WSHL LAS VEGAS STORM
COACH – GABE GAUTHIER
RECORD – 2-1-0

GOAL SCORERS

2 – ARRIGO BURGENER
2 – VINCENT DEKUMBIS
2 – NIKITA LARINOV
1 – KYLE PACHECO
1 – QUINN TRAVIS

GOALIES

Megan finished tryouts with the Boston Blades professional women’s
hockey team this week. She has made the cut to the final 28 players.
The team must cut the roster to 25 before the October 18th season
opener against Montreal.

Bocharov notched his first tally 2:23 into the second period. He then added goals at 11 seconds into the third and at 15:28 into the third. San Diego Gulls forced Las Vegas Storm goalie Patrik Jokela to work between the pipes, taking 53 shots.

San Diego Gulls additionally got points from Ilya Sakhibgareev, who also grabbed two goals and one assist. In addition, San Diego Gulls received assists from Kacey Walker, who had two and Bobby Campbell, Cameron Todd, Keegan Evangelista, Sebastian Gruhler, and Nurbek Baltayev, who contributed one each.

Las Vegas Storm’s offense rang up 33 shots on San Diego Gulls’ net.

Las Vegas Storm was helped by Vincent Dekumbis, who had one goal. Dekumbis scored 12:35 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Nikita Tsvetov assisted on the tally. Nikita Larionov also scored for Las Vegas Storm. More assists for Las Vegas Storm came via Alkhas Kochkarev, who had one.

Ilya Alyakin made 31 saves for San Diego Gulls on 33 shots. San Diego Gulls totaled 17 minutes in penalty time with six minors and one major and went 1-for-5 on the power play. Jokela rejected 48 shots on goal for Las Vegas Storm. Las Vegas Storm totaled 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors and two majors and went 1-for-5 on the power play.

Las Vegas goal scorer Brendan Harris tweeted he is returning to the NAHL Wenatchee Wild who are coached by Bliss Littler. Brendan, a dynamic skater who flashes down the ice, was playing with the USHL Cedar Rapids Roughriders. Wenatchee has two other Las Vegas players on its roster – Joseph Kaszupski and Ryan Chiasson.

The WSHL Las Vegas Storm is 2-0-0 and closes out its weekend today against the WSHL San Diego Jr Gulls. The game will be noon today at the Iceoplex in Escondido, California. The Storm’s great goalie play and special teams have been a big factor in the first two games.

Escondido, California – Kyle Pacheco’s short-handed goal in the second period and the phenominal play from goalie Dennis Busch helped the Gabe Gauthier-coached WSHL Las Vegas Storm to a 3-2 road win over the San Diego Jr Gulls here at the Iceoplex on Saturday night.

Las Vegas, in its first season, is off to a 2-0-0 start.

The Storm scored two power play goals early in a game which got off to a rough, physical start. Nikita Larionov and Arrigo Burgener scored those goals. Pacheco scored in the second period. Busch, in the net, shut down the Gulls in the third period. He had 40 saves in the game.

Wenatchee, Washington – Ryan Chiasson of Henderson NV scored the game winning goal with 48 seconds to play to lift the Bliss Littler-coached NAHL Wenatchee Wild to a 4-3 win over the Odessa Jackalopes before 2,877 at the Town Toyota Center. It was the first goal this season for Ryan, a ’94 listed at 6’0″ and 190. He was named the Star of the Game.

At Kroc Center, San Diego

Detroit – Ethan Montoya of Las Vegas had a six-point weekend – one goal, five assists – for the AAA Ontario Avalanche 18u team which went 4-0-0 in NJPHL League games this weekend.

Here are the game scores:

AAA Ontario Avalanche 8, Pittsburgh Predators 2
//Ethan three assists

AAA Ontario Avalanche 15, USA Eagles 2
//Ethan one goal, one assist

AAA Ontario Avalanche 4, Blythe Academy Prep Bruins 2

AAA Ontario Avalanche 9, Whitfield Blades 1
//Ethan one assist

Special to Vegashockey.net

Escondido, Ca. – The first game for the LV Storm resulted in a win as the Storm edged the Gulls 3-2 on Friday night. The Storm got off to an early lead with a back door goal and First goal in Franchise history by Arrigo Burgener with the assist going to Vincent Dekumbis. The Team played a strong and fairly disciplined game despite a couple injuries and penalties. Gernont Wegerer stood tall between the pipes recording 29 saves on 31 shots for a .935 SV% and shut down the Gulls in the critical time of the remaining minutes when the Gulls were putting on the pressure to even the score.

“I was happy with the play of the team in the first game. This is a long season and we will have ups and downs which is common and as a staff we will have to make corrections and give direction to the players every game. The team played hard and showed true grit at times. As a coach that is a positive thing to see and expect,” said coach Gabe Gauthier.