Falcons Outlast Aces, 3-2
Published on January 24, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release
ANCHORAGE â Defenseman Cory Murphy blasted a slapshot by Anchorage Aces netminder Ryan Person with 6:05 to play on Friday night for the game-winner as the Fresno Falcons won their sixth straight from the Aces, 3-2, at Sullivan Arena.
Fresno's Kirk DeWaele led off the scoring with his fourth of the year with another slapshot that beat Person at 12:56 of the first period. The Aces' Jason Boily tied the game less than two minutes later off a deflection for his first goal as a pro, and the teams ended the first tied at one.
That would be the score heading to the third after a scoreless and very chippy second period that saw the Falcons lose Jason McBain to injury and Brad Both to a game misconduct.
In the third, Jordan Landry would win the puck out of the corner with the help of Fresno captain Jason Weaver and find Colin Embley out front for his 12th of the season at 5:52. After killing off a five-minute Anchorage power play that resulted in the ejection of Fresno's Mike Barrie for spearing, Fresno would again face a short-handed situation. This time Anchorage converted as Yvan Corbin took a cross-ice feed from B.J. Young for the equalizer at 13:16. The Falcons responded quickly, just 39 seconds later, when Murphy hammered home his seventh of the season for the game-winner.
Fresno finished the game with just 11 skaters but upped their record to 21-13-5 and 47 points, two points behind the San Diego Gulls and Bakersfield Condors, who are tied in second place.
The Falcons and Aces finish a three-game set tomorrow night before Fresno returns home for three in a row against the Long Beach Ice Dogs beginning next Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. Live play-by-play action from tomorrow night's contest can be heard live on 103.1 FM, The Mountain Cat. The Mail Boxes, Etc. Pre-game Show kicks off the broadcast at 7:50 p.m. PST.
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