Wings Out Muscle Titans
Thursday, April 2, 2009
NEWARK, NJ – Brandon Miller and the Philadelphia Wings (6-7) flexed
their muscles on Saturday night with an 11-7 win against the New York Titans
(7-6). Miller saved 45 of 52 shots as the Wings await tonights outcome of the
Rochester Knighthawks game in Calgary. With the win and a Knighthawks loss, the
Wings would become tied for the final playoff spot in the Eastern
Division.
“Brandon Miller played great for us tonight and helped to lift
us to one of our biggest wins of the season,” said Wings Head Coach Dave
Huntley.
The Wings Kyle Wailes scored just 30 seconds into the contest,
and the team never looked back. Drew Westervelt scored a game high four
goals, but it was Miller that kept the Wings ahead in the first period by
stopping 16 of his 45 shots. Westervelt and Merrick Thomson led the Wings
offensive efforts by combining for runs of three goals in the second and fourth
period. Thomson finished with three goals and two assists.
The first
minute of the game saw goals scored by Wailes, the Titans Jordan Hall, and Athan
Iannucci. The only goal scored by Iannucci would give the Wings the lead for the
remainder of the night. Geoff Snider’s second game back from a fractured trachea
resulted in two goals and two assists.
Miller was named MVP of the game
for holding the Titans to 2 for 11 on the power play and even stopping a penalty
shot late in the fourth quarter.