Bulls Finish Road Trip with 6-2 Loss in Las Vegas
March 3, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
San Francisco Bulls News Release
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The San Francisco Bulls (21-31-1-6) were defeated by the Las Vegas Wranglers (31-24-2-3), 6-2, Sunday afternoon at Orleans Arena. The Bulls finish their six-game road trip 2-4 and return home for 10 out of the last 13 games. They open up a three-game set against the Alaska Aces on Wednesday.
The Wranglers took a 3-0 lead after one period of play. Scott Pitt put Las Vegas up 1-0 at 6:07 of the first period. The Wranglers scored twice on the power play. Jamie Fritsch scored with 9:19 remaining and then Sean Wiles tallied a marker with 1:49 left.
In the second period, Las Vegas added to their lead. Chris Francis scored with 5:38 remaining for a 4-0 advantage.
The third period finished even, 2-2, in scoring. Las Vegas went up 5-0 on Wiles' second of the game at 5:29. The Bulls scored twice in 57 seconds to cut it to a 5-2 lead. Tristan King scored his 20th of the season off of a feed from Bryan Cameron. Jordan Clendenning also assisted on the play with 9:27 left in regulation. Simon Danis-Pepin tallied his third goal of the road trip, with assists to Dean Ouellet and Peter Sivak. Francis scored in the final minute for a final of 6-2.
The Bulls return home next week, Wednesday March 6, to take on the Alaska Aces. They will host Eco-Friendly weekend on March 8 and 9. Call 855-SF-BULLS for tickets to any of the upcoming home games.
Bulletins: Yanni Gourde had his point streak snapped at three games...The Bulls and Wranglers play one week from today at the Cow Palace...The four Bulls games are at the Cow Palace...Las Vegas out-shot the Bulls 46-28.
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