The New Mexico Ice Wolves traveled to Grand Junction to take on the River Hawks for just the third ever meeting between the two teams. The first period was an absolute sprint with the River Hawks finding the first goal of the game as Brodie Donovan scored on the powerplay for the 1-0 lead. The Ice Wolves would respond 1:53 later as Koen Harrold would dance his way through the offensive zone and find the back of the net. Parker Thompson would not allow the Ice Wolves to stay tied for long as he would deflect home a Porter Bayer shot for the 2-1 lead. Only 1:25 later Kasen Harrold scored off of a faceoff play to equalize the game at two. The Ice Wolves would head to the Watt Electric Powerplay almost immediately after and it would be Antoine Demers putting a perfect pass from Max Stracar to give the Ice Wolves the 3-2 lead they would take into the intermission. The first period saw Jackson Silverberg face 18 shots and make 5 highlight real saves and fought off a hungry River Hawks team. The second period saw the Ice Wolves double their lead as Conner Boulay would deflect home a shot from Noah Teng just four minutes into the period. The River Hawks would begin to battle back as Will Cymbaluk would find his first of the night to cut the deficit to 4-3 through two periods of play. The third period would see Will Cymbaluk score his second goal of the game with 7:12 remaining in the third period to tie the game at four. The Ice Wolves would return the favor as Easton Rooney score his first as an Ice Wolve for the go-ahead goal with 4:30 remaining in regulation. The Ice Wolves would add one more as Max Stracar found the back of the empty net for the 6-4 victory. Jackson Silverberg stopped 30 of 34 shots earning the Friday night victory. The Ice Wolves and River Hawks will battle again Saturday, November 14 at 7:30pm MT and you can watch all of the action on NATV by selecting the away audio.
