Miller's the Man! Chops Alone in First After 3-2 Win on Sunday
Published on December 7, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
Thanks to three straight goals to end the game, the Iowa Chops mounted another comeback on the road to defeate the Lake Erie Monsters Sunday night, 3-2. The wear of three road games in three nights was evident at the start of the game on Sunday as the Chops took three straight penalties, which led to a 5 on 3 power play goal by Tom Fritsche of the Monsters who tapped home a backdoor pass past a helpless David LeNeveu, who was making his second straight start between the pipes. The Monsters made it 2-0 less than two minutes later as Phil Dupuis incepted a pass from behind the Chops net by LeNeveu and beat him back to the front for the unassisted goal. The Chops could not find the net late in the period despite two power plays. The Chops got it rolling in the 2nd period less than two minutes in as Josh Green's shot from the high slot as a Chops power play ended, glanced off of Eric Boguniecki and in behind Tyler Weiman for the first Chops goal. Eric Regan also assisted on the first Chops goal. 10 minutes later the Chops tied the game thanks to some more passing magic by linemates Drew Miller and Andrew Ebbett who connected on a give-and-go to TJ Trevelyan in front who squeezed a shot through Weiman to tie the game at 2-2. The 3rd period was a back and forth affair, but the Chops took their first lead of the night thanks to some hard forechecking. Drew Miller kept the puck in the zone after a clearing attempt by the Monsters and was able to get it down low to Andrew Ebbett who returned it to Miller in the slot. Miller then wristed a shot high over the blocker of Weiman for the eventual game-winner and Miller's second game-winner in as many night's. The rest of the game was highlighted by Chops goaltender David LeNeveu, who made several spectacular saves to keep the Monster scoreless the remainder of the game. The win moved the Chops all alone into 1st place in the West Division and makes it now eight games in a row without a regulation loss. The Chops are currently 6-0-1 on their season-long seven game road trip.
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