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2003-04 Results

Sunday, February 20, 2005
League vs. Columbus Jr. B Blue Jackets

Eddie Effinger nets a goal and an assist to lead the Jr. Blues over Columbus.

Captain Pete Wildhaber nets his first goal of the season. 

Jr. Blues Hang On to Defeat Desperate Columbus Team

The Jr. Blues scored the only goal of the first period to begin Sunday's game differently than Saturday's.  The power play goal started with a quick shot from the point by Bret Morrell.  Tony Jost then secured the rebound and passed it to Brandon Bollig who deposited it in the empty side of the net.  The second period was all St. Louis.  Eddie Effinger won a perfect draw to point man Pete Wildhaber who blasted a shot past the Columbus goaltender.  Amazingly this was Captain Pete's first goal of the season.  Then Eddie Effinger showed off his gifted hands and made a fancy move to beat the defenseman and goaltender for a 3-0 lead.  After Columbus tallied, Ryan Kretzer restored the 3 goal lead with just 10 seconds remaining in the period.  Ken Grasso and Pat Dolan assisted.  The third period got a little interesting.  Columbus narrowed the score to 4-2 early on.  With Columbus playing well, they netted a goal with 4 seconds remaining to make the final 4-3.

Columbus 0-1-2-3
St. Louis 1-3-0-4

Shots:
Columbus 10-10-11-31
St. Louis 16-12-9-37

Goals/Power plays
Columbus 1/5
St. Louis 2/4

Scoring:
Eddie Effinger 1 goal, 1 assist
Ryan Kretzer 1 goal
Brandon Bollig 1 goal
Pete Wildhaber 1 goal
Pat Dolan 1 assist
Bret Morrell 1 assist
Ken Grasso  1 assist
Tony Jost 1 assist
Zach Barron 1 assist
Kyle O'Kane 1 assist
Blake Yanics made 28 saves on 31 shots

Saturday, February 19, 2005
League vs. Columbus Jr. B Blue Jackets

Kyle O'Kane nets two goals and adds two assists in Jr. Blues 4-1 win.

Jr. Blues Defeat Columbus
Jr. B Blue Jackets 4-1

The Columbus Jr. B Blue Jackets scored the only goal of the first period as they desperately need points to reach the final playoff spot in the CSHL.  The Jr. Blues then responded with a strong second period.  Kyle O'Kane scored the only goal of the period as he took a Pat Dolan feed in the corner and worked his magic beating the goaltender on a strong move from behind the net.  The third period was all St. Louis as Ryan Kretzer finished a pretty passing play from Shawn Gawrys and Kyle O'Kane.  Gawrys then sniped a perfect shot to increase the lead with Kretzer and O'Kane assisting.  Late in the period, O'Kane sniped a shot himself on the power play with Gawrys and Kretzer assisting.  Goaltender Trey Spiller was a last second started as scheduled starter Blake Yanics was dinged by a shot in warm-ups.  Spiller played tremendously, especially in the early going to take the win making 23 saves.

Columbus 1-0-0-1
St. Louis 0-1-3-4

Shots:

Columbus 9-12-3-24
St. Louis 14-15-10-39

Goals/Power plays
Columbus 0/2
St. Louis 1/2

Scoring:
Kyle O'Kane 2 goals, 2 assists
Ryan Kretzer 1 goal, 2 assists
Shawn Gawrys 1 goal, 2 assists
Pat Dolan 1 assist
Trey Spiller made 23 saves on 24 shots.

Sunday, February 6, 2005
League vs. Grand Rapids Jr. Owls

Brandon Bollig had a successful fight, 3 goals and 2 assists as he dominated the Jr. Owls this weekend with 4 goals and 5 assists.

Jr. Blues Cruise By Jr. Owls

The Jr. Blues showed from the beginning they were ready for the Jr. Owls in Sunday's contest as Tony Jost started the scoring early in the game and the Jr. Blues never looked back.  Eddie Effinger then roofed a perfect shot on the power play for a 2-0 St. Louis advantage.  Kyle O'Kane undressed the Jr. Owls goaltender to make it 3-0.  The second period was more of the same.  Effinger scored a power play goal and Cory Spradling notched his 44th goal of the year.  Brandon Bollig then scored three third period goals to put some icing on the cake for St. Louis.  The Jr. Blues dominated most of the game out shooting Grand Rapids 32-14.  Trey Spiller stopped 13 of 14 to pick up the win in net.

Grand Rapids 0-1-0-1
St. Louis 3-2-3-8

Shots:
Grand Rapids 5-6-3-14
St. Louis 1-14-7-32

Goals/Power plays
Grand Rapids 0/5
St. Louis 2/8

Scoring:
Brandon Bollig 3 goals, 2 assists
Tony Jost 1 goal, 2 assists
Cory Spradling 1 goal, 2 assists
Kyle O'Kane 1 goal, 2 assists
Eddie Effinger 2 goals
Zach Barron 2 assists
Pete Wildhaber 1 assist
Pat Dolan 1 assist
Trey Spiller made 13 saves on 14 shots.

Saturday, February 5, 2005
League vs. Grand Rapids Jr. Owls

Tim Jost contributed with solid two way play plus a goal and assist in Jr. Blues win.

Jr. Blues Start Slow, Finish Fast

The Jr. Owls were ready to play and the Jr. Blues were a little slow to get it going in the weekend opener.  The Jr. Owls scored the first goal of the game just 2 minutes into the contest.  The Jr. Owls continued to out play the Jr. Blues for most of the period out shooting the home team 15-10.  But the Jr. Blues capitalized on their scoring chances as Cory Spradling and Tony Jost each scored to give the Jr. Blues a 2-1 lead. 

The second period was not much better.  Zach Barron scored early in the period, but most of the play was in favor of Grand Rapids.  The Jr. Owls cut the St. Louis lead to 3-2 with 7 minutes remaining in the second period.  The Jr. Owls were outplaying and out shooting the Jr. Blues 9-4 at that point of the period.  But the Jr. Blues responded quickly with Cory Spradling and Brandon Bollig scoring to take a 5-2 lead.  The third period was all St. Louis as they fired 15 shots and scored 3 times.  Cory Spradling recorded the hat-trick and took over the CSHL goal scoring lead.  Tim Jost one-timed a perfect Pete Wildhaber pass on the power play and Ryan Kretzer finished a quick 3 on 2 started by Ken Grasso that had Shawn Gawrys streak by a defenseman and set up Kretzer.  Blake Yanics was excellent early in the game and made 25 saves on 27 shots.

Grand Rapids  1-1-0-2
St. Louis 2-3-3-8

Shots:
Grand Rapids  15-9-3-27
St. Louis  10-13-15-38

Goals/Power plays
Grand Rapids 1/4
St. Louis 2/4

Scoring:
Cory Spradling 3 goals, 1 assist
Tony Jost 1 goal, 3 assists
Brandon Bollig 1 goal,  3 assists
Tim Jost 1 goal, 1 assist
Zach Barron 1 goal
Ryan Kretzer 1 goal
Pete Wildhaber 1 assist
Paul Puglisi 1 assist
Danny Brown 1 assist
Shawn Gawrys 1 assist
Bret Morrell 1 assist
Ken Grasso 1 assist
C.J. Chappell 1 assist
Blake Yanics made 25 saves on 27 shots

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