Spiders finish 2014 with first shutout loss of season
Dec. 28, 2014
Mastodons C3 vs. Spiders
Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014,
7:45 p.m. – Richfield 2
Game 9 (AHA game 5674)
- Mastodons final score:
- 3
- Spiders final score:
- 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodons | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Spiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spiders lose 3–0 to second-place Mastodons in pre-New Year game.
After a scoreless first, the Mastodons got on the board thanks to a power play goal with 5:58 remaining. Two minutes later, it was 2–0 Mastodons.
With just over six minutes to go in the third, the Mastodons made it 3–0.
The last time the Spiders were down by three was the end of November, against the Royals. The Royals’ goaltender Ben Cavender, incidentally subbing for the Mastodons tonight, was seen having fits of flashback in his crease, as the Spiders had put up a 17-second rally that night to close the difference to one. Instead, tonight Cavender was ready, and kept the puck out of his net, shutting out the Spiders, the team’s first donut of the season.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | P | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Rush | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 23 | 46 |
| Mastodons | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 34 |
| Royals | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 52 |
| Fighting Ice Fish | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 42 |
| Marauders | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 42 |
| Blade Runners | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 50 |
| Maroons | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 44 |
| Spiders | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 44 |
| Ice Gators | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 34 |
| Nighthawks | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 72 |
| Wolfpack | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 41 | 50 |
The loss puts the Spiders back under .500 — at 4–5, 8 points in a three-way tie for 6th in C3 East.
After the holiday hiatus, the Spiders return to action on Sunday, Jan. 4, against the new-to-C3 Wolfpack. They are 2–5–2–0, in last place, coming off a 13–2 short-benched loss to the Gold Rush. Prior to that, they beat the Maroons 4–2.
Puck drops on Sunday at 9:15 p.m. at New Hope N.
For details, see the box score and game summary.
