OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The Oklahoma Warriors, proud members of the North American Hockey League, fell 7-4 to the Shreveport Mudbugs on Friday night.
Robin Israelsson forced a blueline turnover, leading to a breakaway goal to open the scoring at 14:00 of the first period, putting the Mudbugs up 1-0 for the lone goal of the frame.
Evan Hoglund wired home a backdoor feed from Jason Simons and William-Alexis Tremblay just 23 seconds into the second period, extending the lead to 2-0. At 10:22, William-Alexis Tremblay registered a goal of his own from Evan Hoglund and Jason Simons, adding to the lead to make it 3-0. Duke Ehrhard found the scoresheet at 8:55 with helpers from Jonah Jasser and Chase Secriskey, which extended the Mudbug lead to 4-0. Evan Hoglund added his second of the contest for Shreveport’s fifth unanswered goal at 5:34, set up by Robin Israelsson and Jason Simons to make it 5-0. Joey DeRosa potted his fourth of the campaign at 4:41, potting home a loose puck on a play created by Carson Steinhoff to make it 5-1. Olivier Laverdiere added the next tally against his former team at 2:38, set up by Max Gagnon, rounding out the middle period scoring 5-2.
Continuing the momentum in the final frame of regulation, Brock Potter wired home the first of his NAHL career at 18:16, cutting the deficit to 5-3 from the assist by Adam Bauer. The young bucks stepped up big, as Dallas Jackson potted his first career goal off of an odd-angle shot on the short side at 17:34, cutting the Shreveport lead down to one making it 5-4. Jason Simons answered back at 16:07, set up by Evan Hoglund to re-gain the two-goal lead making it 6-4. Duke Ehrhard logged his second of the game in an empty net with 55-seconds remaining, with helpers from Evan Hoglund and Robin Israelsson to secure the 7-4 final.
Jakob Hanlan stopped 23-of-29 shots faced in the Oklahoma effort, and Jack Greenwell stopped 22-of-26 shots in the Shreveport win.
