SYDNEY – Five points to Matt Armstrong and Scott Timmins tallied four points as the Melbourne Mustangs beat the Sydney Ice Dogs 9-6 at the Macquarie Ice Rink on Sunday evening.
Armstrong’s first goal came at 10:22 of the third period, with Mitchell Humphries and Scott Timmins picking up the assists. The second goal for Armstrong was scored at 0:11 of the third period unassisted. Armstrong also scored three assists for five points.
Timmins scored his first goal, a power play goal, at 2:27 of the first period, with Ty Wishart and Matt Armstrong picking up the assists. The second goal for Timmins was scored at 13:31 of the third period, with Matt Armstrong and Ty Wishart picking up the assists. Timmins scored two goals and two assists for four points.
The first goal for Brendan McDowell, a power play goal, was scored at 10:39 of the second period, with Scott Timmins and Ty Wishart picking up the assists. The second goal for McDowell was scored at 18:22 of the third period, with Vadim Virjassov and Sean Jones picking up the assists.
Vadim Virjassov scored one goal and two assists for three points, and Ty Wishart got three assists for three points. Mitchell Humphries scored one goal and one assist for two points, while Sean Jones got two assists for two points.
Cameron Todd scored his first goal for the Ice Dogs at 0:50 of the first period, with Strat Allen and Daniel Pataky picking up the assists. Todd scored his second goal at 10:12 of the second period unassisted. Todd’s third goal came at 8:17 of the third period unassisted. Todd Also scored one assist for four points.
Strat Allen scored his first goal at 19:38 of the first period, with Cameron Todd and Shannon McGregor picking up the assists. Allen’s second goal came at 4:28 of the third period, with Jeremy Vasquez and Daniel Pataky picking up the assists. Allen scored two assists for four points in the game.
Daniel Pataky got three assists for three points.
Sebastian Woodlands was the winning goalie for Melbourne Mustangs, making 19 saves on 25 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.760. Jakob Doornbos was the losing goalie for Sydney Ice Dogs, making 40 saves on 49 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.816.