Team TRIA won Da Beauty League's John Scott Cup on Wednesday night with an 8-7 win against Teddy Blueger's Team RBC.
RBC took an early 3-0 lead off of goals from the Senators' Jack Dougherty, the Islanders' Anders Lee, and the San Diego Gulls' Brent Gates:
Jack Dougherty gets us started in Da Beauty League Championships!
1-0 RBC @jackdougherty2 @AmerksHockey pic.twitter.com/HLude1DEYc
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
Alex Goligoski threads the needle and Anders Lee tucks it away ??@NYIslanders @ArizonaCoyotes @leeberr09 @gollygoose33 pic.twitter.com/I7yEhYSdpW
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
TRIA trailed for much of the game as the teams traded goals back and forth. The Flyers' James van Riemsdyk scored these two goals for TRIA:
A JVR backhand is just lethal ??@JVReemer21 @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/1IBtOq0Ei1
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
James van Riemsdyk tallies his 2nd of the game and we have a 1-goal game!! ?@JVReemer21 @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/nPgGvZgUd8
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
TRIA's rally continued with 10 minutes remaining in the game when Jets defenseman Neal Pionk tied the game:
Off the post and in for Neal Pionk and we are
ALL
TIED
UP@NHLJets @NPionk95 pic.twitter.com/ehDxlsDOWh
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
van Riemsdyk gave TRIA its first lead of the game as he completed the hat trick with eight minutes remaining, and the goal held up to be the game-winner:
Off the post and in for Neal Pionk and we are
ALL
TIED
UP@NHLJets @NPionk95 pic.twitter.com/ehDxlsDOWh
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
#DaBeautyLeague @johnscott_32 Cup Champions @TRIAOrthopedics!!
TRIA Wins 8-7 #daBL pic.twitter.com/5UnPYcz4bZ
— Da Beauty League (@DaBeautyLeague) August 22, 2019
Blueger was scoreless in the loss.
Da Beauty League, established in 2015, is a summer league based in Minnesota for professional and college hockey players. Six teams play an eight-game regular season schedule and a two-game postseason schedule, competing for the John Scott Cup.
