Chiefs Rough Up Bullies 5-2

March 24, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Atlantic City, NJ – Dominic Forget tallied a goal and an assist and David Currie stopped 38 shots as the Johnstown Chiefs defeated the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 5-2 before 2186 at Boardwalk Hall in ECHL action Wednesday.

The loss drops the Bullies (41-18-6) into a third place tie with Johnstown in the Northern Division with 88 points apiece. The Chiefs clinch a playoff berth with the win.

Johnstown (41-20-6) opened the scoring at 7:44 of the first period when Dmitri Tarabrin was credited with a goal that redirected off the skate of a Bullies player in front of the net and through goaltender Scott Stirling for a 1-0 lead. Atlantic City would net the equalizer at 14:06 of the period when Paul Falco beat David Currie to the glove side for his first professional goal. Johnstown regained the lead at 19:46 on the power play. Jason Notermann picked up Forget's rebound to the left of Stirling and tapped it in for a 2-1 advantage heading into the first intermission. After a scoreless second period, Steve Hildenbrand gave the Chiefs a 3-1 lead in the third when he stripped Preston Mizzi of the puck, broke in alone on Stirling and beat him over the left shoulder at 2:14. The Bullies would counter as Dave Reid fired a slap shot from the left circle by Currie at 8:24 to cut the deficit to 3-2. Ian Manzano made it 4-2 at 11:10 when his drive from the right point sifted its way through traffic and by Stirling. Forget capped the scoring off a turnover as he slipped a backhand shot through Stirling at 17:29 to make the final 5-2.

The Bullies out-shot the Chiefs 40-18 for the game. Stirling stopped 13 shots in falling to 30-13-5 on the season. Atlantic City went 0-1 on the power play.

The Bullies head to Toledo to battle the Storm at 7:30PM on Friday and Saturday. Catch all the action live on ESPN Radio 1450AM and the Surfer Network at www.boardwalkbullies.com.



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