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Aces Make It Two In A Row

January 31, 2005 - SPHL (SPHL)
Asheville Aces News Release


The Asheville Aces won their second game in as many nights, again in thrilling fashion. Last night they came back to defeat the Jacksonville Barracudas in overtime, and tonight, it took a shootout to decide the winner. Mark Scally stopped all three Polar Twin shooters and Chad Brandimore had the lone shootout goal for the 4-3 win.

The Polar Twins struck first, 26 seconds into the game as Trevor Jobe picked off a poor clearing attempt by Asheville goalie Mark Scally and walked in on goal, faked Scally and slid the puck past him. Jobe's goal set the Aces, who looked to have some tired legs early on, back on their heels but they battled hard and came out strong in the second period.

Peter Cermak tied the game up at the 1:09 mark of the second and then Chad Brandimore got his first of the night with a strong wrist shot that beat Polar Twins goalie Rick Nichol over the blocker. Richard Gustafsson brought Winston Salem back within one with a power play goal with just over six minutes remaining in the second. Former Polar Twin Chester Gallant answered back as he slid the puck in on a two-on-one to put the Aces up 3-2 heading into the third.

A tight defensive third period ensued with the Polar Twins getting the only goal mid-way through the period as Mike Walling scored on a shot from the top of the face-off circle to beat Scally.

A wide-open 3 on 3 overtime left both teams exhausted and battered. The two teams then headed into a shootout to decide the winner. Asheville's Peter Bournazakis missed on a deke, the Shawn Aebig for Winston Salem was stopped by Scally. Chad Brandimore was next and slid the puck through the five hole of Nichol to give the Aces the lead. Scally took care of the rest stopping Trevor Jobe and Brett Cross for the shootout shutout.

The Aces head into a busy week with three road games. They play in Macon on Tuesday, Knoxville on Thursday and Macon again on Friday. The next Aces home game is Thursday, February 10 versus the Huntsville Havoc. Puck drop is 7:30 p.m. at the Asheville Civic Center.

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