Falcons Fall to Steelheads
Published on March 8, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release
Boise, Idaho - The Fresno Falcons dropped the first game of a three-game series at Qwest Arena on Thursday night, falling to the Idaho Steelheads 6-1.
Idaho scored a pair of goals just 13 seconds apart late in the first period to take a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes. Tuomas Mikkonen opened the scoring at 18:21, gathering in a loose puck on the near post following a goal-mouth scramble, and pushing a shot past Scott Stirling for his 10th goal of the season. Then, at 18:34, Marty Flichel converted on a penalty shot, wristing a shot past Stirling's stick side for his 32nd of the year.
The Steelheads doubled their lead with two more goals in the second period. Darrell Hay gave Idaho a 3-0 advantage at 4:26, beating Stirling with a long wrist shot from the blue line, and Mikkonen added his second of the night, cashing in on a power-play opportunity at 8:17.
Colin Shields extended the Idaho lead to 5-0, scoring a power-play goal 1:39 into the third period.
The Falcons finally got on the scoreboard at 5:07. John Wroblewski skated into the Idaho zone and uncorked a long shot from the right-wing side. Steelheads' goaltender Steve Silverthorn made the save, but kicked a rebound into the left-wing circle, and Brett Hammond shot the puck into the open net for his sixth goal of the season.
The Steelheads regained their five-goal lead at 12:57, as Kyle Peto beat Stirling with a shot from the right point for Idaho's third power-play goal of the night.
Fresno and Idaho meet for the second game of their three-game series on Friday with face-off set for 6:10 p.m. PT at Qwest Arena. Catch all of the play-by-play action on 1550 Sporting News Radio starting with the Port of Subs Pre-Game Show at 5:55.
The Falcons return home on Friday, March 16, hosting the Alaska Aces in the first game of a four-game home stand. The first 5,000 fans in attendance receive a free Cory Murphy Player Card courtesy of Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino.
Tickets for all Falcons home games can be purchased at the Save Mart Center Box Office, by phone at (559) 485-8497, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com, or at any TicketMaster outlet. All Falcons' games air on 1550 and 96.1 Sporting News Radio starting with the Port of Subs Pre-Game Show 15 minutes prior to face off.
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