Kingfish drown Rivermen, 3-1
December 20, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release
The Baton Rouge Kingfish used a goal by Marquis Mathieu early in the third period and 20 saves by Jeff Blair to down the Peoria Rivermen 3-1.
Peoria tallied their first and only goal of the game just four and a half minutes into the opening stanza to take a 1-0 lead. Mike Stuart fired a shot past Jeff Blair from the left point. Ryan Finnerty and Derek Booth added the assists.
The Kingfish answered a little over two minutes later as Forrest Gore took a centering pass from Joe Guenther and beat Duane Derksen over the shoulder to tie the game at one. Bryan Richardson set up the goal on a good one man effort in the left faceoff circle as he took the puck from a Peoria defenseman and slid it to Guenther.
A scoreless second period was marred by penalties as the teams picked up 20 minutes in penalties.
Marquis Mathieu broke the 1-1 deadlock just six minutes into the third period as he picked up a rebound in the slot and fired the puck past Derksen to give the Kingfish the one goal advantage. Trevor Demmans and Ryan Trsek added the assists on the goal.
Peoria pulled Derksen late in the period in favor of an extra attacker but it was the Kingfish who added another. Jason Norrie cleared a loose puck off the glass and down the length of the ice for the unassisted empty net goal. It sent the fans in Peoria packing with just 43 seconds left in the contest.
The Kingfish were held off the scoreboard on the power play on three opportunities. Jeff Blair made 20 saves as the Kingfish out shot the Rivermen 24-21.
The Kingfish battle the Rivermen again tomorrow night at the Peoria Civic Center at 7:00 p.m. before heading to Toledo for an afternoon game on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's Best R & B, 104.5 WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pre game show 15 minutes before the opening faceoff.
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