CHL Colorado Eagles

Eagles' PK, Record Perfect; Team Now 7-0

Published on October 30, 2008 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release


BOSSIER CITY, LA - The Colorado Eagles pushed their record to a perfect 7-0 - tied for the third-longest winning streak in team history - with a 3-2 victory over the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs tonight. Both teams were undefeated coming into the contest, but Colorado was able to shut down the league's top-ranked power play unit coming in (by killing all 10 of the Mudbugs' man-advantage chances) as part of their win. Andrew Penner got his fourth win in net, stopping 47 of 49 shots.

The Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 8:56 of play on their first seven shots, and went 2-3 on the power play overall in the first frame. Riley Nelson got Colorado on the board quickly - notching his 13th point of the season to tie him for the league lead - just 1:14 in. The goal occurred after a Kevin Ulanski rebound came right to a wide open Erik Adams in the left circle, the defenseman then dished the puck to Nelson (who was also all alone) in the low slot. Ryan Tobler then added to his league-leading power-play goal total at 2:27 by cleaning up in front of the Mudbugs' net.

Neil Clark and Adam Knight squared off immediately after the following faceoff, and that seemed to at least slow the bleeding for Bossier-Shreveport. But just about six minutes later, the Eagles top line drew a penalty after an extended cycle in the Mudbugs' zone, and Konrad Reeder was able to capitalize on their second straight power play of the period when he picked up the loose puck in the left circle and zoomed to the front of the net where he jammed it past Ryan Mior.

The second period saw the Mudbugs out-shoot Colorado 17-10, aided largely by a full two minute 5-on-3 advantage, followed immediately by two consecutive minutes of 5-on-4. But the Eagles' penalty-killers stood strong throughout the four minute barrage by the CHL's leading power play unit coming into the game and Penner stayed perfect through two periods.

But the Mudbugs continued to gain momentum in the third, receiving all four of the period's power plays and out-shooting the Eagles by an incredible 21-4. They finally broke through at 11:16. Penner stopped a series of shots, the first coming from the right circle against JJ Martin, but the rebound came out between the hashes for Clark. Penner came out to challenge and stopped Clark's first shot, but the Mudbug forward got his own rebound and swept it into the vacated net. And just under two minutes later, Kevin Cooper made it a one-goal game when he tipped in a Simon Mangos shot from the doorstep. But Colorado held on to the lead, having killed 37 of their past 39 penalties successfully (dating back to October 22) - including one as time ran out.

The Eagles will look to remain unbeaten when they travel to Mississippi for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday. Their next home game will be Friday, November 8 against the Rapid City Rush.

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