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Junior Blue Jackets Down Musketeers 4-2

March 7, 2008 - United States Hockey League (USHL) - Ohio Junior Blue Jackets News Release


Columbus, OH. - Ohio goaltender Pasquale Terrazzano made 28 saves in winning his eighth straight decision as the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets defeated the Sioux City Musketeers 4-2 Friday night at the Dispatch Ice Haus.

The Junior Blue Jackets (19-22-5, 43 pts.) opened the scoring in the first period when forward Derek Roehl scored his team-leading 23rd goal of the season on the power play at 5:50 on a goal assisted by forwards Rich Leitner and Justin Cseter. Forward Clark MacLean tallied his ninth of the season in the second to extend the lead to 2-0, sliding a shot between Musketeers goalie Steve Thompson. The goal was assisted by Andy Taranto and Greg Pateryn.

The Musketeers (27-19-2, 56 pts.) got on the board when forward Tom Olczyk scored at 11:58 of the second to cut the deficit to 2-1, but Ohio defenseman Pat Goebel responded with a power-play goal less than three minutes later to give the Junior Jackets a 3-1 advantage heading into the second intermission. Ohio forward Rich Leitner pushed the lead to 4-1 on a power-play goal in the third on assists by Roehl and Goebel, and Sioux City capped the scoring when forward Travis Oleksuk scored less than a minute later.

Terrazzano turned away 28 of 30 shots for his 13th victory of the season, while his counterpart, Thompson, stopped 31of 35 Ohio shots. The Junior Blue Jackets finished 3-of-7 on the power play, while Sioux City went 0 for 5.

The two teams will meet again Saturday night to conclude the weekend and season series. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Ohio Junior Blue Jackets individual game tickets for 2007-08 regular season home games are on sale now at Nationwide Arena, The Chiller Ice Rinks, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers and click here for information on season tickets, mini-plans and group tickets, call (614) 246-PUCK or (800) NHL-COLS.

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