Iguanas Let Another Third Period Lead Slip Away

March 17, 2002 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
San Antonio Iguanas News Release


Corpus Christi, Texas - The San Antonio Iguanas played their 32nd and final regular season road game in the same venue that they played their first way back in October at the Memorial Coliseum where they shutout the Ice Rays 4-0. The result tonight however was very different as the Iguanas gave up a pair of third period goals allowing Corpus Christi to tie the game and send it to overtime where the Ice Rays prevailed 4-3 in front of 3,539 fans.

San Antonio had owned Corpus Christi throughout the season winning 11 of the previous 12 meetings including a pair in shootout and tonight seemed as if the Iggys were on the same track as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period behind goals from Joe Gray and Jonathan DuBois.

The Rays would pull to within a goal in the second period when Kurt Wickenheiser beat Iguanas goaltender Matt Carmichael to make the score 2-1. The Iguanas would regain their two goal cushion when Mark DeSantis would backhand a shot past Ice Ray's netminder Eddy Skazyk putting the score at 3-1 after two periods of play.

In the third period, the Ice Rays turned up the heat to the tune of an 11-3 shot differential. Yann Joseph scored for Corpus Christi at the 6:25 mark of the period making it 3-2 where the score would stay until the closing minutes of the game. For the second consecutive night, the Iguanas would let a late lead slip away as Alex Kholomeyev would score with just under two minutes remaining in the game forcing the outcome to be determined in overtime.

In the shootout following a scoreless five minute overtime period, Cory Evans scored the only shootout goal giving the Ice Rays the victory, their first in seven tries on home ice versus the Iguanas.

Skazyk finished the game with 28 saves, while Carmichael still remained unbeaten in regulation as an Iguana (5-0-1) while making 39 saves.

Gray, DuBois and DeSantis each finished with a goal and an assist, while Russell Hogue added a helper, his fifth in as many games with San Antonio.

The loss dropped the Iguanas to 39-16-8 with just tomorrow afternoon's contest with Bossier/Shreveport remaining in the regular season before the Iggys begin a best-of-five playoff series with Austin on Friday, March 22nd in Freeman Coliseum.



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