Athens Aeros Downed the Perth Blue Wings 4-2 Friday Night in EOJHL Action

Perth – The Athens Aeros downed the Perth Blue Wings last night in EOJHL action in Perth.

There was no scoring in the first period, but Athens scored two goals in the second period from Keenan Quenneville on a shorthanded goal and Nate Seed (Shepherdson) to take a 2-0 lead at the end of the second.

The Blue Wings scored their first goal in the third from Tommy Mullen (Uppal, Childerhose) and then a second goal from Perth’s Easton Choffe (Hunter, McCarthy).

The Aeros would go on to score two more goals from Garritt Palmer (Dixie, Merkley), and Cohen Merkley (Quenneville, Dixie) to win the game in the third.

The Blue Wings outshot the Aeros 35 to 34 during the game.

Athens will host the Brockville Tikis on Sunday at Centre 76 starting at 2:30pm.

Game Summary:

1st Period:
No Scoring.

Penalties:
Slattery Ath (tripping), 14:31.

2nd Period:
1, Athens, Quenneville 8 2:11 (SH). 2, Athens, Seed 11 (Shepherdson), 12:26.

Penalties:
Hutchings Ath (slashing), 1:42; Adamson Ath (roughing), 5:31; Begley Ath (slew footing, slew footing), 5:31; White Per (roughing), 15:38; Hutchings Ath (interference), 16:45; Newberry Per (cross checking), 19:06.

3rd Period:
3, Perth, Mullen 1 (Uppal, Childerhose), 4:14. 4, Perth, Choffe 3 (Hunter, McCarthy), 5:55. 5, Athens, Palmer 1 (Dixie, Merkley), 16:45. 6, Athens, Merkley 5 (Quenneville, Dixie), 19:19 (EN).

Penalties:
Poulin Ath (interference), 2:04; Adamson Ath (tripping), 11:42.

Shots on Goal:
Athens 14-12-8-34. Perth 6-12-17-35.

Power Play Opportunities:
Athens 0 / 2; Perth 0 / 7.

Goalies:
Athens, MacEachern 3-2-0-0 (35 shots-33 saves). Perth, Dupuis 2-1-0-0 (33 shots-30 saves).