Komets Blast Jackals 7-2
Published on March 4, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Elmira Jackals News Release
Elmira, NY - The Fort Wayne Komets gave Head Coach Dave Schultz a rude hello to his first game at the First Arena as the Elmira Jackals were pummeled 7-2 Friday night.
The first period was wild but close. Fort Wayne jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with an unassisted goal from Chris Grenville at 0:54 and a power play goal from Jonathan Goodwin at 4:40. Captain Trevor Burgess pulled Elmira back into the game at 6:11 with a power play goal assisted by Jason Sessa and Eddy Lowe. The point for Lowe puts him just one point behind Randy Murphy (219 points) as the Jackals All-Time Leading Scorer. Fort Wayne regained their 2-goal cushion at 10:35 when Colin Chaulk scored his 16th of the year. But again Elmira had an answer. Nathan Gillies, in an unreal individual effort, turned defenseman Rob Guinn inside out, then slid the puck past Kevin St. Pierre to put the score at 3-2 after one period.
The second period was all Fort Wayne. The Komets scored three unanswered goals in the middle session to pull away from the home side by a four goal margin. Troy Neumeier scored an unassisted goal at 2:30, followed by a Dustin Virag goal at 7:37 and then Goodwin added an unassisted goal of his own at 9:58, his second goal of the night, to give the Komets a 6-2 lead after two.
The visitors put their game on cruise control in the third period as they did not allow the Jackals many strong scoring opportunities. Fort Wayne did manage to add to their tally by scoring a power play goal at 16:32, Virag's second of the game and 16th of the year, assisted by Grenville and Chaulk for a 7-2 final score.
St. Pierre earned his 26th win of the season by stopping 33-of-35 in goal for Fort Wayne. Hewitt got the loss, turning aside 18-of-24 before being relieved by Kevin Kurk at the media timeout of the second period. Kurk came in made 11 saves on 12 shots in the last half of the contest.
The Jackals continue their home stand on Saturday night as they host the Port Huron Beacons for a 7:30 pm face off at the First Arena. Elmira will finish off the weekend Sunday at home at 5:00 pm against the Richmond Riverdogs.
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