Elmira Skates To Scoreless Draw, Lose Shootout
Published on January 10, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Richmond, VA - The Elmira Jackals earned a point Sunday with a 1-0 shootout loss to the Richmond Riverdogs at the Richmond Coliseum.
Making his debut start with the Riverdogs, goaltender Nathan Grobins, who spent the 2004-2005 training camp in Elmira, made 29 saves to hold the Jackals forwards at bay. Elmira out-shot Richmond in each period and by a 29-19 total in the game, but both Grobins and Greg Hewitt earned regulation shutouts with their performances Sunday.
In the shootout Jason Sessa scored to lead off round one, but then Grobins shut down Elmira and Richmond got goals from David Brosseau and Mark Turner to earn the extra point.
Notes: Both teams were 0-for-6 on the power play in the game. Greg Koehler and Francis Belanger dropped the gloves 22 seconds into the contest. Alex Andreyev received a game misconduct at 10:42 for the first period for dropping the gloves and going after Belanger, who looked ready to fight but did not reciprocate. Elmira had 34 penalty minutes in the game, Richmond had 21. Grobins had a shootout win in his only other UHL game this season, appearing for Fort Wayne last month. Grobins made his best save of the night in the closing seconds of the third period, flashing his catching glove to rob Greg Koehler on what looked to be the game stealing play. The start of the game was delayed 15 minutes due to Richmond arriving at 3 pm, bus problems on route from Adirondack were cited.
The Jackals road trip continues Wednesday as they head to the Glens Falls Civic Center for a 7:00 pm showdown with the Adirondack Frostbite. Elmira's next home game is on Friday, January 21st against the Kalamazoo Wings at 7:30 pm at the First Arena.
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