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Sept. 26-28: San Diego Sabers Three-Game Win Streak

  • Lyanna Yeow
  • Oct 7, 2024
  • 4 min read

San Diego Sabers dominated their three-game series this past weekend against the Long Beach Bombers, Bakersfield Roughnecks, and the Ventura Vikings. The San Diego Sabers’ win streak started on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at Lakewood Ice and ended in a regulation win for the San Diego Sabers, final score 5-4. The San Diego Sabers carried their momentum into Game 2 which occurred on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Valley Childrens Ice Center and also ended in a regulation win for the San Diego Sabers with a final score of 6-3. The Sabers victoriously closed out the weekend on their home ice at Carlsbad Icetown on Saturday, September 28, 2024 with a final score of 10-4.  


Game 1: San Diego Sabers 5, Long Beach Bombers 4

The San Diego sabers kicked off this week’s three-game series with a hard-fought win against the Long Beach Bombers. Although the Long Beach Bombers struck first, the Sabers came back with vengeance with goals scored in the second scored by Knut Hornkvist and Liam Krupcyznski. Former Saber and now a member of the Long Beach Bombers, Jackson Litzinger, scored late in second to tie the game 2-2 which led to the teams going into the third period with a tied game. Hornkvist carried the momentum from the second period into the third and scored two more goals which completed his first hat-trick of the 2024-2025 regular season. Sammy Albano extended the Sabers’ lead to 5-3 with a power play goal in the later half of the third period. Long Beach Bombers’ Magnus Lowham also recorded his first hat-trick of the regular season which greatly contributed to the 4 total goals scored by the Long Beach Bombers, however, it was not enough to surpass the Sabers’ lead. The Sabers fought hard for their win and improved on capitalizing on their power play opportunities this game with a strong goaltending performance from Carson McDonald.


Friday, September 27, 2024 SDS vs BKR

Game 2: San Diego Sabers 6, Bakersfield Roughnecks 3

After a tough first period which ended with them being down by two goals, the team dug deep and found determination to keep pushing through the hardship and took control of the second period. Aapo Jaakkola opened up the second period with an unassisted goal which put the Sabers on the board. This was followed by 3 more unanswered goals scored by Sammy Albano, Briar Dickson, and Liam Krupcyznski. The score going into the third period was 4-2 and that quickly changed after Sam Bailey and Aapo Jaakkola scored and extended the Sabers’ lead (6-2). The Roughnecks cut the four-goal deficit to three goals after answering back late in the third period but their attempt to make a comeback was not enough to overcome the Sabers goaltender, Viktor Pasztor’s, valiant performance during this matchup. Despite finding themselves in the box more than the Roughnecks, this did not hinder the Sabers’ penalty kill and stellar goaltending performance during the second and third period of the game. The Sabers are on a two-game win streak after Game 2 in this three-game series. 


Saturday, September 28, 2024 VNV vs SDS

Game 3: San Diego Sabers 10, Ventura Vikings 4

The San Diego Sabers truly showed their resilience in the first period after Ventura Vikings’ opened up Game 3 and got onto the board first. Knut Hornkvist answered back and tied the game 1-1. Sabers’ Captain, Liam Krupcyznski, scored a power play goal 22 seconds into their power play opportunity which was followed up by Briar Dickson successfully scoring a penalty shot against Brasco Cirillo, the Ventura Vikings’ goaltender. This closed out the first period with the Sabers’ leading 3-1. The Sabers extended their lead after Sammy Albano scored late in the second period. Their three-goal lead returned back to a two-goal lead after the Ventura Vikings scored with 31 seconds left in the second period which ended with a score of 4-2. Sammy Albano scored the game winning goal 15 seconds into the third period and Caleb Murray scored the insurance goal within the first 5 minutes of the period (5-2). Sam Bailey and Liam Krupcyznski both scored two goals in the third period which greatly contributed to their 10 goals scored in Game 3 of the series. The Ventrua Vikings were able to slip two more goals past Sabers’ goaltender, Parker Lewis, late in the third period, however, this last push was not enough to make a comeback which ended the game with a final score of 10-4 in the Sabers’ favor. Liam Krupcyznski recorded his first hat-trick of the 2024-2025 regular season. 


After the victorious 10-4 win, San Diego Sabers’ Head Coach, James Spaargaren, commented about how he is, “Super proud of the boys. They are moving in the right direction and we’re not done yet” which was evident in their overall performance this past weekend. For example, the team tightened up and improved their power play success rate from 20% to 41.67% and their penalty killing success rate from 60% to 64.29% after their three-game series. Not only were they able to break their losing streak but the team was able to maintain their win streak this past weekend.  


Despite facing hardships in their previous game, the resilience of the San Diego Sabers drove them to victory this past weekend and will continue to be the force that continues their win streak when they face the Fresno Monsters this weekend.


The scheduled for this weekend’s games:

Game 1 | Friday, October 4, 2024 | Carlsbad Icetown (Home)

  • San Diego Sabers (3-2-0-0) will face the Fresno Monsters (0-0-0-0) on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM PDT. This game will be located at  Carlsbad Icetown.

Game 2 | Saturday, October 5, 2024 | Carlsbad Icetown (Home)

  • San Diego Sabers (3-2-0-0) will face the Fresno Monsters (0-0-0-0) on Saturday, October 5, 2024  at 8:00 PM PDT. This home game will be located at Carlsbad Icetown.


Come back for the next San Diego Sabers’ weekly recap of the 2024-2025 USPHL regular season!


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