Falcons Blank Ice Dogs

January 19, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release


FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno Falcons goaltender Terry Friesen stopped all 17 shots he faced on Sunday as Fresno shutout the Long Beach Ice Dogs, 1-0, in front of a crowd of 8,232. The shutout was Friesen's second of the season and fifth of his Falcons career, breaking the franchise record he shared with former Falcon Jeff Ferguson.

Despite getting outshot, 18-3, in the first period, Long Beach netminder B.J. Boxma kept his team in the game and the teams were scoreless heading to the second. The Falcons began the second on the power play when Mike Barrie fed Cory Murphy cross-ice, who beat Boxma with a wrist shot for his sixth of the year at 2:02.

That one goal was all Friesen would need. His previous shutout this season was also a 1-0 whitewash of the Ice Dogs back on Dec. 7 at Selland Arena. The former third-round draft pick of the San Jose Sharks recorded a Falcons record three shutouts in his first season with the club during the 2000-01 campaign.

The victory helps Fresno keep pace with the Bakersfield Condors, who defeated the Idaho Steelheads tonight, 5-3. The Falcons are 19-13-5 with 43 points, four points behind the Condors and third place.

This game concluded a five-game home stand on which the Falcons went 3-1-1. They now head to Anchorage to face the Aces on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of next week. All three games can be heard live on 103.1 FM, The Mountain Cat, beginning with the Mail Boxes, Etc. Pre-game Show at 7:50 p.m. PST each evening.



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