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Danbury finishes week with shootout loss

January 17, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Danbury Trashers News Release


The Trashers finished the week with a few bumps in the road after their inspiring wins over Flint as the Adirondack Frostbite made up a two-goal deficit in the 3rd period to force a shootout and steal an extra point from Danbury on Sunday.

With the Frostbite win, the Trashers hold a slim two-point lead in the division, making Friday's return engagement to the Glens Falls Civic Center a game that could see the Frostbite share a tie of 1st place if the Trashers fail to win the game.

Mike Bayrack had one of the best single offensive weeks this season as he finished with nine points on five goals, including two short-handed tallies. He also scored a pair of goals against Adirondack just 49 seconds apart in the second period.

TRASHERS WEEK IN REVIEW

DANBURY EARNS POINT IN 4-3 SHOOTOUT LOSS TO ADIRONDACK

January 16, 2005

After taking a 3-1 lead two periods into the game, the Danbury Trashers fell to the Adirondack Frostbite in a shootout, 4-3. A crowd of 2,590 at the Danbury Ice Arena watched the Frostbite score two in the first seven minutes of the third period.

Mike Bayrack and Bruce Richardson continued to play in All-Star form, as Richardson scored the Trashers' first goal just 30 seconds into the contest, from Bayrack and Samir Ben-Amor, while Bayrack netted his 23rd and 24th of the season less than a minute apart in the second frame. Alex Goupil assisted on both goals, and Richardson on one.

Frank Bakrlik brought Adirondack within one with a goal from J.F. Labarre and Steve O'Rourke at 2:15, and Justin Kelly tied the game at 6:25, assists going to Littlejohn and Hugo Belanger.

At the end of regulation, Scott Stirling had stopped 34-of-37 shots and his Adirondack counterpart, Derek Gustafson turned aside 26-of-29. The two teams combined to go 0-for-11 on the man advantage (Dan - 0/4, ADR 0/7).

Belanger, Sylvain Cloutier, and Justin Kelly netted shoot out goals for the Frostbite to win the contest.

TRASHERS SET TEAM RECORD WITH EIGHT GOAL OUTBURST IN WIN OVER FLINT

January 15, 2005

The Danbury Trashers followed up a wild win with a high-scoring win in front of a sell-out crowd at the Danbury Ice Arena as they defeated the Flint Generals, 8-6 on Saturday night.

Mike Bayrack led the Trashers with a four point night, including two short-handed goals. Nine Danbury players had points in the game, and five had mutli-point nights.

Blake Bellefeuille opened the scoring just 1:17 into the game with his 14th of the year. Jeff Daw scored from Bayrack and Bellefeuille seconds later to take a two-goal lead.

The scoring continued in bunches as Mike Finn scored from John DiPace at 7:15 to give Flint a goal, followed by Bobby Reynolds game-tying goal 7:26. Doug Christiansen gave the Trashers the lead again, followed by Bellefeuille's second of the game, and Mike Bayrack's first of two short-handed.

Rob Valicevic opened the second frame with a Flint tally, and Mike Bayrack responded with his second short-handed goal. Mario Larocque ended the period with his 4th of the year to put the Trashers up 7-3

The third period saw four goals, two goals to complete a hat trick from Reynolds and Valicevic for Flint, and Bruce Richardson for Danbury.

DANBURY LAYS A SMACKDOWN ON FLINT WITH 4-1 WIN

January 14, 2005

Scott Stirling's 39 saves led a well-balanced effort as Danbury picked up their 3rd win over Flint this season with a 4-1 decision at the Danbury Ice Arena on Friday night before a sold-out crowd of 3,005 fans.

Danbury needed just 3:34 of the first period to light the lamp as Doug Christiansen knocked in a rebound off an initial shot by Mario Larocque to give Danbury a 1-0 lead. They would jump out to a 2-0 advantage after Bruce Richardson's 11th of the season at the 10:15 mark with both teams playing 4 on 4.

Just 39 seconds after Richardson's goal, Andrei Lupandin scored his 3rd of the season, a power play goal that cut the Danbury lead in half to 2-1.

Blake Bellefeuille took a perfect pass from Jeff Daw in the first minute of the second period and streaked on a breakaway for his 12th of the season to give Danbury a 3-1 lead at the 0:59 mark of the 2nd. The Trashers then added another power play goal on Jeff State's 2nd of the year from Daw and Richardson in the 3rd at the 9:46 mark.

The game was marked with a number of fights and game misconducts as the Trashers tallied 96 penalty minutes with Frank Bialowas, Garrett Burnett and newcomer Dave MacIsaac shown the door before the end of the game.

Dan McIntyre stopped 29 of 33 shots in the loss as the Trashers improve to 26-13-1 to maintain 1st place in the UHL Eastern Division

TRASHERS UNABLE TO MAKE UP THREE GOAL DEFICIT--FALL 4-3 IN RICHMOND

January 12, 2005

Despite a late flurry and a Nicholas Bilotto goal with 35 seconds to play, the Trashers were unable to make up a 3-0 1st period deficit in Richmond as the RiverDogs defeated Danbury 4-3 before a small crowd at the Richmond Coliseum on Wednesday night.

Richmond took a 3-0 lead in the first on a pair of Mark Turner goals and the first of two goals by Francis Belanger. Turner finished with four points as he also assisted on the other Richmond goals, which were both scored by Belanger.

Danbury got on the board in the 2nd period on a power play goal by Mike Bayrack, his 20th of the season. The Trashers would end up pulling to within a pair at the end of the 2nd period as Jeff Daw netted his 11th of the season from Alex Goupil.

Scott Stirling stopped 15 of 19 shots in the Trashers loss while Nate Grobins picked up his second win for Richmond with a 30 save performance.

DANBURY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Scott Stirling
Goaltender
Norwood, MA
Statistics from 1/12 to 1/16: 1-1-1 Record 2.68 GAA .914 Save Percentage (85 of 93)

Mike Bayrack
Calgary, Alberta
Stats for from 1/12 to 1/16: 5 Goals, 4 Assists, 9 Points, +3 Plus/Minus

Bayrack scored 2 on back-to-back nights (1/15 and 1/16), including 2 short-handed goals on the 15th against Flint. Bayrack has scored four short-handed goals this season and has seven multi-goal games.

DANBURY TRASHERS ANNOUNCE JANUARY 29TH NASCAR NIGHT - MEET AND GREET NEXTEL AND BUSCH CUP DRIVERS INCLUDING NORWALK'S RANDY LAJOIE AND DANBURY'S JERRY NADEAU

DANBURY, CT - The Danbury Trashers, proud members of the United Hockey League have planned a NASCAR night at the Danbury Ice Arena for Saturday January 29th, it was announced by Team President A.J. Galante.

All fans are invited to take part in the festivities, which will take place in tents from 4:30pm - 6:30pm across the street from the Danbury Ice Arena at the Pure Country parking lot. Fans will have the opportunity to meet a number of NASCAR drivers including two-time Busch Series Champion and Norwalk native Randy Lajoie and Danbury native Jerry Nadeau.

Nadeau was driving the U.S. Army Chevy Monty Carlo Nextel Cup car. He is currently sidelined with an injury until his rehabilitation is complete. Lajoie won the Busch Series Championship in 1996 and 1997 while driving the #82 Goulds Pumps vehicle.

Other drivers that have agreed to participate include the following:

- Scott Wimmer'Driver of Bill Davis' Racing Caterpillar Dodge Nextel Cup car

- Steve Park'Driver of the Orleans Casino Racing Dodge in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

- Kenny Wallace'Driver of the Stacker 2 Busch Series car and the Aaron's Rent Chevrolet Nextel Cup Car

- Todd Szegedy - Nascar Modified Tour Champion

- Michael Christopher - Mystique Motor Sports Driver, Nascar Modified Tour Driver SK Division

In addition to meeting the drivers, fans will have the opportunity to see the Aaron's Dream Machine Chevy Monte Carlo Nextel Cup car and a pair of cars from Mystique Motorsports, owned by James Galante in the show tents across from the Danbury Ice Arena in the Pure Country parking lot. Trashers players will be on hand at the tents and the arena to sign autographs along with the drivers.

Fans that enter the tent for autographs will be asked to donate $1.00 that will be donated to Operation Marathon, a fundraiser that Michael Waltrip is doing to raise one million dollars for Adam Petty's Victory Gang Junction Camp. Fans must also show their ticket for the 7:00pm Trashers game against Richmond in order to enter the tent.

Everyone is also invited to Pure Country after the game to meet the Trashers and get autographs from both the Trashers players and the drivers. Brian Clayton and The Green River Band of New Jersey will also be performing live from 9pm ‘ 1am.

TRASHERS TIDBITS

- Nicolas Bilotto signed a PTO with Bridgeport last week, making him the 4th Trashers player this season to suit up with the SoundTigers (Bayrack, Morlang, Bellefeuille). J.F. David also skated with Hershey of the American Hockey League, giving Danbury five players from their inaugural season assignments in the AHL at one time or another.

- Despite Nicholas Bilotto's recent foray into the AHL, Danbury still has a Bilotto on the roster as they signed younger brother Anthony Bilotto to a PTO prior to the January 15th game against Flint. He notched an assist in his UHL debut.

- Danbury's special teams have improved during the month of January as they have scored 22.2% (8-36) on the power play, while killing off 89.2% of their opposition on the power play. The Trashers have also added five short-handed goals this month.

- Danbury's 11 short-handed goals are tied with Fort Wayne for the most in the United Hockey League. Bayrack's four short-handed goals are tied with two others for the individual league lead.

- Due to suspensions, the Trashers dressed assistant coach Bobby Stearns on January 15th and 16th against Flint and Adirondack. He finished with an even plus/minus rating. Stearns, a Brookfield, CT resident is the oldest rookie in Trashers franchise history at 36-years-old.

FEBRUARY 6TH, 2004 GAME TIME CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Trashers game against Port Huron scheduled for Sunday, February 6th at the Danbury Ice Arena will now start at 2:00pm instead of the originally scheduled 5:30pm face-off. Please note the schedule change if you already have or are planning to purchase tickets for that game.

DANBURY HITS THE ROAD ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE A RETURN HOME ON SUNDAY JANUARY 23RD AGAINST KALAMAZOO

The Trashers will visit Adirondack on Friday evening at 7:05pm at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Following the game the Trashers will travel to Elmira for a Saturday night 7:30pm face-off against the Jackals. Fans unable to make the games in Upstate New York can listen to the webcasts with Phil Giubileo at DanburyTrashers.com

On Sunday the Trashers return home as they host Kalamazoo at 5:30pm from the Danbury Ice Arena. Tickets are currently available at DanburyTrashers.com, where users can purchase and print their tickets right at their computer. The ticket line is also available during business hours at 866-565-PUCK or you can purchase tickets in person at the Danbury Ice Arena on Monday's from Noon-6p, Tuesday's through Friday's from Noon-9pm and on Saturday's from 9am-5pm. The Trashers Box Office/Team Shop will be open this Sunday with the home game scheduled.

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