Eagles Silence Thunder; Penner Gets First Shutout of Season
January 2, 2009 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release
WICHITA, Kan. - The Colorado Eagles defeated the Wichita Thunder, 4-0, tonight as Andrew Penner earned his first shutout of the season. The Eagles netminder -- who was named the CHL's Goaltender of the Month for December earlier in the day -- stopped all 32 Thunder shots he faced. Konrad Reeder (1-2-3) and Greg Pankewicz (0-3-3) each had three points in the victory.
Colorado built a two-goal lead after the first period, getting goals by Adam Hogg and Reeder. Hogg got a rare road point to open the scoring -- just two of his 11 points coming into the game had come away from the Budweiser Events Center -- when he was able to put home his own rebound on a backhand shot at 7:51. And at 13:13, Reeder chipped a backhand shot of his own over former Eagles netminder Tim Boron who stopped 13 of 15 shots in the first.
The Eagles failed to capitalize on several prime opportunities to expand their lead in the second, going 0-4 on the power-play (including a full double-minor chance). But Steve Haddon was able to make it 3-0 with his 6th point in the past five games when he turned a Thunder turnover behind the net into a 5-hole goal at 13:08.
The Thunder stormed out for the third period -- their 16 shots in the final frame equaling their total from the first 40 minutes of play -- but couldn't solve Penner. And at 3:46, Ed McGrane made it 4-0 as Colorado finally converted on the power play. McGrane's goal from the right circle came off a nice cross-ice feed from Pankewicz for the captain's third helper of the night.
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