Trenton 3, Pensacola 1

The Devils rebounded nicely from their 4-1 loss in Mississippi on Friday as they defeated for the second time the Pensacola Ice Pilots in their home arena last night 3-1.

The star of the game was certainly Brad Mills, who seems to like scoring his goals in bunches as he netted his second hat trick of the season, accounting for all of Trenton's goals.

After a scoreless first, Mills set to work in the second, scoring his first goal at the 4:16 mark when after Mills won a draw in the Ice Pilots' end back to Stephen Wood.  Wood then fired a slapshot from the blueline which Ice Pilots' goalie Cam Ellsworth was all set to deal with until Mills deflected it past him to put the Devils up 1-0.

Mills would strike again in the same period, at the 13:38 mark when Mills tallyed a wrap-around goal to push the lead to 2-0.  Mills would complete the hat trick in the third, at 4:10, when he wristed a pass from Stephen Wood over the left shoulder of Ellsworth.  Erik Fabian would score a short-handed goal later in the period for Pensacola, but it was too little too late, as Mills had already done too much damage.

Jason Smith picked up the win for Trenton in goal, stopping 41 of 42 shots, while Cam Ellsworth got saddled with the loss for Pensacola, stopping only 18 of 21 shots.

Before the game, Zach Tarkir was activated from the IR for Trenton.

My Three Stars:
1) Brad Mills (TRE) - Hat Trick.
2) Stephen Wood (TRE) - 2 Assists.
3) Colin Pepperall (TRE) - 2 Assists.

~Titans Fan 25~