Gems Still Working On Polish

(photo) Goalie Ryan Mior had some great saves including this one against Cole Ruwe

By Bruce Kettelle

As expected there was a smaller crowd for the Dayton Gems first Sunday afternoon hockey game. In the confines of Hara Arena the fans sounded loud but on the ice the Gems were still trying to polish their game after Friday’s unsuccessful tiebreaker.

Despite Bloomington’s loss to Muskegon at their season opener earlier in the weekend they were able to muster a third period rally taking home a 4-2 win from this road trip.

Looks like the Gems may be working overtime in practice this week after failing to last in their first two third periods. Friday it appeared they ran out of gas and Sunday coach John Marks said they weren’t playing as a team.

Prairiethunder forward Jon Boras scored one of his two game points in the first period. Gem Jon Snowden answered back in the second to tie up the game going into the third period.

Bloomington was on fire in the third with goals from Brian Boulay, Ryan Finnerty and Boras.

Mike Vaskivuo drilled the only third period goal for the Gems.

The Gems go on the road visiting Muskegon Friday and Bloomington Saturday for a rematch. Audio for those games can be heard live on-line at www.DaytonGems.com
Sunday they are back in Trotwood with a 5pm start against the Flint Generals.

Jon Boras shoots his second goal past Dayton Gem Ryan Mior as the Bloomington Lumberjacks clinch the win 4-2.

John Snowden landed a second period goal for Dayton.