The Ogden Mustangs flew more than 2,000 miles east and they are playing on a mission to go back happy. They won Game 1 by a 7-3 score after starting out down 2-0 in the first period in Foxboro, Mass.
#DineenCupFinals: All of your Game 1 goals in one place! @OgdenMustangs picks up the 7-3 win on Friday night.
They'll be looking to close it out with hardware on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m. EST! pic.twitter.com/weMDxVM1t3
— NCDC Hockey (@NCDCJrHockey) April 27, 2024
In the first period, at 7:37, Samuel Chrenka was the recipient of a sweet feed in front from Owen Clifford that gave the Kings a 1-0 lead. They increased that lead quickly to a 2-0 advantage when Aiden Lindley’s shot from the right circle got past Nikita Volsky.
The Mustangs first got on the board at the 11:09 mark of the first period, when Ethan Hall knocked in a sweet feed from behind the net from Casper Conradsson-Kelvgard.
At 3:20 of the second, Turner Richards scored to temporarily even the game, with this five-hole shot, assisted by Corson Maguire.
Wesley Schwarzmiller scored to again put the Kings up (temporarily), bringing it in on a great individual effort, assisted by Owen Clifford and Patrick Bruna.
Jack Bartfield sent it in from the high slot and we had our first Ogden Mustangs lead, at 4-3.
The third period saw three unanswered goals to send the game in Ogden’s direction. A turnover in the Kings’ end led to Samuel Anderson’s goal to give the Ogden Mustangs a two-goal cushion.
The Mustangs went up 6-3 on a sweet breakaway by Brody Simko, and Parker Osborn scored an empty net goal.
