Curtin Tallies His 400th Career Point As Bullies Dump Rivermen 5-2

November 5, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Peoria, IL – Luke Curtin had a goal and two assists and surpassed the 400-point barrier in his professional career to lead the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies to a 5-2 win over the Peoria Rivermen before 4808 at Carver Arena in ECHL action Friday.

Jason Notermann opened the scoring for Atlantic City (3-2-1) at 12:28 of the first period on the power play when he picked up Curtin's rebound in the slot and fired a backhand shot past Peoria goaltender Alfie Michaud for a 1-0 lead. Notermann tallied his second goal of the game, and his second of the game on the power play, when he collected Curtin's point shot in the slot, spun around and slapped one through Michaud at 58 seconds of the second period for a 2-0 Bullies advantage. Defenseman Vince Macri gave Atlantic City a 3-0 lead with a shorthanded goal, his first as a professional, at 4:16 of the second, putting a shot past Michaud from the left-wing circle.

Peoria (1-1-2) would finally crack the scoreboard 1:41 seconds later when Trevor Johnson tapped the loose puck by Adam Munro at 5:57 on the power play to cut the deficit to 3-1. Curtin would extend the Bullies lead to three goals once again in the third period when his shot from the left-wing boards beat Michaud to the far post at 4:00 to give Atlantic City a 4-1 lead. After Johnson tallied his second goal of the game for Peoria at 15:21 to cut the lead to 4-2, Derek Edwardson sealed the win for the Bullies, firing a slap shot over the left shoulder of Michaud from the right circle at 16:28 to make the final count 5-2.

Peoria out-shot the Bullies 31-27. Munro made 29 saves in improving his record to 2-2-1. The Bullies went 2-5 on the power play while holding Peoria to just 1-7. With three points, Curtin now has 402 points for his career in 378 games.

Atlantic City continues their season-high five-game road trip at 8:05PM tomorrow against the Peoria Rivermen at Carver Arena. Catch all the action beginning with "Bullies Countdown" at 7:45PM on ESPN Radio 1450AM and the Surfer Network.



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