Lundmark Scores in Return to Quad City Line-Up

Published on December 20, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Abbotsford Heat News Release


The Flames earned a dramatic 2-1 win over the AHL's top team, the Manitoba Moose, in their final game before a five-day holiday break. After falling behind 1-0 on a first period goal by Alexandre Bolduc, the Flames battled back to win on unanswered goals by Jamie Lundmark and Aki Seitsonen. Lundmark's tally came in his first game back from a three-game recall to the NHL's Calgary Flames. Seitsonen's goal was his second of the season and stood up as the game-winning tally. Leland Irving earned the win after stopped 25 Manitoba shots including 11 in the opening period.

The Moose netted the only goal of the opening frame at 4:15 of the period. Raymond Sawada and Alexandre Bolduc broke into the Flames zone on a 2-on-1 break. Sawada fed Bolduc, who beat Flames netminder Leland Irving for his fourth goal of the season. The early first period goal was part of an early rush that saw the Moose outshoot the Flames 9-2 through the early stages of the period. The Flames evened play up as the period continued but were unable to beat Manitoba netminder Karl Goehring through the opening 20 minutes.

The Flames rolled their late first period momentum over to the second frame. Quad City outshot Manitoba 14-8 in the middle period and netted the only goal of the frame. Jamie Lundmark scored on a shot from just above the right wing circle during a Flames power play. Brett Palin earned the primary assist while Kyle Greentree was credited with a secondary helper. The man advantage marker tied the game at one, a score that stood at the end of two periods.

Aki Seitsonen netted the game-winning goal just 1:47 into the third period when he scored a transition goal following a feed from Cam Cunning. The tally stood up as the Flames limited the Moose to just six shots in the closing period.

The Flames are back on the ice on Friday, December 26th in Milwaukee. Face-off is set for 7:00 p.m. The can be seen at ahllive.com on a pay-per-view basis. The radio broadcast begins at 6:35 p.m. with the Hayman's Ace Hardware Pre-Game Show on 93.9 FM WYEC.

The Flames are on home ice on Saturday to face the Houston Aeros. Game time is 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available for just $10.00 in the lower bowl or $5.00 in the upper bowl courtesy of Genesis. The first 3,000 fans in attendance will receive a winter knit hat as they enter the arena. Tickets are available now at the i wireless Center Box Office, via phone at (563) 326-1111 or on-line at ticketmaster.com.

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