Condors Slip Past RoadRunners 5-4 In A Shootout
February 27, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Brock Hooton and Chris Cava tallied goals 1:19 seconds apart late in the third period to tie the game, but the Bakersfield Condors scored four times in the shootout to defeat the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-4 before a crowd of 4,380 at Rabobank Arena in ECHL action Tuesday.
Like they did Saturday, Bakersfield (32-13-8) jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first period as Rane Carnegie and Todd Griffith scored 53 seconds apart. Carnegie banged home Scott Balan's rebound at the right side of the net at 2:40 to give the Condors a 1-0 lead. Griffith made it 2-0 as he beat RoadRunners goaltender Mike Morrison with a snap shot from the right-wing circle at 3:33 of the period.
Josh Liebenow gave Bakersfield a 3-0 advantage as he jammed home another rebound in front of the net at 10:46 of the second period on the power play. The RoadRunners (24-26-5) would counter with a power play goal of their own. After the Condors were denied on a shorthanded chance, Justin Aikins found a wide open Todd Jackson behind the Bakersfield defense. Jackson broke to the left and slid a backhand shot around the sprawling goaltender Rejean Beauchemin at 12:06 on the man-advantage to cut the deficit to 3-1.
The RoadRunners opened what would be a three-goal third period as Chanse Fitzpatrick collected Justin Aikins' rebound in the slot and snapped it behind Beauchemin at 3:19 to draw to within a goal at 3-2. Griffith was credited with his second goal of the game when his centering pass from behind the net deflected off a RoadRunners' defenseman's stick and skipped past Morrison at 16:48 to give the Condors a 4-2 advantage late. But the RoadRunners would fight back to tie the score and send the contest to overtime. First, on a power play and with Morrison pulled for the extra attacker, Hooton beat Beauchemin with a one-time slap shot from the slot at 18:24 to pull Phoenix to within a single goal at 4-3. Then, Cava netted the equalizer with Morrison pulled again for the extra attacker with less than 17 seconds remaining in regulation as he ripped a one-timer by Beauchemin from the top of the right-wing circle to tie the score at 4-4.
Following a scoreless five minute overtime, four out of five Condors tallied goals in the shootout while Aikins and Jackson scored for Phoenix, but it would not be enough.
Bakersfield out-shot Phoenix 45-24. Morrison made 40 saves but fell to 9-8-3 on the season. The RoadRunners went 2-6 on the power play while Bakersfield was 1-5 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Phoenix dropped to 4-3 in shootouts this season...The RoadRunners have not scored the opening goal since Feb. 6, a stretch of nine games... Aikins extended his point streak to four games with two assists...Hooton enjoyed his sixth multiple-point game of the season with a goal and an assist.
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