IceDogs Drop Greyhounds 6-2
February 3, 2011 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Niagara IceDogs News Release
The Niagara IceDogs defeated the visiting Sault St. Marie Greyhounds by a score of 6-2 at the Gatorade Garden City Complex Thursday night, improving their record to 32-11-2-4. Ryan Strome played another stellar game with a goal and two assists, allowing him to tentatively take over the league lead in points.
The IceDogs opened the scoring early as Jason Wilson continued his recent point streak by making a beautiful pass into the slot for Ryan Strome, who made no mistake in putting the puck home to pick up his 26th of the season.
The next bit of action that occurred in the first was a fight between the most recent IceDogs acquisition Victor Terreri and sophomore David Broll right off of a defensive end face-off. Terreri was playing in his first game after returning from a minor injury, and he wasted no time in getting into the thick of things as the two went toe-to-toe, exchanging several hard blows before tumbling to the ice.
Following the fight, with some hard work from Myles Doan late in the period, a turnover was created in the Greyhounds' zone and Darren Archibald absolutely sniped the puck past Chris Perugini to give the 'Dogs a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.
After his bout with Terreri in the first period, David Broll would get his name on the scoresheet once again, but this time with a goal as he picked up his 10th of the season at the 15:38 mark to cut the IceDogs lead to 2-1.
Greyhounds' assistant captain Dylan King then took a minor penalty for hooking with just eight seconds left in the period, giving the IceDogs a 1:52 power play to start the third. The score remained 2-1 Niagara after 40 minutes of play.
Although the IceDogs had a man advantage to start the third, the Greyhounds managed to squeak a fluky goal past Mark Visentin just 18 seconds in to tie the game at two.
However, the even game wouldn't last long as Dougie Hamilton potted his 10th of the season on the very same power play with a beautiful backhanded shot to regain the IceDogs lead, 3-2. His brother, Freddie Hamilton, along with fellow NHL Prospect Ryan Strome helped set up the play.
Niagara followed up at the 9:18 mark as defenseman Tim Billingsley pinched in from the point and pounced on a Ryan Strome rebound in the Greyhounds' slot to make it 4-2 IceDogs. The goal was Billingsley's second of the season, and first since returning from a lengthy lower-body injury.
The 'Dogs continued to put on the pressure in the third period as Andrew Agozzino picked up his 32nd goal of the season after accepting a perfect pass from Alex Friesen while on a two-on-one.
David Pacan then followed up with a goal of his own at the 17:46 mark of the third on a power play, with Steven Shipley and Jesse Graham recording the assists, giving the game a final score of 6-2.
The IceDogs will have a days rest tomorrow before returning to action Saturday night as they host the division rival Brampton Battalion at 7 p.m.
Tickets for Saturday's game are still available and can be purchased at any IceDogs ticketing location, including the IceDogs box office tlocated at the Gatorade Garden City Complex two hours prior to puck drop. For more information, please contact the IceDogs office at 905-687-DOG1.
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