Amarillo Bounces Back, Drops Sundogs
Published on February 13, 2008 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Amarillo Gorillas News Release
Prescott Valley, AZ 2/13/08 - The Amarillo Gorillas got back on the winning track on Wednesday night, knocking off the Arizona Sundogs by a final score of 5-4. It was the Gorillas third straight win over the Sundogs, as Amarillo is now 3-1-0 against their Southwest Division rivals this season. The win came on the heels of a 3-1 loss at New Mexico the previous night, which halted the Gorillas season best five game win streak. Amarillo has now won six out of seven games, and was able to gain sole possession of the fifth and final playoff spot in the Southern Conference, now one point ahead of the Austin Ice Bats.
Amarillo had an early lead when Brett McConnachie scored at 1:56 on the power-play, but Arizona's Tyler Liebel would counter with a short-handed goal at 7:59 to tie the game. Dusty Collins gave the Sundogs the lead 2-1, with his goal at 11:27 of the first, and that score would remain until Chris Lipsett knotted the game at 2-2 with his second period goal at 9:57. Arizona would regain the lead at 14:06 off of Barry Horman's goal, but Amarillo would again battle back to tie it at 1:44 of the third period with Austin Sutter's tally. The Gorillas would score the next two goals of the game to take a 5-3 lead, before Jason Visser brought the Dogs back to within one at 18:05. Dan McWhinney and the rest of the defense would shut the door the rest of the way however, and Amarillo held on for their seventeenth win of the season.
The Gorillas out-shot the Sundogs 40-35 in the game, going 1-5 on the power-play and holding Arizona to 0-1. Amarillo will head home and be back in action this weekend with a pair of home games on Saturday and Sunday night against the Scorpions and Ice Bats respectively. Both games start at 7:05 PM.
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