The Ice Dogs Titanium turned Monday night into a track meet in the best way possible, exploding for six first-period goals and never looking back in an 11–1 win over Top Cheddar. With the Dogs rolling four lines worth of pressure and finishing nearly every clean look they generated, the game was effectively decided before the halfway point.
It started immediately. Jake Toran opened the scoring just 0:37 into the first, finishing a quick-touch sequence from AJ Nisbet and Steve Silver. Toran doubled it at 1:05, again off a Nisbet setup, and the Ice Dogs kept layering chances. Anthony Flynn made it 3–0 at 7:17 (from Anthony Amato), then struck again at 8:04 off Dan McFadden and Amato. At 9:56, McFadden added one of his own from Flynn and Mike Sanchez, and Nisbet capped the opening-period barrage at 12:56, finishing a play started by Harry Garber and Toran.
Top Cheddar’s lone moment of daylight came at 10:45 of the first, when Miles Foster scored (assist Stuart Vairo), but the Ice Dogs’ pace and puck support quickly swallowed the game again.
The second period was more of the same, with the Dogs continuing to convert pressure into goals. Silver scored at 3:51 (Toran assist), Nisbet answered at 4:21 (Toran), and Silver struck again at 9:26 off a Nisbet feed. At the 15:00 horn, Amato added another from McFadden to make it 10–1 heading to the third.
The Ice Dogs closed the scoring at 5:42 of the third, when McFadden finished a transition play from Sanchez and Thomas Molloy, who picked up an assist from the crease.
With no penalties assessed to either team, the game stayed entirely five-on-five, and the Dogs controlled the shot battle 25–17. Molloy was sharp and calm all night, stopping 16 of 17 for a .941 save percentage. Top Cheddar’s Kenneth Lewis faced constant traffic and finished with 14 saves.
Ice Dogs leaders
- Jake Toran: 2G, 3A
- AJ Nisbet: 2G, 3A
- Dan McFadden: 2G, 2A
- Anthony Flynn: 2G, 1A
- Steve Silver: 2G, 1A
- Anthony Amato: 1G, 2A
- Mike Sanchez: 2A
- Thomas Molloy: 16 saves, 1A
From the opening shift, this was the Titanium at full throttle—fast starts, clean execution, and depth scoring across the board.
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