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Falcons Improve to 3-0-0 with 3-2 Shootout Win

October 25, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release


BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. - The Fresno Falcons improved to 3-0-0 on the season with a 3-2 shootout win over the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday in front of 6,025 fans at Rabobank Arena. All three of Fresno's games this season have been decided by the same 3-2 score.

Bakersfield opened the scoring 5:41 into the opening period on a power-play goal from Martin Frechette. Kenny MacAulay pulled the Falcons even late in the period, scoring his first goal of the season at 17:34.

The score remained tied until early in the third period when the Condors' Matt Caruana scored his fourth goal of the season at 3:46 to give Bakersfield a 2-1 edge.

Mike Radja forced overtime, scoring a goal in his third straight game, at 13:22 off a Matt O'Dette assist.

Neither team scored in the extra session, setting the stage for the shootout. After two scoreless rounds in the shootout, Fresno broke the ice in round three with a goal from Radja. Judd Blackwater added a tally in round four, giving the Falcons the shootout win by a 2-0 margin. Falcons' goaltender Michael Ouzas, in his pro debut, stopped all four Condors shots.

Fresno continues its nine-game road trip on Friday, opening a three-game series in Anchorage against the Alaska Aces at 8:15 p.m. PT.

The Falcons return home on Friday, November 14, hosting the Stockton Thunder at 7:35 p.m. Tickets for all Falcons home games can be purchased at the Selland Arena Box Office, or through TicketMaster at (559) 485-TIXS or at www.ticketmaster.com.

Began in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier ‘AA' Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 23 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 828 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Eighteen of the 23 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,174 per game last season, marking the fourth year in row and the 16th time in the last 18 years that the league has averaged over 4,000 fans. The league has drawn over four million fans each of the last five years and 11 times in the past 12 seasons.



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