Gameday - Adirondack (20-13-4-3) At Elmira (9-27-5-0)
January 29, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Adirondack Thunder News Release
WHO: Adirondack Thunder (20-13-4-3) @ Elmira Jackals (9-27-5-0) WHAT: ECHL REGULAR SEASON GAME
WHEN: Saturday, January 29, 2017 @ 4:05 PM
WHERE: First Arena - Elmira, NY
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP: The Thunder and Elmira Jackals meet again to conclude their home-and-home series at First Arena. The Thunder got off to a big start last evening in Glens Falls as they defeated the Jackals 8-2.
CRAZY EIGHTS: The Thunder tied a season high with eight goals in last night's victory while also tying the mark for goals in a single period with four tallies in the third period. With the victory over the Jackals, Adirondack improved to 5-0-0-1 on the season against Elmira.
PATCH 22: Defenseman Patch Alber scored his first goal in 747 days last evening as he found the back of the net midway through the third period to push the Thunder's lead to 6-2. Alber's goal, also his first in 114 games, was a part of a career-best four point effort (1-3-4) in the victory. Alber also reached the 100 point plateau with his fourth point of the evening.
STEP-TO-STEPAN: Adirondack rookie defenseman Stepan Falkovsky also netted four points from the blue line as he scored two goals and added two assists in the victory. The 6-7 Belarussian's four points were a career high and his two goals were the first two-goal game of his professional career.
POWER-PLAY IT AGAIN: Adirondack went 2-of-3 on the power play last night with goals coming from Falkovsky and Ty Loney. Loney's goal was his seventh of the season on the man advantage, tying him for sixth in the ECHL. With the two-goal effort, the Thunder now rank tied for fifth league-wide at 21.8%.
WALL IN: Adirondack defenseman Alex Wall collected three assists in last night's win as he set a personal career highin both assists and points. On the season, Wall now ranks fourth amongst all first-year ECHL defensemen with 23 assists and 27 points.
DAILY DOUBLE DIGITS: With goals last evening from forward Greg Wolfe and Brett Pollock, Adirondack now has seven skaters with 10 or more goals this season. The Thunder tied their mark from last season in players in double digit scoring with Wolfe the only skater thus far that has hit the mark in both seasons.
• Discuss this story on the ECHL message board...
ECHL Stories from January 29, 2017
- Royals Hold on for First Win of the Season over Manchester - Reading Royals
- Rankin's Hat Trick Powers Walleye to Win - Rapid City Rush
- Royals Dethrone Monarchs, 6-3 - Manchester Monarchs
- Solar Bears Get Point in 5-4 OT Loss to Americans - Orlando Solar Bears
- Fuel Suffer Two-Game Sweep to Quad City - Indy Fuel
- Jackals Edged by Thunder - Elmira Jackals
- Henegar's Late Winner Seals Wings' Fifth Straight Victory - Kalamazoo Wings
- Late Comeback Not Enough as Rays Fall to Atlanta - South Carolina Stingrays
- Stingrays Statement on Dylan Margonari - South Carolina Stingrays
- Atlanta Holds On For 5-4 Win In South Carolina - Atlanta Gladiators
- Mallards Complete Sweep of Fuel - Quad City Mallards
- Nailers Final Rally Falls Short in Kalamazoo - Wheeling Nailers
- ECHL Transactions - January 29 - ECHL
- Monarchs Announce Multiple Player Transactions - Manchester Monarchs
- Nailers at Wings Game Day Snap Shot, January 29 - Wheeling Nailers
- Monarchs Game Day Capsule - Manchester Monarchs
- Game Preview: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Allen Americans - Orlando Solar Bears
- Gameday - Adirondack (20-13-4-3) At Elmira (9-27-5-0) - Adirondack Thunder
- Milner Rejoins Stingrays - South Carolina Stingrays
- Jackals Polish off Home-And-Home Series with Thunder - Elmira Jackals
- Mallards Game Day - Quad City Mallards
- Descoteaux, Aces Top Steelheads in OT - Idaho Steelheads
- Aces Sweep Idaho with 3-2 OT Win Saturday - Alaska Aces
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
