Last Minute Heroics Push Bombers Over Wheeling
January 10, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Dayton Bombers News Release
Dayton, OH- Tomas Zaborksy scored the go-ahead goal with six minutes remaining in the game to give the Bombers a 5-4 win over the visiting Wheeling Nailers in front of 6,997 fans at the E.J. Nutter Center on Saturday night.
The Nailers were the first to get on the board, scoring at the 4 minute mark of the first period. The Bombers would answer with a power play goal from Danny LaPointe, assisted by Mike McLean and Joe Van Culin. However, in the closing second of the frame, former Bomber Ben Geelan would put the Nailers ahead 2-1. The Bombers outshot Wheeling 13-9 in the first.
The second period saw more quick action from Wheeling, who went ahead 3-1 when Bryan Ewing netted his 21st goal of the year. With the man advantage Dan Riedel would cut the lead to one goal with helpers from Brock Wilson and Jarret Lukin.
Lukin would tie the game at three less than a minute into the third period, also on the power play, from Les Reaney and Riedel. Once again, the Nailers would regain their lead when the puck got past goaltender Paul Drew at 3:47. The Bombers staged their comeback as Ryan Smyth tallied his 10th of the season from LaPointe and Christian Gaudet. Finally Zaborsky netted the game winner from McLean and Wilson at 13:09 in the third.
Drew was 25 of 29 for his 10th win of the season, while Wheeling's David Brown was 21 of 22 before leaving the game in the second with an injury. Curtis Darling, filling in for Brown, was 22 of 26.
The Bombers were 3 of 7 on the power play and 4 of 5 on the penalty kill.
Tomorrow the Trenton Devils come to town at 5:00 p.m. Fans can take their ticket stub from Saturday night's game to the Nutter Center box office and redeem for a FREE ticket of equal value! Also, kids 12 and under receive a FREE Silver level ticket with the purchase of an adult Silver level ticket at the box office. Then head over to the Mountain Dew Flight Deck to play on the giant inflatable, courtesy of A&S Playzone. The first 1,500 fans in the arena will receive Player Trading Card Set #4, featuring Dominic D'Amour, Greg Labenski, Tyler Plante, Les Reaney and Tyler Wooddisse. These players will be featured in an autograph session at ice level immediately following the game.
Individual tickets start at just $10 for kids under 18 and $15 for adults and can be purchased at the Nutter Center box office or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Partial season tickets for the 2008-09 Bombers 18th Anniversary season and discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more are available by contacting the Bombers office at (937) 775-4747. Visit www.daytonbombers.com for more information.
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