Jackals Drop Game 1 to Royals, 4-1
April 3, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Reading, Pa. - The Elmira Jackals fell in Game 1 of the best-of-five Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Tuesday night at the Sovereign Center, 4-1, to the Reading Royals.
The Royals registered the first goal of the series in the opening period. Yannick Riendeau took a long feed from Dave Cowan, snapped a puck off of Brian Stewart, and then pushed in the rebound from the goal line to give the Royals a 1-0 lead at 16:48.
Elmira wasted no time in battling back to tie the game up. Jimmy Martin wristed a puck in from the right circle past Mark Owuya just 16 seconds after Riendeau's goal, knotting the score, 1-1, at 17:04.
With the Jackals scrambling around their net, Kenny Ryan banked a puck off of an Elmira skater's stick and in from behind the net to put Reading back in front, 2-1, at 2:10 of the second.
In the third period, Ryan took a feed from Riendeau at 7:39 and fired the puck past Stewart from the right circle, extending Reading's lead to 3-1.
Yannick Tifu sealed the game with an empty-net goal from center ice at 18:46, closing out the scoring, 4-1.
Stewart (0-1) made 23 saves on 26 shots in the outing. Owuya (1-0) turned aside 35 of 36 shots in the victory.
Elmira and Reading meet in Game 2 on Wednesday night at the Sovereign Center at 7:05 p.m. The Jackals will host the final three games of the series this Friday, Saturday (if necessary), and Monday (if necessary). Tickets for Elmira's home games in the first round are on sale now. Fans can reserve their seats by calling (607) 734-PUCK (7825), visiting the First Arena Box Office, or logging onto JackalsHockey.com.
Notes:
The Jackals dropped Game 1 of their opening-round series for the third-straight year...All four top seeds lost Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals...Martin's goal was his first-ever playoff goal...Elmira is 9-18 all-time in its Kelly Cup Playoff history
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