Purple 10, Yellow 6

Purple Erases Four-Goal Deficit to Beat Yellow, 10–6

Purple earned its first win of Season 13 with a remarkable comeback, scoring eight unanswered goals to defeat Yellow 10–6. John Wren led the charge with five goals and an assist, Chris Brown recorded a hat trick, and Sam Hicks contributed five points.

Yellow controlled much of the opening period. Jeff Grimes opened the scoring at 14:20, assisted by Stephan Mostero and Mike Fitzgerald, and Chance Cooper made it 2–0 at 8:10. Brown answered for Purple at 7:11 on an assist from Hicks, but Chris Fowler restored Yellow’s two-goal cushion with a power-play goal at 5:21.

Hicks scored at 4:30 to bring Purple within one before Yellow finished the period with three consecutive goals. Jeff Harris scored at 3:38 on assists from Scott McNitt and Kyle Wertz. Fowler added his second at 0:52, assisted by Cooper, and Jennifer Rich scored with just three seconds left on a setup from McNitt. Yellow entered the intermission ahead 6–2.

The second period belonged to Purple. Wren scored at 17:50 on assists from Brown and Hicks, then struck again at 13:34, assisted by Bob Neath. Brown pulled Purple within one at 10:54, with Hicks and Wren assisting. Wren completed his hat trick at 8:56 on a pass from Crystal Mann, tying the game 6–6, then scored his fourth with 27 seconds remaining to give Purple its first lead.

Purple continued the run in the third. Brown completed his hat trick at 10:46, and Wren scored his fifth at 3:20, assisted by Jeff Vontz. Hicks added an empty-net goal with five seconds left to complete the comeback.

Wren finished with six points, Brown recorded three goals and an assist, and Hicks supplied two goals and three assists. Fowler scored twice for Yellow, while Fitzgerald and McNitt each recorded two assists.

Purple improved to 1–4, snapping its four-game losing streak. Brown extended his point streak to four games and his goal-scoring streak to two, while Neath has recorded an assist in all five games this season. Fowler has scored in all four of his appearances for Yellow, and Fitzgerald extended his point streak to five games. Wertz’s four-game goal-scoring streak ended, but his assist kept his five-game point streak alive. Yellow fell to 2–2–1.