Bullies Scratch Out 4-3 Victory Over Reading

Published on January 15, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Atlantic City, NJ - Fraser Clair tallied a pair of goals and provided the clincher in the shootout to lead the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies to a 4-3 shootout victory over the Reading Royals before 2864 at Historic Boardwalk Hall in ECHL action Saturday. The win snaps Atlantic City's four-game winless streak.

Reading (20-10-3) took the lead for the second straight night when Nick Greenough tipped the puck past Bullies goaltender Jake Moreland on the short side at 11:23 of the first period for a 1-0 advantage. Atlantic City (21-9-5) would counter at 12:49 on the power play. Clair redirected Luke Curtin's shot from the right point past the outstretched glove of Reading goaltender Matt Yeats to tie the game 1-1.

The Bullies grabbed their first lead of the night at 9:02 of the second period when Ian Walterson slid the puck across the slot to Brett Nowak, and Nowak tucked it past Yeats along the far post to give Atlantic City a 2-1 lead.

The Royals struck for a pair of goals to open the third period to reclaim the lead. Jon Francisco put Tom Galvin's rebound past Moreland at 4:21 on the power play for the equalizer to tie the game again at 2-2. Ian Turner gave Reading a 3-2 lead at 6:44 of the point with a slap shot from the point that got past a screened Moreland. The Bullies would storm right back 1:30 seconds afterwards when Clair recorded his second goal of the night, tipping Walterson's rebound on the weak side past a sprawled Yeats at 8:14 to knot the score at 3-3 and send it to overtime.

Atlantic City out-shot Reading 38-33. The Bullies recorded a season-high 21 shots on goal in the first period. Moreland made 30 saves to improve to 19-6-4. Atlantic City went 1-4 on the power play.

The Bullies return to the road at 8:30PM on Friday when they battle the Peoria Rivermen at Carver Arena. Catch all the action beginning with "Bullies Countdown" at 8:10PM on ESPN Radio 1450AM and the SurferNetwork.

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