Prowlers Dominate on Flags Rebrand Night

The Port Huron Prowlers paid homage to the IHL’s Port Huron Flags and got an old-time win 9-2 over the Watertown Wolves. Port Huron scored eight unanswered and fists flew in the second period.

An own goal credited to Hunter Hall got the scoring started just 1:12 in but Port Huron tied it less than two minutes later when Luke James found Jamie Bucell for a back door tap in.

Matthew Gordon restored the Watertown advantage shortly after but it didn’t last to the buzzer as Grayson Dietrich made it 2-2 with just over a minute left in the first. The opening period featured two fights but things broke loose in the second.

Port Huron got goals from Matt Graham, Austin Fetterly and Arttu Heikkilä to make it 5-2 before the fisticuffs began with under three minutes to go. Marquis Grant-Mentis barreled over Prowlers netminder Reid Cooper which led to a fight between Grant-Mentis and Bryan Parsons. Then, Chris Affinati and Ben Brockway squared off in Brockway’s second bout of the game. 

In the final minute of the period, Matt Graham ran into Marshall McKallip in response to the hit on Cooper. It led to a large scrum and Graham got a game misconduct.

Things settled down in the third and Port Huron got four more, including three in the final four minutes, to complete the rout.

Fetterly led the way for Port Huron with two goals and two assists, James had three helpers and John Larkin dished out two. Graham, Bucell and Heikkilä each added an assist to their goals. Cooper and Dysen Skinner split the game in net. Cooper got the win with 15 saves and Skinner went five for five in relief.

McKallip stopped 46 shots in the loss.

The Prowlers and Wolves wrap up their regular seasons on April 11 at 6:05 P.M. in Port Huron. Tickets are available at phprowlers.com/tickets.

Photo courtesy of Lakewind Photography