Eagles Stretch Streak to 7 With Shootout Win
November 6, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release
DAYTON, Ohio - The Colorado Eagles defeated the Dayton Gems, 5-4, in a shootout as the two teams played a second game in as many nights decided by a single goal. The shootout win was set up by Adam Hogg's last-minute goal in regulation, allowing the Eagles to stretch their CHL-best winning streak to seven games (they have not lost since opening night).
After the two teams combined for 1 goal Friday night, they scored three in the opening frame Saturday. It took just 41 seconds for Colorado to go on top when Dylan Stanley poked home the rebound of a Jason Beatty point shot.
At the seven minute mark, former-Eagle Brett Lutes tied the game at 1 when he deflected a Greg Labenski shot from the top of the crease. But just 50 seconds later, the Eagles went back on top when it took Steve Haddon only seven seconds into Colorado's first man-advantage opportunity of the night to convert.
Dayton snapped off three goals in the second period -- the first two just 26 seconds apart -- to take the lead heading into the third period. Chris Lipsett tied the game at 2 at 10:58 on a great individual play in which he skated down the left wing, stickhandled around an Eagles defenseman and beat Andrew Penner. Less than half a minute later Ernie Stewart took the puck off the left mid-boards, skated toward the net and flipped a backhander past the Eagles' goalie to make it 3-2 for the home team.
Then, at 16:02, Lipsett got his second of the stanza with a power-play goal from the right hashmarks (the first power-play goal against the Eagles since Oct. 23 in Rapid City). But with 1:33 left in the second period, Haddon sent a lead pass through the neutral zone to Kevin Ulanski, who pulled up atop the right circle and blasted a shot past Jeff Jakaitis to trim Dayton's lead to 4-3.
The Eagles came out strong in the third period, out-shooting the Gems 15-10, but they couldn't solve Jakaitis until the final minute when playing with two extra skaters. Working a 6-on-4 power play with Penner pulled, Hogg was able to put the puck in the net to tie the game at 4 with just 56 seconds left, forcing overtime.
After a five minute overtime period went goal-less, the game went to a shootout to be decided. In that 10-player shootout, only three players scored with Colorado getting two of their chances past Jakaitis for the win. Scott May was credited with the winning goal as the second Eagle to convert.
The Eagles' next game will come Wednesday night at the Budweiser Events Center when they take on the Rapid City Rush in their annual Military Appreciation Night game (which will be broadcast on Altitude Sports & Entertainment).
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