Scarecrows Put Up Eight Again, Edging Moccasins 8-

The Scarecrows and Moccasins meet up for the second time this season after a huge game from Topeka offensively last night. As the Moccasins look to stop a three game slide they get back three big pieces of their roster and come in looking for vengeance. Topeka is riding momentum as they look forward to a week off before returning here to the Stormont Vail Events Center in November.

Monroe looked energized by the return of three players and found the back of the net early on a high stick tip, but a coaches challenge by Ahmed Mahfouz quickly negated that. Unfortunately for Topeka at 12:46 of the period Jared Christy came streaking in and fired one by Sammy Bernard for a 1-0 lead. Topeka's Trygve Many Guns had the answer on a tip of an Elijah Wilson shot that snuck by Chris Branch to tie the game up at 1-1.

Wilson found the back of the net on his own to kick off the second period 3:36 into the frame as he bounded off the bench, broke in on a 2 on 1 and sniped Branch for the Scarecrows 2-1 lead. 3:31 later on the power play Tyler Inlow blasted a puck from just above the circle to extend Topeka's lead to 3-1. It took just another 2:34 for Many Guns to get a breakaway chance that was denied, but Trygve picked up his own rebound and found Jacob Gagnon in front of the net for the 4-1 lead. 1:57 later on the power play Gagnon sniped a shot from the point for a 5-1 advantage. On the ensuing faceoff Connor Lind dumped a puck on net that beat Branch for a 6-1 lead. 6:10 later Inlow picked up a rebound attempt and buried it behind Dobbs for the 7-1 advantage after two periods of play.

After both sides changed goalies for the final 20 minutes Monroe found an opportunity up 5 on 3. With a two man advantage Andrew Bellant found a path past Everett Bailey glove side to bring the Moccasins back to 7-2. 1:29 later Wilson found the back of the net for the second time on a rebound attempt to give the Scarecrows the 8-2 victory.

Bernard stopped 18 of 19 for his fourth win of the season while Bailey stopped 11 of 12 in relief. 

Topeka returns home November 6th for a matchup with the Mid-South Monarchs at 7:05pm. Get your tickets on Ticketmaster or by stopping by the Cable Dahmer Box Office.