The West Bend Power delivered another commanding weekend performance, sweeping a home-and-away series against the Fox Cities Forge and outscoring the Forge 18-1. The Power improve to 14-0-0-1 in first place in the Central Division with 29 points.
Friday: Power 8, Forge 0
The Power opened the weekend with an 8-0 victory at Kettle Moraine Ice Center, scoring three times in each of the first two periods before adding two more goals in the third.
Shaun Paulson opened the scoring with his 10th goal of the season, assisted by Josh Graves (20) and Reece Beckwith (8). Drew Sparacino (3) followed with a power-play goal at 12:27, assisted by Graves (21) and Adam Sexton (15). Zach Halling (6) added another power-play goal at 3:04, with assists from Beckwith (9) and Elias Holan (6), giving West Bend a 3-0 lead after one period.
Beckwith kept the offense rolling with another power-play goal at 15:46 of the second period. Ivan Schmitz (5) scored at 12:30, and Sexton (12) added a goal at 9:16 to extend the lead to 6-0. Sexton (16), Sparacino (8), Paulson (16), Tristan Hearley (6, 7) and Graves (22) recorded assists in the period.
Halling (7) scored his second goal of the night in the third period, assisted by Sparacino (9) and Beckwith (10). Sexton (13) also added his second of the game, with assists from Schmitz (3) and Nathan Antti (12), completing the 8-0 victory.
Robin Sejba turned aside all 13 Forge shots to earn the shutout. West Bend finished with 47 shots on goal.
The BEEKS JOINT Three Stars of the Game were third star Zach Halling, second star Reece Beckwith and first star Robin Sejba. The Versi-foam Hard Hat Hardest Worker of the Game was Wyatt Church.
Saturday: Power 10, Forge 1
The Power carried their momentum into Saturday’s matchup at Appleton Family Ice Center, erupting for six first-period goals on their way to a 10-1 victory. Shaun Paulson and Adam Sexton each recorded a hat trick.
Ivan Schmitz (6) opened the scoring at 8:39, assisted by Paulson and Sexton. Luke Whitehead (2) followed at 7:34, with assists from Evan Burchardt and Otis Berge. Braylon Jansen (2) added a goal off assists from Drew Sparacino and Paulson.
Sexton (14) scored on the power play at 2:50, assisted by Sparacino and Paulson. Paulson (11, 12) then struck twice in the final two minutes of the period. Sexton assisted on both goals, while Sparacino added an assist on one, sending West Bend into the first intermission with a 6-0 lead.
Paulson completed his hat trick with a shorthanded goal at 6:25 of the second period, his 13th goal of the season. Sexton (15) followed at 5:16, assisted by Sparacino, giving the Power an 8-0 advantage after two periods.
Fox Cities got on the board early in the third period with a shorthanded goal from Maxim Bachmann. The Power answered with two shorthanded goals of their own. Sexton completed his hat trick at 4:29 with his 16th goal of the season, assisted by Paulson and Josh Graves. Less than a minute later, Schmitz (7) scored off an assist from Elias Holan to close out the 10-1 win.
Crew Staudacher earned the victory in net, stopping 11 of 12 shots. The Power recorded 42 shots on goal.
The Culligan Water of West Bend Players of the Weekend are Adam Sexton and Shaun Paulson.
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The Power will host the Peoria Mustangs on Friday night, November 13 at 7:30pm at Kettle Moraine Ice Center for Big Brothers Big Sisters Night sponosored by PNC Bank.