Cey, Schneekloth Lead Eagles Past Thunder
January 17, 2009 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release
LOVELAND, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles improved to 29-6-1 with a tightly contested 2-1 win over the Wichita Thunder. The Northwest Division rivals met for the third and final time this season (with the Eagles going 2-1-0), and it was strong goaltending from Morgan Cey, a two-point night by Aaron Schneekloth (1-1-2) and a perfect penalty-killing unit -- nine for nine -- that helped the Eagles past the Thunder.
The Eagles and Thunder skated to a fairly uneventful first period -- just the second game at the Budweiser Events Center this season to go scoreless through the first 20 minutes of play -- with each failing to score on three power play chances. Cey stopped all 11 Wichita shots while his counterpart, Krister Toews, stopped all 13 Colorado chances.
The second period played out similar to the first, except for the Eagles getting on the board with a power-play goal just 41 seconds in when Schneekloth scored on a shot from the right point. Colorado stayed strong on the defensive end for the rest of the frame, highlighted by their killing of a full 5-on-3 Wichita power-play midway through. Cey continued his shutout with several key stops, including a stop on Joel Hanson's breakaway 11 minutes in and a left toe save with just seconds remaining in the period.
Jason Duda tied the game at 1, 6:32 into the third with a spinning shot from below the left circle, and the game stayed knotted until 14:07 when Schneekloth had his hand in another Eagles goal. The Colorado defenseman stepped around his man at the right point and cut to the center of the ice where he shot from between the circles. Toews kicked the puck aside, but Konrad Reeder was right there to knock it in for the game-winner. Cey then withstood a mad flurry at the end with Wichita depositing the puck just after the final buzzer to earn his first win since Dec. 19 at New Mexico.
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