Peter Traber shut down the offensive attack for the Springfield, Sean Gaffney netted two goals, and the Topeka RoadRunners defeated the Junior Blues 5-to-1 inside the Nelson Center on Saturday night for a North American Hockey League regular season game.
Springfield went 0-for-11 on the one-man-advantage powerplay, and Traber shut the door on them all night long. He stopped 29-of-30 Jr. Blues shots and picked up the win to improve his record to 20-7 overall, still proving himself as one of the best in junior league hockey.
Springfield scored just one goal on the night, which was at 16:33 of the third and final period, as the game was already out of hand with Topeka leading 5-to-0.
The Roadrunners outshot head coach Joe Dibble's squad for the second straight night, at 39-to-30. Dan Dupell scored the only goal in the first period, which was at just 1:20 in.
Topeka scored three second period goals, one on the powerplay from Sean Gaffney, and then two others from the likes of Gage Houg and Williem Nong-Lambert. They scored the only goals of the entire game through the first two periods, and were in control from there.
With still maintaining a four goal lead almost midway through the third, Sean Gaffney added his second of the game on an assist from Ben Bahe at 8:46. The goal gave the RoadRunners a 5-0 lead before Joesph Pontasch's unnassisted shorthanded goal with under four minutes remaining made it 5-1/
Gabe Antoni was once again given the start inbetween the pipes for the Jr. Blues, as he recieved just his first regulation loss with the team on the year. He played all sixty minutes of the contest and saved 34-of-39 Topeka shots, making his record fall overall to 6-1-1.
Tonight's contest was the last home game before the Jr. Blues hit the road for nine straight. The teams next home stand will begin on March 16th when they host Janesville for three games. Once the roadtrip ends, the team will finish there regular season campaign off with five of there final seven inside the Nelson Center.
With Saturday night's loss, the team fell to 20-22-2 overall, and currently stays in third place in the Midwest. The Jr. Blues will travel to Coulee Region to battle the Chill for two games inside the Omni Center on both Friday and Saturday nights.
Topeka RoadRunners------ 1 ------ 3 ------ 1 ------ (F) 5
Springfield Jr. Blues ------- 0 ------ 0 ------ 1 ------ (F) 1
Goals Scoring Summary
(1st) [TOP] Dan Dupell (Ryan White) 1:20
(2nd) [TOP] (PP) Sean Gaffney (unnassisted) 6:04 (2nd) [TOP] Gage Hough (Williem Nong-Lambert) 6:32; (2nd) [TOP] Williem Nong Lambert (Dan Dupell, Jake Lynes) 19:37
(3rd) [TOP] Sean Gaffney (Ben Bahe) 8:46; [SPR] Joesph Pontasch (shorthanded) (unassisted) 16:33
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