Jets Take Point From Wooster; Jets Denitton Has Career Night

2009-12-04

Jets give Oilers all they could handle rematch on Sunday.

Wooster, OH. The Jamestown Jets and Wooster Oilers gave the fans in Wooster their money’s worth and revived a rivalry that has been dominated by the Oilers the previous 3 meetings this season. The Jets who have been surging in the standings of late gave up a goal in the opening seconds only to settle down and quite the powerful Oilers offense sending the team to the first intermission with the Jets trailing 1-0. The second period the Jets found their legs early but a costly turnover resulted in a Oilers even strength goal on a redirect that increased the lead to 2-0. The Oilers continued to press but Jets net minder #35 Rick Hennard turned in a solid start (making 47 saves) holding the Oilers at bay until # 9 Daniel Denitton would get the Jets on the board at 8:09 of the 2^nd on a feed from #14 David Moore. Controlling the momentum and with the Jets on the power play Moore would pull Jamestown even as he beat a screened Oilers net minder with 5:07 left sending the teams to the locker room tied at 2-2. The 3^rd would see the Jets take the lead on a power play goal from their big man #19 Nick Sosnowski as he redirected a point shot from Moore giving the Jets their first lead of the night 3-2. The Oilers would settle down and tie the game at 3-3 with a power play goal from #19 Brown that found it’s way past Hennard. The game would remained tied until the Jets would score their 3^rd power play goal of the game as Jon Gratton put the Jets in front with under 5 minutes to play as he buried his own rebound giving the Jets a 4-3 lead. The Jets looked as if they were going to walk away with both points however costly undisciplined penalties lead to a late Oilers goal with 1:27 left that would send the game to a shootout. The Oilers eventually would win in a shootout downing the Jets 5-4. Scoring for the Jets in the shootout were #9 Daniel Denitton who had 2 goals and 2 assist on the night and #24 Jon Gratton his second goal of the game. “It was a good battle tonight…we had them and let this one slip away but we showed we can play with them if we stay disciplined and our guys know it… it’s a long season we will be ready on Sunday.” Said Canfield. The rematch is set for 4:30 Sunday afternoon in Wooster for more information visit www.jamestownjets.com. Also don’t forget Saturday Dec 12^th the Jets return home to take on the Troy Bruins at 7:35 PM and will honor the Southwestern Trojans and the Randolph Cardinals on their 2009 NYS High School Football Championships