Jackals Earn A Point In 2nd Straight Shootout Loss To Adirondack
March 4, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Elmira, NY - Adirondack Frostbite goaltender Derek Gustafson stopped all five Elmira Jackals shooters in the shootout to earn a 5-4 win over Elmira Saturday night at the First Arena.
Adirondack was first to find the net when Ryan Prentice one-timed a pass from Blue Bennefield to put the Frostbite up 1-0 at 8:36 into the first period. Elmira was given a power play opportunity midway through the period, but they were unable to capitalize. However the Jackals did tie the game at 15:30, courtesy of Jason Sessa's 17th goal, an unassisted goal that snuck over the goal line just seconds after an Elmira power play had expired.
Nothing but penalties at the start of the second as each team was given two minors on four separate occasions on top of a set of matching penalties all within the five starting minutes. During a media time out at 10:20 Chris Mann and Blue Bennefield dropped the gloves and went to town on each other boosting the tone of the game. Jarrett Konkle was the man who broke the tie at 11:40 into the second for his 25th goal of the season. Assists were given to Konstantin Kalmikov and Jason Sessa for the Jackals' first and only lead of the game. Elmira could only hold the lead for seven minutes when Ryan Bennett somehow found a hole in Tyson Gajda's pads and tied the game at two at 18:12. Ten seconds before the end of the period the Frostbite struck again as Hugo Belanger intercepted a terrible breakout pass in the Elmira zone and buried it for the unassisted goal. The Frostbite would head to the locker room holding the lead at 3-2 and out shooting the Jackals 21-16.
Adirondack scored their third goal in under three minutes at the start of the third period. Kevin Watters snapped a power play goal past Gajda at 0:54 to put Adirondack up 4-2. Elmira answered back at 8:22 with a goal by Kevin Cooper setup up by Chris Chaput and Trevor Burgess. Konstantin Kalmikov tied up the game at four when he netted the equalizer at 12:21, getting assists from Sam Paolini and Jason Sessa. That's how it remained for the rest of the period forcing both teams to a shootout.
Elmira was unable to put any of their five attempts past Adirondack goaltender Derek Gustafson as he shutdown Kalmikov, Konkle, Sessa, Tataryn and Paolini. The only player to score in the shootout was Hugo Belanger of the Frostbite in round two to get the shootout win 1-0.
Elmira finishes off the weekend with a 4:05 pm Sunday game against the Richmond Riverdogs, the team the Jackals are chasing for the final spot in the UHL playoffs.
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