Chops Rolling on the Road with Another Win, 4-1
December 5, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
Thanks to 34 saves from JP Levasseur and early scoring, the Iowa Chops continued their winning ways on Friday night with a 4-1 road win over the Rochester Americans. The Chops started the 4th game of the seven-game road swing on the right note as just :28 seconds in some good forechecking by Andrew Ebbett got the puck to the point for Brian Salcido, who's slapshot was stopped by Amerks goaltender David Shantz, but the loose rebound was picked up by Drew Miller and smashed home for his team-leading 10th goal of the season. The Chops wasted no time making it 2-0, this time taking advantage of their power play as Troy Bodie smashed home a loose rebound in front after a drive from the point from John de Gray and more help from Adrian Veideman. The rest of the 1st period belonged to Chops goaltender JP Levasseur and the rest of the penalty kill, who killed off three straight power plays including a 5 on 3 and kept the Amerks off the scoreboard in the 1st period with 11 Amerks shots vs. the Chops 12 shots on goal. The 2nd period began with some pressure from the Amerks who continued to pepper JP Levasseur, but the goaltender from Victoriaville, Quebec held strong to maintain the 2-0 Chops lead. The Chops made it 3-0 thanks to a rush down the side by Ryan Donally, who sent a shot from a sharp angle in on Shantz, who made the save, but let the rebound loose for newcomer Matt Caruana to poke home for his first-ever goal in the AHL and as an Iowa Chops. Brian Salcido picked up his second assist of the game on the play. Rochester finally took advantage of their fifth straight power play as a shot from the point was deflected in front and shot home from the side by Janis Sprukts to give the Amerks their first goal of the night. Rochester outshot Iowa 15-7 in the period, but the lead remained at two. The 3rd period was all Chops, again backboned by Levasseur who may have played his best game in a Chops uniform ultimately ending up with 34 saves on the night. The Chops made the Amerks pay again on the power play late in the final stanza with a goal from TJ Trevelyan, who one-timed a drive from the slot after some great give-and-go passes from Miller and Veideman. The Chops won 4-1 and remain pefect when scoring first and leading after the 1st and 2nd periods. The Chops face the Lake Erie Monsters on Saturday at 7:30pm (6:30pm central).
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