Jackals Close out Preseason with 4-2 Victory
October 8, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Elmira, N.Y. - The Elmira Jackals earned a victory in their final preseason game of 2010 on Friday night, outshooting the Trenton Devils 50-16 on the way to a 4-2 win. The Jackals now head to the 2010-2011 regular season, taking on the Cincinnati Cyclones in the home opener next Friday at First Arena.
Adam Perry, making his Jackals preseason debut, scored a pair of goals to lead Elmira with his first coming at 13:34 of the first period when he knocked home a loose puck at the top of the crease past Devils goaltender Jeff Lerg for the 1-0 lead. Oren Eizenman and Brock McBride contributed assists on the play.
The Devils found the scoreboard late in the first period when Ryan Hayes knocked home a backdoor feed from Darcy Zajac to even the game 1-1 at 19:18.
Justin Donati gave the Jackals the lead for good at 3:25 of the second period, chipping in a puck from the left circle on a play started by R.J. Anderson to make it 2-1 in favor of Elmira.
With the Jackals short handed later in the period, Perry and Yannick Tifu combined to make it 3-1. Tifu fed Perry breaking out of the zone, and then Perry knocked in a rebound off a blocked pass past Lerg at 8:03 to give Elmira a two-goal lead.
The Jackals added another goal in the third period, when Dustin Cameron's sharp-angle bid from the right goal line snuck past Lerg at 1:56 to make it 4-1 Elmira.
The Devils struck late in the game on a nice individual effort by Matt Lombardi, who used strength from the left circle to get around a defenseman and get to the net to eventually beat Jackals goaltender Shane Connelly glove side to finish the game's scoring at 15:42 of the final frame.
Connelly stopped 16 of 18 Devils shots for the win while Lerg made 46 saves on 50 Jackals attempts in the Trenton loss.
Tickets are available for Friday night's regular season opener at First Arena against the Cincinnati Cyclones. Visit the First Arena Box Office, call (607) 734-PUCK (7825), or hand select your seats online at JackalsHockey.com.
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