Capital Thunder 6, Cougars 4
Berner in goal facing -- 13 shots--allowing 2 goals -- save 85%
Meyer in goal facing -- 11 shots--allowing 4 goals -- save 64%
Cougar shots on goal = 29
Goals & Assists
Period 1
Bautista ; Niday
Period 2
Fragoza ; Adam
Heyl (unassisted)
DeLorenzi ; Adam
Period 3
11/9/03 - Cougars come up short in 6-4 loss to the Capital Thunder
After a long drive to Roseville, the Cougars were ready to battle the
Capital Thunder on their home ice. The 1st period started with the
Cougars taking a penalty, but resulted in some nice shorthanded opportunities
by #9 Jeff Adams, #27 Brett DeLorenzi, and #81 Zefan Hurley. The Thunder
were unable to score on the power play, but scored shortly after it had expired.
The Cougars battled back with a nice goal from #77 Rickey Niday to #14 Josh
Bautista. The remainder of the period was a lot of end-to-end action, with
each goalie facing several shots. The Thunder scored on a deflection off a Cougar
defenseman in front of the net.
Cougars picked up the momentum to start the 2nd period with scoring
chances by #10 Alan Nguyen and #27 Brett DeLorenzi. The Thunder scored two
more goals early in the period to take the 4-1 lead, but the Cougars didn't
give up. (Cougars did change goalies). Cougars scored off a beautiful give
and go play from #47 Jordan Fragoza to #9 Jeff Adams, back to Fragoza for
the goal. #2 Kevin Heyl scored on the next Cougar rush off a pass from #4 Chase Johnson. The Thunder found themselves in penalty trouble and the Cougars
#10 Alan Nguyen tied the game on the power play. The period ended on some
great defensive plays by #16 Dennis van de Goor and great goaltending by
#20 Eric Berner.
The Thunder scored early in the 3rd period and shifted the momentum of
the game. Cougars found themselves in penalty trouble and the Thunder took advantage
on the power play to go up by two goals. The Cougars continued their attack,
but were unable to get another goal past the Thunder's goalie.
Summary: Penalties, poor clearing attempts, and too many odd man breaks
summed up the Cougars third game (and first loss) of the season. I was impressed
with the fact that although they were down by three goals at one point in
the game, the Cougars never gave up. Next weeks game is against Oakland. Go
Cougars!
| # |
Player |
+/- |
| 9 |
ADAM, Jeff |
+1 |
| 14 |
BAUTISTA, Josh |
+1 |
| 7 |
DeLANCE, Max |
-1 |
| 27 |
DeLORENZI, Brett |
-1 |
| 11 |
ELLISON, Nathan |
+1 |
| 47 |
FRAGOZA, Jordan |
E |
| 88 |
GREEN, Derek |
E |
| 2 |
HEYL, Kevin |
+1 |
| 81 |
HURLEY, Zefan |
-1 |
| 4 |
JOHNSON, Chase |
+1 |
| 64 |
LEVINE, Shoshana |
+1 |
| 10 |
NGUYEN, Alan |
-2 |
| 77 |
NIDAY, Rickey |
+1 |
| 25 |
REESE, Alan |
E |
| 17 |
SULLIVAN, Conor |
-1 |
| 26 |
TOWNSEND, Brian |
-1 |
| 16 |
van de GOOR, Dennis |
E |
| |
|
|
| 20 |
BERNER, Eric |
|
| 30 |
MEYER, Chris |
|
Penalty Minutes
Green-----------2:00
Hurley----------2:00
Levine----------2:00
Penalty Minutes
Opp Team------8:00
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