Danbury Scoring Avalanche Buries Rome, 5-1

January 8, 2011 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Danbury Whalers News Release


Danbury, Connecticut - What a difference 24 hours makes. Friday night we had the snow storm. Saturday night came the avalanche.

Led by star of the game, Alec Kirschner, who scored twice and assisted on another, the Whalers overwhelmed the visiting Rome Frenzy for Danbury's 11th home win in 14 Ice Arena games.

The Whalers came out aggressively in the first period, crashing the boards and carrying the play to Rome's end of the ice most of the period, even while playing shorthanded. Despite being officially outshot 12-9 by the Frenzy, Danbury had the better of the opportunities, constantly centering the puck in front of the net, efforts that would pay off later in the game.

In a penalty dominated second period the Whalers finally broke through at 12:28 on their 15th shot of the game, as Steve McClelland blasted a 45-foot slap shot past Rome goalie Rich Scarsella much to the delight of the hometown fans. About a minute later Sean O'Malley made it 2-0 Danbury, coming down the left side, letting loose a shot that Scarsella was only able to get a small piece of. At 4:11 Igor Karlov put a shot on goal and followed up knocking in his own rebound for a 3-0 margin. Less than a minute later, playing shorthanded, Alex Kirschner stole the puck at center ice, hustled down the left side skated across the front of crease and beat Scarsella on the right side, sending Danbury to the locker room with a well deserved 4-0 lead.

In the third period it was "déjà vu all over again" as Kirschner stole the puck at center ice, skated in unmolested for another shorthanded score and a 5-0 Danbury cushion at 7:12. For the Frenzy, who outshot the Whalers 35-29 on the night, Kirill Doronin finally found the net, breaking the shutout attempt by Nick Niedert, who earned #2 star of the game honors.

Tale of the Whale:

Next Home Game -Next weekend the upper crust of the Federal Hockey League makes a return appearance at the Danbury Ice Arena. Friday night brings in the 1000 Island Privateers for a 7:05 pm game and on Saturday evening at 7:05 pm the first place Akwesasne Warriors will battle the Whalers.

Next Road Trip - Danbury's next road game takes them to Cape Cod for a Monday, January 17 contest against the relocated Barons.

Who's Hot - Igor Karlov is the team offensive leader with 18 goals and 31 points. Andrew Willock leads the team with three game winning goals. Super Joe Dabkowski leads the team in scoring percentage, netting 7 of his 25 shots for a .280 percentage. With 126 penalty minutes the "Romanello Law firm's top client!" Corey Fulton is far and away the team and league leader.

Hot Ticket - Danbury awesome home attendance total now stands at 22,426 for 14 games, an average of 1,725 per game. As anyone who has gone to a Whalers game at the Danbury Ice Arena will tell you, their team also leads the league in prize giveaways, promotions and entertainment value as well! Herm Giveaway Watch -Tonight's giveaways were a cookie maker ("you'll be making chocolate chip cookies tonight at midnight") and a pizza maker.



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