acker won the face-off to his brother Jake, and the younger Acker's one-timer soared high glove side into the net. With Hanover on the power play and pressing hard for the tying goal, Pinkerton intercepted a pass back to the point, broke in one on one, and score on a wrist shot from between the circles. The Astros scored into a vacated Marauder net to seal the victory.
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