Ducks cool red-hot Griffins

Published on February 7, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Cincinnati RailRaiders News Release


CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Keith Aucoin and Cory Pecker scored 34 seconds apart in the second period to help the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks skate to a 3-1 victory over the league-leading Grand Rapids Griffins Saturday at Cincinnati Gardens.

Aucoin scored 8:30 into the middle period to tie the game at 1-1 after Michel Picard had given the Griffins the lead 1:54 into the period. The goal by Aucoin, his 13th of the season, broke a shutout sequence of 211:01 by Griffins goaltender Marc Lamothe, who had posted shutouts in each of his last three starts against Cincinnati.

Pecker snapped a 14-game goal drought with his sixth goal of the season at 9:12 to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead.

Pierre Parenteau also scored for Cincinnati in the second period, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

Ilya Bryzgalov, a second-round pick by Anaheim in 2000, made 31 saves to post his 17th victory of the season.

Lamothe, who entered the game with a 1.85 goals-against average, finished with 28 saves for Grand Rapids, which lost for just the second time in its last 16 games.

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