Athens Aeros Won 3-2 in Shootout Over the Richmond Royals Saturday in EOJHL

Athens – A tight, low-scoring affair ended with a shootout winner as Athens edged Richmond on home ice.

After a scoreless first period, Richmond opened the scoring midway through the second when Remy St. Amand capitalized on the power play, finishing a play from Ethan Fleming and Nicholas Milbury. The Royals doubled their lead later in the period as Gavin Landry found the net off a feed from Daniel Sciarra.

Athens responded before the second intermission, with Parker Kealey cutting the deficit to one on the power play, assisted by Alex McGlade and Finnley Panciuk.

Late in regulation, with the goaltender pulled, the Aeros found the equalizer. Zachary White scored with under a minute remaining, converting a setup from Garritt Palmer and Rylan Boyer to force overtime.

The extra frame solved nothing, setting up a shootout where Cam McNulty provided the lone goal, giving Athens the extra point.

Nicholas Periard was strong in net for Athens, earning the win, while Sam Nolan took the shootout loss despite a 44-save effort for Richmond. Athens moved to 13-19-4-1, while Richmond fell to 17-20-0-3.

Games Summary:

1st Period:
No Scoring.

Penalties-Coady Rch (cross checking), 5:08; Stretch Rch (high sticking), 6:38; Kelly Ath (cross checking), 9:54; Mines Ath (interference), 16:30; St. Amand Rch (hooking), 18:11; Kelly Ath (slashing), 19:15.

2nd Period:
1, Richmond, St. Amand 3 (Fleming, Milbury), 7:59 (PP). 2, Richmond, Landry 3 (Sciarra (AP)), 13:49. 3, Athens, Kealey 6 (McGlade, Panciuk), 16:24 (PP).

Penalties-Moore Rch (roughing), 5:54; Tornberg Ath (roughing), 5:54; Kealey Ath (cross checking), 7:12; Trenholm Rch (slashing), 8:34; St. Amand Rch (roughing), 15:24.

3rd Period:
4, Athens, White 2 (Palmer, Boyer), 19:16.

Penalties-Landry Rch (slashing), 2:58; Trenholm Rch (tripping), 7:46.

1st OT Period:
No Scoring.

Penalties-Moore Rch (interference), 2:15.

Shootout:
Richmond 0 (Trenholm NG, Cutts NG, Moore NG, Fleming NG, MacCoubrey NG), Athens 1 (Panciuk NG, McGlade NG, Merkley NG, Palmer NG, McNulty G).

Shots on Goal:
Richmond 4-16-11-3-0-34. Athens 12-15-12-7-1-47.

Power Play Opportunities:
Richmond 1 / 4; Athens 1 / 8.

Goalies:
Richmond, Nolan 13-9-0-2 (46 shots-44 saves). Athens, Periard 6-3-0-1 (34 shots-32 saves).