Black Sabres run away from Red Wings

The Mite Red Wings couldn't stop the Black Sabres in Saturday's high-scoring 7-2 victory.

The first period started very evenly with both sides showing great defense and protecting their goalies.

Even so, both goalies worked hard in the net, saving many shots. However, with 5:07 to go, Nick Carbone had a run and a shot on goal that rebounded, only to be hammered into the net by Dan Mosher.

Not quite three minutes later, a tussle at the back of the net saw the puck knocked away by Hunter Noll, and Elliot Whittaker picked it up to send it straight into goal. The period ended with the Black Sabres ahead 2-0.

The second period was a crowd pleaser. Six goals were scored, four to the Black Sabres and two to the Red Wings.

Twenty-four seconds into the second, the Red Wings' Matt Grugnale stole the puck in his own zone and made a run and shot on net to score the first goal for his team.

Less than a minute later, Noah Rosenthal made two shots on goal that were diverted by Red Wings' goalie Ryan O'Donnell but knocked away a third rebound to Tyler Roberto, who whacked it into the net for the Black Sabres' third goal.

Another two minutes went by, and a tussle in front of the Black Sabres' net led to a faceoff, which saw McKenna Rushford of the Red Wings slide it past Jacob Ostrowski. After a couple of unfortunate bad falls, one from each side, which thankfully resulted in both players standing back up and rejoining play, Rosenthal made a run down the ice and a pass to Roberto, who slammed another shot into the net to bring the Black Sabres to 4-2 with 4:40 to go in the second.

Two and a half minutes later, Zachary Gannon and Aaron Bengart both made a number of shots on goal and chased after rebounds, but it was Gannon who was able to shoot the puck into the net to score the Black Sabres' fifth goal. Finally, less than a minute later, Nick Pieri took a pass from Roberto and slid it past O'Donnell to score the Black Sabres' sixth goal.

The final period only lasted five minutes due to time constraints, but it was Pieri who was able to grab a rebound from a shot by Rosenthal to score the final goal for the game and the second for himself. Black Sabres' MVP Nick Pieri was awarded the game puck.