Blazers Slip Past Rage, 4-3
Published on March 20, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rocky Mountain Rage News Release
Broomfield, Colo. - In a hard fought game to the end, the Oklahoma City Blazers had the last word defeating the Rocky Mountain Rage hockey team tonight 4-3 at the Broomfield Event Center. Left winger Mark Wires led the effort for the Rage earning one goal and two assists. Winger Trevor Weisgerber added three assists.
Rocky Mountain took an early lead tallying two goals in their first three shots on goal. Left winger Nathan Rosychuk fired a slapshot in net at 5:08 after going over the back of a Blazers defender who went down attempting to block the shot. Wires scored the second goal 29 seconds later tipping in a shot from Adam Loncan.
Oklahoma City did not stay dormant for long. Defenseman Mark Wheeler opened scoring for the Blazers on the powerplay at 12:40 when the puck skipped over the right pad of Rage goaltender David Guerrera. Defenseman Joe Dustin gave the Blazers their first lead of the game with two unanswered goals at 14:56 and 18:41 of the first period.
Following a five-goal period, both teams kept their opponent scoreless in the second.
Rocky Mountain defenseman Craig Olynick tied up the game at 7:11 of the third period, shooting from just inside the blueline. But Oklahoma City's Jaroslav Cesky tipped in the eventual game-winning goal at 11:39.
The Rage falls to 16-38-7 (39 points) for fourth place in the northwest division and the Blazers improve to 33-20-8 (74 points) for second place in the northwest division.
The Rage returns to action Friday (March 23) when they travel to play the Arizona Sundogs. Fans can listen online at www.RockyMountainRage.com or over the radio live on AM Z560 with pre-game starting at 7:50 p.m. MT.
Single game tickets for the last home game of the season on March 25th versus the New Mexico Scorpions are still available. Tickets may be purchased online at www.BroomfieldEventCenter.com, by calling 303-410-TIXS, or at the Broomfield Event Center box office (11450 Broomfield Ln., Broomfield, 80021). Group plans are also available by calling 303-439-RAGE. For more information, visit www.RockyMountainRage.com.
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