Scarecrows Stymied By Sentinels Slapshot, 3-1

Topeka entered the final weekend of the regular season looking to put a final note on their inaugural season. After tying the original Scarecrows win mark at 28 they have three chances to surpass it against the other new franchise to the FPHL, the Indiana Sentinels. Indiana on the other hand is looking for a positive note to end their season. Having completed their home schedule in Thief River Falls,MN the Sentinels final five games have made them road warriors. 

After a slow start to the period the Sentinels found the back of the net first as Dalton Anderson swatted an Ivan Ponivanov shot out of midair past goaltender Matt Lenz for the 1-0 lead 11:25 into the first period.

Topeka found some rhythm on the power play at 10:43 of the second period as Steven Klinck threw a puck out of the corner that deflected off a defender and found its way past John Werber for the tying goal 1-1. 57 seconds later, however, Indiana found their answer as Zachary Ross took a shot from the point that beat Lenz for the 2-1 lead just halfway through the second period.

Late in the third the Scarecrows pulled their netminder for the extra attacker but on a two on one Kristers Bormanis buried any chance of a comeback with the empty net goal for the 3-1 lead with 1:21 remaining. 

Lenz stopped 35 of the 37 in the loss.

Topeka returns to action tomorrow night against Indiana at 7:05pm for Team Photo night and meet the team. Get your tickets on Ticketmaster or by stopping by the Cable Dahmer Box Office.