Terriers players clear the puck from the danger zone after Dundas Blues players crashed the net on last Friday night's matchup in Dunnville.

Terriers players clear the puck from the danger zone after Dundas Blues players crashed the net on last Friday night’s matchup in Dunnville.

The Dunnville Terriers scored a victory over the Dundas Blues Friday, avenging previous losses to the club this season with a playoff victory.

Though Dundas’ Aaron Demain got the Blues on the board first on an unassisted goal 2:11 into the first period, Dunnville came back to score two in the last minute of the frame.

Austin Douglas’ powerplay goal (assisted by Chad Beal) tied the score at 1. Not 30 seconds later, Beal contributed his second of three assists, helping Mitch Barnes find the back of Dundas’ net.

The Terriers chase the Blues away in the second as Beal scored on a powerplay 53 seconds into the period, assisted by Jason Dear and Dan Minor.

Barnes scored his second powerplay goal on a feed from Nolan Speakman about two minutes later before Dundas would close Dunnville’s lead to two with John Murray’s goal just after the seven-minute mark. He was assisted by Mike Peters and Jonathan Cox.

The third period was played more evenly as Dunnville’s Dear scored 38 seconds into the frame, assisted by Beal and Minor. A powerplay proved fruitful for Dundas as Kevin Dowling slipped one past Dunnville’s Matt Madden on a feed from D.J. McConnel and Cox. Beal proved a valuable asset Friday, scoring his second goal of the night on an assist from Minor and Dear 8:22 into the frame. The last minute of the game saw two more goals for each team as Madden proved no match for Murray’s penalty shot, but Minor was able to seal Dunnville’s three-goal lead with a shot to Dundas’ empty net with 20 seconds remaining.

Both teams spent plenty of time in the box Friday as Dunnville drew 41 minutes on 13 infractions and Dundas 30 minutes on 11 infractions.

Dundas’ Ryan Golow took a two-minute high-sticking penalty 6:28 into the first. Dunnville took the next three penalties as Mitch Butler was called for holding, Chad Beal for high-sticking and Jared Murphy and Dundas’ Aaron Demain for Roughing after the Whistle. Dundas finished the period with two more penalties as Zac Cosentino and Robert Bentivegna were penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The Blues filled the box into the second as Cox spent two minutes out of the game for cross-checking 1:17 into the frame and Andrew Kolodzey was called for unsportsmanlike conduct seconds later. Cosentino took his second penalty of the match for charging just after the six-minute mark. Dunnville began to rack up the penalty minutes again as Austin Golding was called for tripping and Jared Murphy for cross checking major and a cross checking game misconduct at 7:02.

Dundas’ Robert Bentivegna was called for Roughing After the Whistle at the same time. Dunnville’s Corey Turner served a 10-minute misconduct for inciting an opponent and Jason Dear was penalized for head contact/checking and a 10-minute misconduct at 7:42, while Dundas’ BJ Caco served 10-minutes for inciting an opponent at the same time. In the last five minutes of the second, Dundas’ Andrew Cebulak was penalized two minutes for interference. The third period brought most of the penalties for Dunnville as Taylor Schwoob was ejected from the game for checking from behind three minutes into the frame. In the last minute of the match, Dunnville’s Chad Beal and Dundas’ Andrew Clark each took two minutes for Roughing After the Whistle. Dunnville’s Tanner McGowan was called for high-sticking in the last two minutes.

Dunnville recorded Friday’s win after a 5-3 loss to Dundas February 2. The score was tied at two after the first period, but Dundas broke the tie and had a 4-3 lead by the end of the second, and scored another in the third to beat the Terriers by two. Dundas had 35 shots to Dunnville’s 27. Both teams had mediocre power-play stats has Dunnville was 2-17, while Dundas wasn’t much better at 2-12. Dunnville spent 69 minutes in the penalty box on 21 infractions, while Dunnville racked up 73 minutes on 21 infractions.

By ALLISON SMITH , CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
Feb 11 2010