FINAL SCORE:
FRI: WATERTOWN 3, NEW JERSEY 4
NSC SUPER RINK | NAHL REGULAR SEASON | GAME #5 | SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
SATURDAY’S GAME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: The Watertown Shamrocks drop the last game of the NAHL Showcase to the New Jersey Titans 3-4 on Saturday afternoon at the NSC Super Rink in Blaine, Minnesota, in their fifth regular-season game of the 2025-26 season.
At 14:54 of the first period, on the power play, the Titans struck first with a goal by Blake Jones, assisted by Nikolai Meshkantosov. The Shamrocks came back at 6:36 to score their own power play goal. Zach Boren buried one assisted by Junior Podein and Andrew Smulkstys to tie the game at one a piece. At 3:49, the Titans took a 2-1 lead with a goal by Ty Creech.
At 19:45 in the second period, Titans’ Luke Matthews, assisted by Gerrit Lansing and Ryan Kowalsky, made the game 3-1. At 7:40, Generals’ Arseniy Zharikov, assisted by Nikolas Doumas, scored. In the final minute of period two, Zach Boren netted his second power-play goal of the afternoon. Justin Bartley assisted him to make the game 4-2.
In a quiet third period, with just over a minute left, Andrew Smulkstys, assisted by Junior Podein and Zach Boren, scored for the Shamrocks to make it 4-3. Despite a hard-fought third period, it was not enough to put the Shamrocks over the Titans.
The Shamrocks went 1-2 during the NAHL Showcase.
Key Stats:
|
TEAM |
Starting Goalie |
Shots on Goal (SOG) |
Penalty Mins |
High Points |
|
Shamrocks |
#1 Gudridge |
34 |
4 |
#19 Boren (2 G, 1 A) |
|
Generals |
#30 Nikolaev |
28 |
8 |
#10 Jones (1 G) #10 Zharikov (1 G) #11 Creech (1 G) #Matthews (1 G) |
Photo by Sarah Cooper