Bullies Win The Battle Of The Dogs, Defeat Long Beach 4-2

Published on November 24, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Atlantic City, NJ – Luke Curtin tallied a goal and an assist and Brett Nowak recorded the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal in a three-goal second period to lead the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies to a 4-2 win over the Long Beach Ice Dogs before 1605 at Historic Boardwalk Hall in ECHL action Wednesday.

Long Beach (9-5-0) opened the scoring at 4:03 of the first period when Yuri Moscevsky stepped out of the penalty box and collected the loose puck at center ice. With nobody between him and Bullies goaltender Jake Moreland, Moscevsky went to the backhand and beat Moreland along the near side to give the Ice Dogs a 1-0 lead. Atlantic City (10-4-2) would tally the equalizer at 6:20 when Paul Caponigri snapped a wrist shot over the left shoulder of Long Beach goalie Olivier Michaud to tie the game 1-1. The Ice Dogs would recapture the lead later in the period. Paul Spadafora found a streaking Chris Kenady cutting into the slot, and Kenady ripped a slap shot over the glove of Moreland at 12:31 to give Long Beach a 2-1 advantage.

The Bullies would erupt for a season-high three goals in the second period. Just 18 seconds into the period, Brett Peterson on a two-on-one made a nifty pass across the slot to an open Luke Curtin, and Curtin from the right-wing circle slapped a one-timer past Michaud to tie the game 2-2. Curtin later set-up the go ahead goal as he found Brett Nowak at the right-wing circle, and Nowak moved the puck around the defense and rifled a shot past Michaud at 3:41 to give Atlantic City their first lead of the night 3-2. Derek Edwardson gave the Bullies a 4-2 advantage when he caught Michaud out of position behind the net, curled around to the left wing circle and beat the goalie to the near side at 15:51.

Long Beach could not solve Moreland in the third period.

Atlantic City out-shot Long Beach 45-26. The 45 shots on goal were a season-high eclipsing the 41 the Bullies had on two occasions, most recently last Tuesday against Dayton. Moreland made 24 saves to earn his eighth win of the season. The Bullies went 1-4 on the power play.

Atlantic City returns to Historic Boardwalk Hall at 7:05PM on Friday, November 26 when they host the Long Beach Ice Dogs in a special "Black Friday" game. Get out of the mall and into the Hall! Tickets start at just $6. For more information or to order tickets, call (609) 348-PUCK.

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