The HDC Bandits rode a relentless offensive attack to a 7-4 victory over the Aces Hockey Academy in a penalty-filled contest. From the opening puck drop, the Bandits established control, firing 10 shots in the first period alone. They were rewarded when Hudson Card opened the scoring midway through the frame, assisted by Weston Walsh and Zachary Androulidakis. Marcus Festa then doubled the lead in the final minute of the period, converting a setup from Vincent Briceland and Kingston Furst to give the visitors a commanding 2-0 lead heading into the intermission.
The second period turned into a wild, back-and-forth affair. The Bandits' Noah Catellier extended the lead to 3-0 early, but the Aces finally broke through on the power play. Heath Fisher, assisted by Bo Zinter and Lars Fetter, got the home side on the board. Catellier answered just 50 seconds later to restore the three-goal cushion, but Aces' Keenan Fedun, with helpers from Cruz Freadrich and Xavier Clarke, kept the pressure on. The pivotal moment came at the 9:35 mark when Dominic Ricciardi, assisted by Briceland and Fletcher McLean, scored what would stand as the game-winning goal to make it 5-2 for the Bandits. The period was marred by penalties, with the Aces' Xavier Clarke and the Bandits' Vincent Briceland and Dominic Ricciardi all taking minors.
Any hope of an Aces comeback was stifled in the third as the Bandits continued their assault, outshooting the Aces 13-5. Vincent Briceland capitalized on a power play to make it 6-2, with assists going to Androulidakis and Festa. The Aces showed late fight as Bo Zinter and Heath Fisher scored his second of the night to cut the deficit to 6-4. However, Marcus Festa sealed the deal for the Bandits with his second goal of the game, assisted again by Androulidakis, to finalize the 7-4 scoreline. The Aces' discipline unraveled late, with Bo Zinter taking two consecutive body-checking penalties. While the goalie statistics show no saves tracked, the sheer volume of shots—35 for the Bandits versus just 14 for the Aces—tells the story of a game dominated by the visiting attack, led by multi-point nights from Marcus Festa, Vincent Briceland, and Zachary Androulidakis.
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