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Maine Wild’s Season T Comes to an End
he Maine Wild’s 2017/2018 our players greatly benefited from season came to a close after that experience of going up against round 1 of the 2018 North a high level team like that and get
American 3 Hockey League Coastal a taste of what playoff hockey is
Playoffs. The Wild finished the regular season with a record of 20- 21-4-2 which earned them the 4th playoff spot in the coastal division facing off vs. the New England Stars in the first round.
Game 1 between the Wild and Stars was held in Tyngsboro on Thursday, March 15. The first period was all New England as they put up 6 unanswered goals in the first. The Stars would continue where they left off in the 2nd adding 3 more. Maine would find the back of the net 4:13 into the 3rd with a goal by Robert Dysart, assisted by Joseph Mehall and Mason Ledbetter. The Stars would tally 1 more to close the game at 10-1.
Game 2 was held Saturday March 17 and had a similar start with the Stars putting up the lone 3 goals in the first. Brady Bannon would get the Wild on the scoreboard just 0:31 into the 2nd period. His goal came on the power play assisted by Tyler Webb and Jeffrey Gratz. The Stars would find the back of the net again before Jason Gratz would capitalize for the Wild. His goal came 12:00 minutes into the 2nd, assisted by Tyler Webb and Nick Panfen. The Stars would score 2 more times in the 3rd to close out the series.
“The Maine Wild were happy to reach one of the goals set by the team back in August by qualifying for the playoffs. Unfortunately we ran into a very strong NE Stars team and were eliminated in the first round. I know
all about. Looking ahead to next season we are looking to build in what we were able to accomplish last season. We have several key returning players and I will be looking to build around that core with the type of players that fit the culture we have started to create for our program. I’m very excited about the off season recruiting ahead and we have had a very good start with adding several new players to our team.” - Head Coach Jeff tory
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