Glacier Nationals fall to Warriors

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 30, 2012 11:59 PM

WHITEFISH — The Glacier Nationals fell 7-5 to the West Sound Warriors in a game between the NORPAC’s top two teams Friday at Stumptown Ice Den.

Glacier (9-3-1 NORPAC, 10-9-1 overall) had a 50-33 advantage in shots on goal, but failed to convert on all 12 of its power play chances.

West Sound (13-2 NORPAC) was more successful on special teams, scoring on 2 of 7 power plays and adding a short-handed goal.

Glacier trailed 5-4 after two periods, but Conor Walsh scored 1 minute and 25 seconds into the third to knot the score at 5. West Sound answered midway through the period when Josh Twietmeyer scored on a power play. Twietmeyer potted an empty net goal with 21 seconds remaining to end any hope of a Glacier comeback.

Glacier now trails West Sound by five points in the NORPAC standings, but it has played two fewer league games.

The Nationals host the Warriors again today at 7:35 p.m.

West Sound 3 2 2 — 7

Glacier 2 2 1 — 5

Scoring summary

First period

Gla - Jordan Carter (assists Sebastian Adnell, Mason Meyer), 3:26

WS - Mitchell Pijanowski (Mike Byers), 8:42

WS - PP Jaime Velasquez (Josh Twietmeyer, Kai Wilkins), 11:18

WS - SH Wilkins (Josh Colleaux), 13:36

Gla - Collin Plitt (Jackson Schroeder, Bill Boberg), 18:20

Second period

Gla - Daniel Roe (Meyer), 5:55

WS - Addison Wells (Caleb Bromley), 8:46

WS - Colleaux (Twietmeyer, Wilkins), 10:38

Gla - Adam Dalton (Brandon Vitale, Adnell), 12:15

Third period

Gla - Conor Walsh (Schroeder, Austin Givens), 1:25

WS - PP Twietmeyer (Nick Torres), 12:05

WS - EM Twietmeyer (Wilkins), 19:39

Team statistics

Shots on goal - West Sound 33, Glacier 50. Saves - West Sound 45 (Forrest Savel), Glacier 26 (Mitch Tyson). Power plays - West Sound 2-7, Glacier 0-12. Penalty minutes - West Sound 47, Glacier 32.