The win brings Johnstown to only 3 points from 1st in East Division.
Christian Gorscak recorded his 100 career point with a goal and two assist in a first period onslaught as the visiting Johnstown Tomahawks extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-2 victory over the Maryland Black Bears on Friday night.
Carson Grainer, Brendan Blair and Pavel Kharin also scored in the opening period as the Hawks improved to 9-1 in their last ten games
Rookie goalie Alex Tracy made 37 saves and recorded his 15th win of the season in 23 starts.
Drew Murphy extended his point streak to 5 in three games with an assist on the opening goal.
Johnstown was playing its first away game in close to a month, and tonight’s victory gives head coach Mike Letizia 199 career wins.
The Hawks will look to extend their winning streak to 8 tomorrow night in the second game of the series in Maryland.
| 1st | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:04 | JHT | Carson Grainer (6) ASST: Andrew Murphy (9), Malik Alishlalov(21) | |
| 13:39 | JHT | Brendan Blair (5) ASST: Max Kouznetsov(34), Christian Gorscak(38) | |
| 14:20 | JHT | Christian Gorscak(24) ASST: Jesse Lycan (13), Brendan Blair (8) | |
| 18:47 | JHT | Pavel Kharin (10) ASST: Christian Gorscak(39), Carson Gallagher(24) | |
| 2nd | |||
| 3:59 | MYD | Brayden Stannard(13) ASST: Reid Leibold(12), Aidan McDowell(10) | |
| 8:46 | MYD | Cameron Recchi (7) ASST: Jackson Sterrett(23), Aaron Swanson(15) | |
| 3rd | |||
| No Scoring | |||
| 1st | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01:41 | JHT | Brendan Blair, High Sticking-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 2nd | ||
| 06:34 | MYD | Cameron Recchi, Hooking-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 09:19 | MYD | Jack Smiley, Interference-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 09:29 | JHT | Reed Stark, Interference-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 13:44 | MYD | Jude Kurtas, Slashing-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 17:56 | MYD | Garrett Szydlowski, Slashing-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 3rd | ||
| 00:25 | JHT | Ethan Webb, Interference-Minor, 2 min PP |
| 14:37 | JHT | Ryan Poorman, Holding-Minor, 2 min PP |