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would capitalized on the power play to give the stars a 1 goal lead again which would be negated just under 2 minutes later by Lewiston. Michael Lempiainen would regain the 1 goal lead for New England going into the 3rd period. Lewiston would get the sole goal in the 3rd forcing overtime. Derek Flynn would get the game- winning goal for New England 12:35 into overtime to give the Stars the game 1 victory.
Game two between New England and Lewiston was on Thursday, March 22 in front of a packed crowd in Auburn. The first period was action packed with chances at both ends. Zachary Cormier would find the back of the net off a face-off win from Ryan Gauvin 15:20 into the 2nd period. His goal would end up being the lone goal giving the Stars the 1-0 win and sending them to the Fraser Cup Championship in Chicago!
“We had a great run the last half of the regular season and then won four in a row to win the Coastal Division. We were dedicated to our game plan and each other and were rewarded because of it.” - Stars Head Coach, Darryl Green
The Stars were seated in the 7 spot for the Fraser Cup Championship. First game was against the Texas Brahmas. Texas came out flying, physically dominating the young Stars the whole first period and putting up 3 goals. Tyson Gudaitis would give the Stars a spark with a power play goal with 59 seconds left in the period. The Stars would score a second power play goal in the 2nd period. This time coming from James Wilson. Texas would grab a 5-2 win.
Game two had the Stars matched with the Metro Jets. Metro jets would get on the board first with a power play goal just 1:30 into the 2nd period. The Stars responded
with a goal by Ryan Gauvin. Metro would tally the last goal of the game 17:13 into the 2nd giving them the 2-1 win.
Statistically, the Stars were out from advancing at this point being down two games but were firedupheadingintogame3looking to make a statement. Game 3 took place against one of the top seeded LA Crosse Freeze. LA Crosse would open up the scoring in the second period. The Stars responded with 2 goals to give them their first lead of the tournament. Cole Archambeault would tie the score at 1 a piece, and Tyson Gudaitis notched an unassisted shorthanded goal for the go-ahead. The Freeze would score 2 in the third only to be tied up with another shorthanded goal by the Stars, this time coming from Cole Archambeault. A scoreless OT would result in a shootout. LA Crosse would score on their 2nd shooter while turning away all 3
Stars attempts to grab the shootout victory.
The Metro Jets went on to beat the St. Louis Jr. Blues in overtime to with the 2018 Fraser Cup.
“The NA3HL championship was a great experience. We played great in games two and three. The competition was stiff and it’d be nice to be able to play the first 15 minutes of game 1 over again. Consider this - we lost to the eventual champ in game 2, 2-1 in a game that could’ve went either way. In all, it was a great season. We won the Coastal regular season and playoff titles. We have five players committed to NCAA D3 and hopefully a few will be playing tier 2 junior next season.
I’d personally like to thank our players for their commitment and team first mentality.” - Stars Head Coach Darryl Green.
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