Falcons Make it Six Straight
January 15, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release
FRESNO, Calif. â The Fresno Falcons kept alive a six-game winning streak and leap-frogged the Bakersfield Condors into third place with a 4-2 victory against the Anchorage Aces on Tuesday at Selland Arena in front of a crowd of 3,425.
The Aces continued to have success against the Falcons when skating with the extra man after Kimbi Daniels gave his club a 1-0 lead with a power play goal at 5:26 of the first period. Fresno racked up 15 shots on Anchorage goaltender Christian Soucy before Colin Embley finally beat him on shot number 16 by re-directing a Kirk DeWaele slapshot for his 10th of the year with just 25 seconds remaining in the period.
The Falcons would strike again 2:00 into the second as Jason Weaver extended his team season-high goal-scoring streak to six straight games with his 11th of the season on the power play. Daniels would give Anchorage their 11th power play goal against Fresno in their past four games against one another when he scored his 13th of the year to tie the game at two at 7:33 of the period. Matching Daniels' two-goal effort was Embley, who finished off a break-away at 16:32 after two tape-to-tape feeds from goaltender Mark Gowan and DeWaele caught the Aces in a change, giving Fresno a 3-2 lead heading to the third.
Kris Porter gave the Falcons a little insurance 5:24 into the final frame with this team-leading 17th of the year, which moves him into fourth on the league goal-scoring list. Gowan did not see much work, but stopped 16 of 18 on the night for his fifth victory against the Aces and sixth win overall.
With a record of 18-12-4 and 40 points, Fresno moved one point ahead of the Condors into third place in the standings, three points behind the second-place San Diego Gulls.
Up next for the Falcons is a showdown with the first-place Idaho Steelheads on Friday and Saturday nights at Selland. Both games begin at 7:30 p.m. with the first 1,500 fans receiving a Falcons tankard mug on Friday and a Falcons sports bag on Saturday. This current five-game home stand draws to a close on Sunday at 5 p.m. with the arrival of the Long Beach Ice Dogs.
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