Avalanche

Backed by a stingy defense and the solid play of goalkeeper Daniel Ane, the Avalanche picked up their fourth victory of the season by blanking the Stars, 2-0, in Campbell Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Ane was responsible for 20 saves, and Allison Dufault scored once with an assist to pace the offense for the Avalanche of the Campbell East Division, who stayed undefeated since a season-opening loss to improve to 4-1-1 overall.

The Predators overcame a two-goal deficit by posting a big third-period rally that carried them to a 7-6 victory over the Avalanche in Wales Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center. The Predators outscored the Avalanche, 3-0, in the final quarter to overcome a 6-4 deficit. Eric Morejon's three goals and assist paced the Predators. Brad Wilson scored twice with an assist and Bryan Arrieta and Ian Livesay each scored once. Jeff Fuzzard had 18 saves.

The Avalanche outscored the Avengers, 3-1, in the decisive third period and went on to score an 8-6 victory to wrap up the regular season Wales Division title. The division's top two teams were even at 6-6 through two periods of play. The win gave the Avalanche (8-1-1) the division's No. 1 seed in this week's playoffs, which culminates with Saturday's championship match at 9 a.m. The Avengers go into the playoffs with a No. 2 seed and 7-2-1 record.

Mike Sciacca Brett Morinaka and Nicholas Modrak both posted goals in a shootout period to lift the Avalanche past the Lightning, 6-5, in a Norris Division playoff game. Modrak also scored in the third period to help lead the Avalanche into overtime, and assisted Marcus Kurth's second period goal. Kurth and Bryan Hodges scored opening period goals for the Avalanche, who received 16 saves from Matthew Inouye. Travis Beckman scored twice -- including his team's only goal in the shootout session, Stephen Marchand scored twice, Michael Marchand scored once and had two assists and Chris Weldon had a pair of assists for the Lightning.

The Thunder laid claim to the Lemieux Division championship by edging the Avalanche, 4-3, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Sam Robinson posted three goals to lead all scorers and Matt Braun also scored for the Thunder. Robinson, Travis Murray and Jeffrey Kurokawa each had an assist. Brandon Rodriguez recorded 18 saves for the Thunder. Brett Martin's two goals and assist paced the Avalanche. Mats Degerstedt scored the other Avalanche goal, and Jaryd Mason had 20 saves.

Mike Sciacca, Independent Michael Thomas netted three goals to lead the Stars to a 4-0 victory over the Avalanche in an Adams Division matchup. Ryan Humphrey also scored and Zachary Beko recorded the save with 15 saves. In other games: Sythers 4, Mad Dogs 3 Trevor Millikan posted three goals -- including the game-winner in the third period -- to lift the Sythers. Noah Johnson also scored and Jonathan Millikan had 16 saves. Sean Mastro scored twice, David Mastro scored once, Maggie Prizler and Ethan Higbee each had an assist and Michael Godinho had 15 saves for the Mad Dogs.

Levi Vanderkwaak recorded 16 saves and the Avalanche defense kept the Panthers off the scoreboard in a 6-0 Norris Division victory at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Tanner Chang's two goals and two assists led the Avalanche offensively. Dillon Chang and Nathaniel Hughes each had a goal and assist and Dylan Luther and Chad Carpenter each had a goal. In other games: Terminators 3, Hot Shots 0 Austin Shannon had 15 saves as the Terminators shut down the Hot Shots.

Zachary Harriman scored off a Leo Marquez assist in the third period to account for the only scoring in the Norris Division match, as the Terminators edged the Big Dogs, 1-0, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center. Austin Shannon recorded the shutout victory with 16 saves. The Big Dogs' David Mastro also had a big game in the net with 21 saves. In other Norris Division games: Hot Shots 4, Avalanche 3 The Avalanche took a 3-0 lead into the final period and held on for the win. Nathaniel Hughes scored two goals, David Luther scored once and Levi Vanderkwaak had 24 saves for the Avalanche.

Gregory Williams scored a division-best five goals Monday to lead the Roller Dogs to a 7-5 victory over the Hornets in Smythe Division action at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Brock Bowden completed the Roller Dogs scoring by netting his team's two other goals. Robert Vierregger scored twice to lead the Hornets, who also received single goals from Brittany Downer, Ian Jahns, and Andrew Kee. In other games: Avalanche 3, Bombers 2 Jacob Hill scored off a Cody Bertrand feed in the third period to give the Avalanche the victory.

Cole Thormodsgaard and Joel Dapello each netted three goals to power the Diablos past their Wales Division rivals, the Renegades 7-3 at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Each also broke into the assist column, finishing with a pair of assists. Casey Childers also scored and Ben Piontkowski had an assist. Timothy Francis recorded 22 saves in goal for the Diablos. In other Wales Division matches: Predators 6, Thunder 2 Andrew Skowron scored three goals and assisted on two other scores to lead the Predators.

Cole Thormodsgaard and Joel Dapello each netted three goals to power the Diablos past their Wales Division rivals, the Renegades 7-3 at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Each also broke into the assist column, finishing with a pair of assists. Casey Childers also scored and Ben Piontkowski had an assist. Timothy Francis recorded 22 saves in goal for the Diablos. In other Wales Division matches: Predators 6, Thunder 2 Andrew Skowron scored three goals and assisted on two other scores to lead the Predators.

The Thunder laid claim to the Lemieux Division championship by edging the Avalanche, 4-3, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Sam Robinson posted three goals to lead all scorers and Matt Braun also scored for the Thunder. Robinson, Travis Murray and Jeffrey Kurokawa each had an assist. Brandon Rodriguez recorded 18 saves for the Thunder. Brett Martin's two goals and assist paced the Avalanche. Mats Degerstedt scored the other Avalanche goal, and Jaryd Mason had 20 saves.

Andrew Wade burned the net for four goals to lead the Avalanche past the Sabers, 6-2, in a Wales Division match at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Wade also assisted another goal, one of two scored by Andrew Thomason. Thomason also assisted one of Wade's goals. David Johnson picked up an assist and Jim Martin recorded 26 saves. Cameron Marino scored both goals for the Sabers and Destiny Mills had an assist. Jacob Renaud had 15 saves.

The Predators overcame a two-goal deficit by posting a big third-period rally that carried them to a 7-6 victory over the Avalanche in Wales Division play at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center. The Predators outscored the Avalanche, 3-0, in the final quarter to overcome a 6-4 deficit. Eric Morejon's three goals and assist paced the Predators. Brad Wilson scored twice with an assist and Bryan Arrieta and Ian Livesay each scored once. Jeff Fuzzard had 18 saves.

Zachary Harriman scored off a Leo Marquez assist in the third period to account for the only scoring in the Norris Division match, as the Terminators edged the Big Dogs, 1-0, at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center. Austin Shannon recorded the shutout victory with 16 saves. The Big Dogs' David Mastro also had a big game in the net with 21 saves. In other Norris Division games: Hot Shots 4, Avalanche 3 The Avalanche took a 3-0 lead into the final period and held on for the win. Nathaniel Hughes scored two goals, David Luther scored once and Levi Vanderkwaak had 24 saves for the Avalanche.

In the first of four Wales Division games played at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach, the Avalanche rolled past the Wings, 12-2. Blake Cooper scored a match-best six goals to lead the way in the mercy-rule win. Other key Avalanche contributors were Brad Brandenburg, who scored twice and assisted another goal, Andrew Wade, who scored once and had three assists, and Christian Wildey, with one goal and two assists for the Avalanche.

Dylan Zeglovitch posted three goals and assisted two other scores to lead the Avalanche in their 8-7 victory over Raw Steel in an Atom Division game at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. Harry Ellis and Ryan Humphrey each scored twice, Mike Pigors scored once with an assist and Ellis had an assist. Ryan Voorhies recorded 19 saves. Raw Steel's Travis Bertrand led all scorers with five goals. Sean Mastro and Matt Oyakawa each scored once and Kevin Bauman finished with 18 saves.

Eric Jones' goal off a Brett Webber feed in the third period proved to be the difference in the Howe Division matchup between the Avalanche and Blue Thunder. Jones scored at the 9:05 mark of the period gave Avalanche a 4-3 victory at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey Center in Huntington Beach. It was the first goal of the game for Jones, who had assisted his team's first three goals. Lauren Martin, Webber and Michael Feirstein each scored single goals.

The Avalanche outscored the Avengers, 3-1, in the decisive third period and went on to score an 8-6 victory to wrap up the regular season Wales Division title. The division's top two teams were even at 6-6 through two periods of play. The win gave the Avalanche (8-1-1) the division's No. 1 seed in this week's playoffs, which culminates with Saturday's championship match at 9 a.m. The Avengers go into the playoffs with a No. 2 seed and 7-2-1 record.