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January 19, 2010 - All American Hockey League (AAHL)
Battle Creek Revolution News Release


Game Rewind

Saturday Night

Todd Mcllrath got the party started at 11:10 in the first period with a goal on a great shot with Charles Harvey and Rob Schweyer getting the assists on the goal. Less than two minutes later Mcllrath lit the lamp again with Joel Gerbe and Rick Gadwa drawing the helpers. With just over a minute left in the first period, Mcllrath scored the natural hat trick with help from Marco Trevino and Shweyer. The Blizzard got on the board to start the second period when Nigel Hawryliw scored a goal on a crisp pass from Brent Clarke and Pat Doyle drawing the other assist. The Revolution struck back quickly when 007 Ryan Bond used hard work and great skating to score his first professional goal on a Schweyer assist and help from Harvey. Then it was Gerbe time as Joe Gerbe lit the lamp with a goal to make 5 to 1 on the helper was Mcllrath. The Revs then started to pour it on with a Chris Affinati goal with help from Gadwa and Kye Moje. Dan Kohanchuk lit the lamp with help of Shawn McNulty and Mcllrath to make it 7 to 1. The Blizzard got it rolling with Rich Jondo scoring with Clarke and Hawryliw drawing the assists. As they came to the close of the second period, Dan Calitri scored with the help of Jondo and Darrel Levy on the helpers.

The Blizzard started in the third by scoring with a Darrel Levey goal with assists from Brad Bohilinger and Calitrito make it 7 to 4. Then all heck broke lose when the roof of Revolution Arena was blown off with five fights in three minutes that saw rematch with Bill Vitale and Chris Affinati scoring another win. Mason Cossette then drilled Emery Louse in a fight that started a war on the ice that saw Kye Moje get in his first professional fight scoring a victory over Darrel Levy. Also it should be noted that Nick Bet destroyed Zach Kane in the first fight of the evening. All of that action fired up the Blizzard bench with Pat Doyle lighting the lamp on a power play goal with help from Hawryliw on the assist. Then on a penalty shot awarded by the ref, Dan Calitri scored his second goal of the night. The Rev's then put the game on ice with an empty net goal from Charles Harvey with help from Schweyer and Matt Wiedenhoeft on his first point of the year.

The Battle Creek Revolution skated out of Revolution Arena with a hard fought victory that saw a game with 14 goals and 5 fights against the West Michigan Blizzard. The Rev's skated to an 8-6 win in front of one of the biggest crowds of the year in Revolution Arena. The game was highlighted with many hard hits and great fights that kept the crowd on their feet all night long with the most exciting game all season long.

Sunday Night

The Revolution stormed into the LC Walker Arena in Muskegon only to be blown away in the first period by the Blizzard giving five goals in twelve minutes. Rich Jondo got the scoring started with a blast from the point with Cameron Sault drawing the assist. Then just fifteen seconds later Jondo scored again with another shot from the point with Zach Kane and Bill Vitale drawing the helpers. The flood gates then opened up again just two minutes later with AJ Sanders lighting the lamp making it 3-0 Blizzard. The Revolution got on the board with a goal from the goal scoring machine Todd Mcllrath with Nick Bet and Charles Harvey grabbing the helpers. It didn't take long for the Blizzard to amp it up for with Brent Clarke scoring with help from Dan Calitrie and Peter Drinkos. They rounded out the scoring with Calitrie lighting the lamp with Clarke and Emery Louse on the assists.

The second period saw the Rev's cut into the 5-1 lead with a goal from Kye Moje with Rick Gadwa and Rob Schweyer drawing the helpers. It didn't take long for the Blizzard to increase their lead with Clarke scoring a goal with some help from Nigel Hawryliw and Drinkos. The Revolution then started a come back that would silence the crowd at the LC Walker Arena with Joel Gerbe lighting the lamp with help from Mcllrath and Nick Williams. Then Kye Moje from behind the goal line banked a shot off goaltender Adam Dekker that opened the scoring gates for the Rev's. Then Ryan Bond scored his second professional goal with Harvey and Mcllrath drawing the assists. Then to tie the game Rick Gadwa blasted a shot past Dekker with Bond and Schweyer drawing the helpers. It was short lived as Brad Bohlinger drilled a shot from the point with help from Sault and Calitrie to take a short lived lead. Then Mason Cossette came to the rescue to tie the game to push a rebound home to send the game to over time on a blast from Dan Kohanchuk and Shawn McNulty drawing the helpers. The Revolution controlled the over time until Peter Drinkos let a wrist shot from the point that beat goaltender David Desander with Calitrie and Sault drawing the assist for an 8-7 over time win or the Blizzard.

Rev it Up

The Revolution will be back in action this weekend with two home games at Revolution Arena in down town Battle Creek against the West Michigan Blizzard and Chi-Town Shooters. This Friday night will be Ladies night with the West Michigan Blizzard coming into to town with a great rematch from last weekend's games with all ladies in attendance getting $5 tickets. The Saturday night will be the return of the defending champions the Chi-Town Shooters lead by head coach Darren Seid with his first place hockey club. Both games this weekend will have a 7:30pm face off time. Make sure you stop by the Rink Box Office to pick up your tickets or get them by calling the ticket office at 269-832-8172.

Willy Returns and Baughman Retires

Nick Williams returned to the Revolution line up on Sunday night to help the Revolution to earn a point against the Blizzard. Nick has been side lined with injuries over the last month while resting in Flint over the last month. Nick was called into duty when Marco Trevino was hit with the flu that has been traveling through the locker room. It was announced this week that Wes Baughman has retired from hockey.

Revolution History Stat of the Week

The Revolution have one player from last season roster that is currently on a Double A roster and that player that would be Kyryll Katrych who plays for the Quad City Mallards currently of the International Hockey League. Kyryll has played in 24 games with two goals and four assists for the Mallards.

Coaches Show

Make sure you join Head Coach Bobby Clouston this Tuesday night with the live Coaches Show at the JW Barleycorn's Restaurant in downtown Battle Creek at 7:00pm. All the fans are encouraged to come down to ask questions for the coach and players. JW Barleycorn's will be offering food and drink specials to the Revolution fans that make it out to the show. The show will air live on Stream Net Sports with Radio Announcers Andy Jach and Barry Smith by going to the following link http://www.streamnetsports.com/AAHL/Revolution/audio.html if you can't make the show.

Revolution Video Casts

Hockey fans that can't make the game can watch the game live on Steam Net Sports this Friday night January 22nd, during the live video streaming for the small cost of $4.99. This is a great way for family members that can't make the game in person to watch they can join Andy Jach and Barry Smith with the call by going to www.streamnetsports.com to purchase the game ticket for the game this Friday night against the West Michigan Blizzard and Saturday night against the Chi-Town Shooters at 7:30pm both nights.



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