K-Wings Hang On During A Wild Finish
December 2, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Elmira, NY - After leading 3-1 early in the 2nd period, the Elmira Jackals almost came back from a 4-goal deficit, falling 7-6 to the Kalamazoo Wings Friday night at the First Arena.
Elmira struck first tonight when Kevin Cooper lifted a back hand shot up under the cross bar for a 1-0 lead at 10:30, assisted by John Donnelly and Chris Chaput. Tyler Willis tied the game at 15:22, but Elmira would take the lead again two minutes later. Sam Paolini scored his 6th goal of the season at 17:21 from Chaput and Carl Drakensjo for a 2-1 Elmira advantage after twenty minutes.
In the second period it didn't take long for the Jackals to extend their lead. Cooper scored his second goal of the game, a power play goal at 2:55 from Jarrett Konkle and Trevor Burgess for a 3-1 score. But then things turned for the worse. Kalamazoo would scored the next 6 straight goals. Nick Bootland and Joe Seroski scored power play goals 2-minutes apart to tie the game at three. Then Tyler Rennette made it 4-3 at 11:36 and Daniel Carriere's short handed goal put the K-Wings up two goals after forty minutes.
In the third period the Wings scored two more goals to make it 7-3 Kalamazoo. Rennette scored his second of the night at 7:21 and Tim Turner capped off the K-Wings scoring at 10:07. But the Jackals weren't out of it yet. Elmira scored three goals within the last five minutes of the game to make it interesting. Konkle scored his first of the night at 14:52, a power play goal from Paolini to stop the bleeding. At 18:20 Konkle again scored a power play goal, his second of the night assisted by Chaput and Burgess. Cooper then made things very interesting as he collected his hat trick at 19:17, from Burgess and David Herring, to bring the game back to 7-6 Kalamazoo. With time winding down and the Jackals net empty, Cooper snuck past a K-Wings defender with the puck and found himself on a 2-on-1 with Konkle. Cooper neatly slid the puck across to Konkle, who was robbed by Kalamazoo goaltender Jeff Reynaert at point-blank range with seconds left, leaving the First Arena aching for another minute of action.
Reynaert got the win, stopping 25-of-31 in the game, while Ryan McIntosh was superb in net for the Jackals, making 34 saves on 41 shots in the losing effort.
Elmira will climb aboard the team bus and head down to Richmond overnight. Saturday the Jackals will face off with the Riverdogs at 7:35 pm at the Richmond Coliseum. The Jackals are back home on Wednesday December 7th as they host the Fort Wayne Komets at 7:05 pm for the only time during the regular season.
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