Roughriders defeat Thunderbirds U15 AAA 6-1

Westminister, CO - The Rocky Mountain Roughriders squared off against in state rivals the Colorado Thunderbirds U15 AAA this morning at the Promenade beating them 6-1 in their first matchup of the season. The Roughriders got straight to work scoring the first goal at 6:00 into the 1st period. Hunter Clark fired a shot onto net and a melee ensued ended with Braiden Miller putting in a Bobby Valdez shot.

The Roughriders continued to move the puck well and were rewarded with more points. At 13:16 of the first period, Lucas Blomquist squeezed the puck past Hayden Hawkey with assists going to Felix Jarry and Thomas Jarman which ended up being the game winner. Almost 15 seconds later Yannick Crete hoped on the scoring bandwagon with tic-tac-toe passing from Michael Buononcontri and Lucas Blomquist.

The Roughriders only netted one goal in the second when Max Ross took a Thomas Jarman pass and beat the goalie on the short side.

After just 1:40 into the final frame, Collin Biebel's shot eluded Hawkey and put the Rougriders up 5-0. The Tbirds weren't ready to go away just yet and after working hard they were rewarded with a Matt Meier goal. The puck kicked off the back boards in an unusual manner and fell right on the stick of Meier.

Hunter Clark tallied the final goal at the 9:05 mark on Felix Jarry's third assist of the game.

The Roughriders outshot the Thunderbirds 35-22. Joakim Jutras and Evan McCarthy shared duties in net for the Roughriders.

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