The Ironmen (13-14) dropped a crucial home matchup to the defending MISL champions, the Philadelphia Kixx (12-15), last Thursday night at the Prudential Center. The loss allows the Kixx to cut the Irons’ hold on the sixth and final playoff spot to just one game.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Kixx opened up the second stanza with two straight goals. The first came 3:00 into the quarter when Ptah Myers found the twine for a two-point tally. A completely unmarked Tony Donatelli was able to add another two points to the Kixx’s lead just 1:20 later. Stefan Stokic got Jersey on the score sheet minutes later when he converted a rebound off the boards into a two-pointer. Frederico Moojen followed suit a few moments later off a free kick to even the score at four-apiece. However, Philadelphia capped off the scoring in the quarter when Don D’Ambra broke free from his marker and earned his first goal of the contest.
Philadelphia went up 8-4 in the third, but Irons’ forward Dan Antoniuk closed the gap with a two-pointer about four minutes into the fourth frame. However, it was Kixx defender Pat Morris who scored the pivotal goal of the match when he blasted a three-pointer at 6:58 into the quarter to make the score 11-6. Moojen and Antoniuk each added their second two-pointers of the game with six attackers on the field for Jersey in the waning minutes of the game. But the Kixx were able to seal the Irons’ fate with two three-point open net goals to end the scoring at 17-10.
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