Blaze Earn Road Win Over Top CHL Team

January 13, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington Blaze News Release

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - The Bloomington Blaze, presented by Mid-Illini Credit Union, opened the second half of the Central Hockey League season on Friday night with a road victory over the circuit's top team in a 2-1 decision over the Fort Wayne Komets on Friday night at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

The Blaze opened the scoring with 11:26 left in the first period by taking advantage of a Komet turnover as Jordy Trottier scored on a breakaway with a backhanded top-shelf goal. The Komets evened the game in similar fashion with 8:54 left in the middle period when Artem Podshendyalov snuck behind the Blaze defense and scored a top-shelf breakaway of his own.

Bloomington took a 2-1 lead with 14:42 left in the 3rd when Kyle Laughlin poked in a rebound on a wrap-around attempt by Travis Granbois for Laughlin's 13th goal of the season. The Blaze held off a furious extra-attacker rush over the last minute and a half to preserve their third road win, evening the season series with the Komets at 3-3-0.

Brian Mahoney-Wilson earned his second win for the Blaze with 41 saves. Veteran Komet netminder Nick Boucher fell to 19-9-1 with a 21-save effort.

The Blaze return to U.S. Cellular Coliseum for divisional contests on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's 7:05 p.m. face-off against the Missouri Mavericks features water bottles given to the first 1,000 fans compliments of OSF St. Joseph Medical Center. On Sunday at 4:05 p.m., the Quad City Mallards visit Bloomington on Kitchen Cooked Family Fun Day, which offers $5 tickets for kids 12 and under and $3 kids meals (hot dog, chips, drink), plus a post-game skate for all fans with the players. More information is available at www.bloomingtonblaze.com or by calling 309-434-2980. The Blaze also invite fans to like the team on Facebook and follow them on Twitter (BLMBlaze), and all games can be found live on the internet at CHL-TV and WJBC.com.

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