Spitfires keep grip on first place

It was a case of East meets West Wednesday as the Small Soldiers of

the Norris East Division attempted to derail the Spitfires, leaders of

the Norris West title chase, in a showdown at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey

Center in Huntington Beach.

The Spitfires met their rival’s challenge and emerged with a 5-2

victory to improve their first place standing to 6-1-1.

Sean Easton and Jonathan Floren both scored twice, Daniel Ane added

another goal, and Joshua Mason had an assist to complete the Spitfires’

offensive output.

Goalie David Taylor recorded 15 saves.

Dylan Nelson scored both goals, each coming off an assist from Brandon

Weiss, and goalie Brian Daigneault had a busy day in the net, with 36

saves, to lead the Small Soldiers (2-3-3).

In other games:

Red Devils 5, Blackhawks 4

The Red Devils (4-3-1) stayed atop the Norris East Division standings

as Cole Bonanni scored twice with an assist, Justin Romers scored twice,

Sean Wing scored once, Josh Wright had an assist, and goalie D.J. Mihalik

had 17 saves.

For the Blackhawks (3-5) of the Norris West Division, Kyle Evans

scored twice and added a pair of assists, Reye Brackett scored twice, and

goalie Luke Hamagiwa had 24 saves.

Flyers 4, Roller Rebels 1

Ross Harper scored two goals, Damian Raburn scored once, Reed Thomas

had one assist, and goalie William DeWitt had 26 saves for the Flyers

(3-5) of the Norris East Division.

Matthew Finlayson scored an unassisted goal and goalie Kyle Steinbrick

stopped 33 shot attempts for the Norris West Division Roller Rebels

(4-3-1).