Jackals Explode In Third Period To Spoil Royals' Home Opener, 7-2

Published on October 24, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release


Reading, Pa. - The Elmira Jackals scored five goals in the third period on Saturday night at the Sovereign Center to break open a tie game and go on to defeat the Reading Royals in their 2010 home opener, 7-2. Elmira has scored seven goals in a game twice in its first four contests of the campaign.

Justin Donati scored the first period's lone goal, banging home a shot from the top of the slot two seconds into a Jackals power play at 16:18 after Kevin DeVergilio won the faceoff. The goal was Donati's third in the last two games.

In the second period, Reading's Matt Caruana tied the game at 2:19 on a wrist shot from the left circle, evening the score 1-1.

At 10:30 of the middle period, Eric Lampe scored his second goal of the season, banking a shot from the right goal line off of Royals goaltender Matt Dalton and into the net as Elmira reclaimed the lead, 2-1. Oren Eizenman had the assist on the goal.

Caruana finished off a rebound from an Eric Castonguay shot at 12:45 with Reading on the power play to make it 2-2 in the second period.

At 14:28, the Jackals and Royals engaged in a line brawl that saw three players from each team, (DeVergilio, Chris Frank, and Brett Gallant for the Jackals and Ryan Cruthers, Ben Gordon, and Matt Generous for the Royals) receive game misconducts. Overall, the game had 152 total penalty minutes, the highest total in a game this season, with 74 going to Elmira and 78 to Reading. The 152 penalty minutes tied the 2009-2010 ECHL season high between Las Vegas and Alaska, which occurred on the same date one year ago.

In the third period, the Jackals took the lead and then took complete command of the game. Eric Lampe's shot from the right circle on the power play gave Elmira the lead for good at 3:40. It was Lampe's first career game-winning goal.

Donati found A.J. Perry cutting to the net at 9:54 of the third and Perry beat Dalton stick side to give Elmira a 4-2 lead.

Seconds later, Michael Dubuc added to his league-leading goal total with his sixth of the season from the slot to make it 5-2.

Dustin Cameron recorded his first professional goal at 11:17 of the of the third period, finishing off a two-on-one play with Eizenman and capping a 1:23 rush that saw Elmira score three goals.

Yannick Tifu's shot from the right side boards at 13:09 deflected past Dalton to cap the scoring and give Elmira a 7-2 win.

Seven Jackals had multi-point games in the victory. Lampe (2g-1a) and Tifu (1g-2a) each had three points, while Patrick Coulombe (2a), Eizenman (2a), Dubuc (1g-1a), Donati (1g-1a), and Perry (1g-1a) all had two points. Coulombe, Eizenman, Tifu, and Regan were all +3 in the win.

Elmira goaltender Marco Cousineau made 26 saves on 28 shots as he and the Jackals improved to 2-0-2-0. Dalton fell in his first appearance of the year, stopping 23 of 30 shots for the Royals.

The Jackals increased their lead in the Atlantic Division to four points over Reading and the Trenton Devils, who lost on Saturday to Wheeling, 4-1.

Elmira finishes out the weekend on Sunday at 5:05 p.m., taking on the Royals at the Sovereign Center.

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