Moose Storm the Beach

On Saturday afternoon, the Moose got the scoring started with Anthony Alloggio scoring a breakaway goal off a beautiful pass from line mate Greg Kubrak.  Forward Gavin Grogan added the second Moose tally just twenty eight seconds later off a pass from his line mate Mikey Biagioni.  Apple Core got within one before the Moose tacked on two more with Grogan netting his second of the game and Long Beach native Willy Manchester adding one as well off a pass from defenseman Danny Honovic.  Apple Core got their second of the game before Joey Gilhooly closed out the first period off a pass from John Quinn.  The score at the end of the first was Moose 5 and Apple Core 2.  The second period was all Moose as they picked up five more goals.  Goal scorers were defenseman Kevin Drudy, Keegan Travers (2), AJ Carazo, and John Quinn picking up his second.  Picking up assists in the period were Travers, Alloggio, Drudy, Biagioni, Grogan, and Honovic.  The third period was a much tighter period, but the Moose added on 2 more with Travers and Manchester each adding their second of the game.  Assists went to Honovic, KC Krober and Stephen Kelly.  Apple Core added one more half way through the third.  The final score was Moose 12 and Apple Core 3.  Sam Mignoli picked up the win in net for the Moose.

Sunday morning picked up where Saturday night left off, with the Moose picking up the first four goals of the game.  The first three came in the first period.  Keegan Travers continued his strong play, getting the Moose started off a pass from Willy Manchester.  AJ Carazo added the second Moose goal off passes from Joe Gilhooly and Dan Honovic.  Matt Galeano added on another before the end of the first off passes from Gavin Grogan and Greg Kubrak.  Honovic added his own tally in the second off passes from Grogan and Carazo.  Apple Core finally got on the board late in the second to cut the deficit to 4-1.

The Moose came out with an edge in the third and took firm control of the game with 4 consecutive tallies from Mikey Biagioni (from Kevin Drudy), Galeano (his second) (from Carazo), Manchester (from Gilhooly), and Grogan (from Joe Fiori).  Apple Core picked up another late tally in the period but the Moose answered right back with Travers closing out the scoring with an assist to defenseman Sean Duffy who was mired in a season long slump.  Steve Laris picked up his league-leading 17th win of the season. 

The Moose took advantage of the Apple Core aggressiveness and capitalized for 10 power play goals over the course of the weekend.  The team did a great job of keeping their composure for the most part.

The Moose now have a weekend off before heading up to face the Mass Maple Leafs for a highly anticipated battle of two of the top teams in the CHA.