Mason McDonald gets the start between the pipes against the Kalamazoo Wings tonight.
Slow first period for the Mavericks. A lot of time spent defending. First two shots for the Mavs were off breakaways but the Wings goalie made 2 huge saves. McDonald was solid through the first as well. Shots ended 9-8 in favour of the Wings.
Another slow start in the 2nd. Not a lot of action until the last 5 minutes where the Wings beat McDonald to open up the scoring. Finished up the period trailing 1-0 on the scoreboard and trail 17-14 on shots.
Mavs started the third with 38 seconds of a power play. Wings score just after this penalty runs out and scores again later in the period for 3 unanswered goals. Mavericks finally get a goal by Justin Breton midway through the period. A sloppy penalty kill surrenders a short handed goal for the Wings and another goal shortly after. Mavs go into the last 10 minutes with a 5-1 deficit.
Nate Widman finds the back of the net after a great set-up by Mark Cooper. Putting the Mavs back within 3.
No score changes past that for the rest of the third and the Wings earn a 5-2 victory after walking all over the Mavericks in the 3rd.
Mavericks lose their 6 game winning streak and shots end at 27-23 in favour of the Wings
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