Lirette slaps Vols with loss
Published on October 21, 2008 by The Sentinel
On Sat., Oct. 18 the Owls returned home from a long stint on the
road to face off against the University of Tenn. at the Kennesaw
IceForum with over 800 fans in attendance.
KSU managed to capitalize on many scoring opportunities, even while short-handed, which earned them an 8-4 victory. With this win, they remain undefeated at home.
“Tonight was a really fun game,” said forward Jean-Marc Biron. “Got a couple bad penalties, but other than that I thought we played great as a whole.”
The Owls started things off early in the first period with a goal from sophomore forward Mark Berry. Within just one minute of the first goal, they added two more goals to the scoreboard, courtesy of forwards Chris Koutnik and Biron.
Tennessee followed up with their first goal of the game. However, KSU answered with a Ricky Lirette goal during the waning minutes of the first period.
In the second period, Lirette followed up with his second goal, which was assisted by Dylan Morrison and Andrew Chlebek. With only a few minutes remaining in the second period, Biron matched Lirette’s mark with two goals of his own. The score at the end of the second period was 6-2 in favor of KSU.
Patience was running low and tempers had begun to flare in the third period. This brought a lot of penalties from each team, especially KSU. The Owls held their own on defense, even with two men in the penalty box. Forward Jerry Holden made do, even with teammates in the penalty box, by scoring a short-handed goal of his own. Goalie Ben Powers also stepped up his game with several key saves.
Before the final horn sounded, the Vols put the puck in the back of the net one more time, but it was not enough.
Biron and Lirette lead in offensive production, a total of four goals. Defensemen Hunter Gahl and Matt Howard had two assists each, along with forwards Holden and Morrison.
“Fundamentally we played very sound tonight,” said head coach Ken Honeyman. “It was a team effort.”
The Owls will return home for two nights on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at 10:00 p.m. against the University of East Carolina.
“We should manhandle them,” said Lirette. “They aren’t going to be too much competition against us.”
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