The Reeths-Puffer hockey team’s offensive attack roared to life on Wednesday, piling up goals in an impressive 9-1 victory over the Kalamazoo Eagles at Muskegon’s Trinity Health Arena.
The win was the second in a row for the Rockets, who have bounced back nicely from a recent three-game losing streak. The Rockets are now 3-3-1 on the season.
Chase Strunk led the attack with two goals. Rohan Moyer totaled one goal and five assists while Connor Anderson had one goal and three assists.
R-P struck early and built a 4-0 lead after one period.
Chase Strunk
Eli Cuti started things off by scoring with 9:04 remaining on the clock.
Tyler Cuti scored with 5:14 left, Sheldon Frederick found the net with 3:52 remaining, then Hayden Taylor finished off the period by scoring with 55 seconds left.
The Rockets kept pouring it on in the second period with five more goals.
Strunk scored back-to-back goals with 14:39 and 11:24 left in the period, respectively. Moyer added a goal with 8:20 remaining, Anderson followed suit with eight minutes left, and Dom Switzer scored his fourth of the season with under a minute left.
Rohan Moyer
The final goal ended the game under the eight-goal margin mercy rule.
Kalamazoo dropped to 1-9 on the season.
‘It’s been a rough start for them,” R-P head coach Bill Zalba said about the Kalamazoo team. “What I wanted us to do is go out and take care of business like we should. In the past sometimes we would play down to the level of some of our opponents, instead of playing like we can. I’m glad were were able to play our game tonight.”
The Rockets will square off against Grand Haven on Friday at 5 p.m. at Lakeshore Sports Centre.