Bloop Goal Sends Prowlers Past Wolves

On the strength of a Bryan Parsons goal from the neutral zone, the Port Huron Prowlers took down the Watertown Wolves 3-2. The goal came with 2:51 to go in regulation.

“I’ve been trying that for 30 years and it finally worked,” Parsons said. “That’s the percentage of that play. [The play] was honestly to get it deep and let the forwards go to work.”

The Wolves got things started in the first on a rebound goal by Trevor Neumann, but Port Huron answered with a Bobby Price tally less than two minutes later.

In the final minutes of the second, Vincent Dekumbis knocked home a rebound out of a net-mouth scramble to give the Prowlers the lead heading into the third. Less than a minute into the final frame, Yefim Mishkin tapped home a back-door opportunity.

Coming out of a TV timeout, Matt Graham won a face off in front of the Watertown bench. Parsons tossed the puck in and it bounced in front of Breandan Colgan and over his shoulder for the game-winner.

“There’s a lot we have to improve on; it wasn’t a clean game,” said Prowlers associate head coach Chris Paulin. “We let them get out in transition a fair amount which put a little stress on our defense. I think our defensemen have to keep battling, keep working up and maintain good gaps. We have to be a little bit more smothering in the middle of the ice in the neutral zone. We left quite a bit to be desired there.”

Parsons added an assist to his goal while Bailey Huber made 22 saves. Port Huron played with five defenseman after Austin Fetterly was placed on IR earlier in the day.

Darian Benchich dished out a pair of helpers and Colgan stopped 32 shots in the loss.

The Prowlers and Wolves rematch on January 31 with a 7:30 PM puck drop.