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Eagles Succumb to Steelheads Late Rally 4-3

March 20, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release


BOISE, ID - The Colorado Eagles (29-20-7-4) fell, in overtime, to the Idaho Steelheads (33-24-3-4) 4-3 at CenturyLink Arena on Wednesday evening.

Eagles forward Luke Fulghum put a backhanded shot from the top of the crease right over Steelheads netminder Kevin Kapalka to give Colorado the 1-0 advantage, 5:26 into the first frame.

Less than one minute into the second period Steelheads forward Rob Linsmayer beat Eagles goalie Marc Cheverie, five-hole, right off of a face off to tie the game at 1-1. Six minutes and twenty-two seconds into the second period defenseman Kevin Young netted a power-play goal from just below the blue line to give the Eagles the lead back, 2-1, with the first power-play goal of the night.

Just 1:11 into the third period, on an Eagles power play, forward Kyle Kraemer gave Colorado the 3-1lead with a backhanded shot off of a pass from fellow forward Kevin Ulanski. Almost six minutes later, Idaho forward Tommy Grant netted the Steelheads second goal of the night with a shot from behind the end line that was redirected in front, closing the scoring gap, 3-2. Steelheads forward Gaelan Patterson tied the game at 3-3 with a short-handed goal from the low slot, 10:46 into the third.

With the game deadlocked at 3-3 the two teams headed into 4-on-4 sudden death overtime. Steelheads forward Mitch Wahl tipped a shot in the low slot on a 4-on-3 power-play to score Idaho's third unanswered goal to win the contest 4-3.

The Eagles stay on the road to head to Utah on Friday and Las Vegas on Saturday.

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