CHL Colorado Eagles

Hogg's Hat Trick Leads Eagles Past 'Jacks

November 30, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release


ODESSA, Texas - Adam Hogg recorded his first career hat trick as the Colorado Eagles defeated the Odessa Jackalopes, 5-2, at the Ector County Coliseum. Kyle Jones stopped 39 of 41 shots to notch his eight win of the season, tying him for the league lead in that category and keeping him the only goalie left in the league without a regulation loss.

In the opening period, Colorado out-shot Odessa 15-8, getting a substantial amount of chances while shorthanded. But the Eagles couldn't beat Michel Robinson until late in the frame when Hogg -- who has seven points (6-1-7) in his past three games -- got his first goal of the night with a slapshot from the top of the left circle.

In a second period littered with penalties, Hogg made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal -- the first since his rookie season -- 70 seconds in. On the play, Braden Desmet took a turnover in the high slot of his own end and sent a lead pass up the middle of the ice. Hogg won a race to the puck, gained control low in the right circle and snapped a shot top-shelf.

The Jackalopes got on the board five minutes into the second stanza, cutting Colorado's lead in half. Off a faceoff win in the right circle, Dominic Leveille got the puck below the goal line and found a wide open Jeff Pierce between the hash marks for a one-timer past Jones. But the Eagles countered just under two minutes later when Matt Glasser poked home a Kyle Peto rebound from the side of the cage on the power play, making it 3-1.

Midway through the final frame, Daymen Rycroft snared an Odessa clearing attempt at the left point, skated toward the net and set up the 30th hat trick in franchise history by finding Hogg wide open for a back-door tap-in. But at 14:02, Todd Robinson found Sebastien Thinel in a similar situation and the league's leading scorer cut Colorado's lead in half by banking his second shot attempt off Jones' back.

A few minutes later -- with the game still in question -- Jones made a brilliant glove save on an Alex Dunn shorthanded shot from the low slot, paving the way for Rycroft to put the game away with a score at 17:26. On the final tally, the Eagles' leading goal scorer intercepted the puck in the high slot of his own zone, raced down the ice on an odd-man rush and blasted a shot past Robinson to make it 5-2.

The Eagles' next game will be Friday night in Wichita, Kan.

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