Mavs Power Past Thunder to Even Series
April 1, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Wichita Thunder News Release
INDEPENDENCE, MO- The Wichita Thunder lost 5-0 to the Missouri Mavericks in Game Two of the Opening Round at the Independence Events Center on Friday night.
The best-of-five series is now tied 1-1 heading into Game Three on Saturday night.
Brandon Coccimiglio scored a natural hat trick in the third, with all three goals coming on the power play, while Rob Nolan pitched his second shutout of the season against the Thunder, going 30 of 30.
Leading 2-0 in the third, Coccimiglio scored at 5:57 on a close-range shot past Marc-Antoine Gelinas. The Mavericks went up 4-0 at 12:35 when Coccimiglio re-directed Blake Forsyth's shot from the left point past Gelinas' right. Coccimiglio completed the hat trick with 13.5 seconds left in the game, sneaking a loose puck under Gelinas' left pad.
Missouri took their first lead of the series when Ryan Jardine scored on a breakaway at 6:04 in the first. Jardine sped past the Thunder defense and used a forehand-backhand-forehand move to beat Gelinas to his right.
The Mavericks struck again at 0:36 in the second to take a 2-0 lead. Jardine circled the puck around the net and made a backdoor pass to Toby Lafrance who tapped the puck in past the left of Gelinas.
Late in the third, three consecutive fights broke out with Kory Scoran, Andrew Martens, and Dustin Donaghy all picking up majors at the 15:36 mark.
Gelinas was 22 of 27 in the loss. Wichita went 0 for 6 on the power play. Missouri was 3 for 7.
Game Three is Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. in Independence. All the action can be heard locally on Sports Radio 1550 KKLE and worldwide at www.kleyam.com Game Four, which is not guaranteed, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5th at the INTRUST Bank Arena. For tickets, call the INTRUST Bank Arena box office at (316) 755-SEAT or visit the Thunder's official website at www.wichitathunder.com
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