The Akwesasne Warriors came out fighting tonight and split their two game homestand against the New Jersey Outlaws winning 6-3. Once again the game started with a fast pace and the Warriors had to kill off an early Trevisani high sticking penalty before Nicholas Corbeil opened the scoring at the 12:34 mark of the first period.

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Akwesasne - January 27, 2012 - The Akwesasne Warriors came out fighting tonight and split their two game homestand against the New Jersey Outlaws winning 6-3. Once again the game started with a fast pace and the Warriors had to kill off an early Trevisani high sticking penalty before Nicholas Corbeil opened the scoring at the 12:34 mark of the first period. Slyain Deschatelets and Dan Mercer dropped their gloves 24 seconds later and that was followed by a fight between Jean Rene Forget and Craig Cole. The Outlaws got their first on a Travis Kauffeldt goal while Forget was serving a minor attached to his fighting major.

Akwesasne came out flying in what was a four goal second period. Corbeil scored his second goal at 3:57 after New Jersey had killed off a penalty. Sylvain Dechaletes scored his first oof the night at the 9:43 mmark giving the Warriros a two goal lead. Akwesasne continued to press and were rewarded with a Pierre Dagenais goal seconds later. New Jersey pressed late in the period to close the game but were held back by an excellent goaltending effore by David Plouffe, who had 51 saves on the night. Pierre Dagenais took advantage of an opening at the 19:54 mark, scoring his 44th goal of the season and his ninth in the past four games, sending Akwesasne to the dressing room with a four goal lead.

After Sylvain Deschatalets had his second fight of the night with New Jersey captain,Travis Kauffeldt, Kevin Cooper scored at the 8:04 mark of the third period. The Outlaws pressed the Warriors and made it a two goal game with a Brett Angel powerplay goal at 12:38 of the third. New Jersey kept pressing to close the gap even more and a late Forget hook gave them the powerplay opportunity to pull within one. Again, Plouffe stood tall in the net and Sylvain Deschatelets closed out the scoring at 18:05 after Ahmed Mahfouz battled hard for the puck and an assist. The Warriros came away with the win with an excellent team effort against the league leading Outlaws. The Outlaws move on for a pair of games against the 1000 Island Privateers this weekend at Bonnie Castle and The Warriors continue their homestand on Saturday night with a rare scheduled appearance at the Ed Lumley Arena in the Cornwall Civic Complex against the Delaware Federals. Puck drop is 7:35.