Nailers Win Wild Shootout Affair At Trenton
October 28, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Wheeling Nailers News Release
Trenton, NJ - Andrew Lord scored the game-winner in the 4th round of the shootout to clinch a road victory for the Wheeling Nailers 6-5 at the Trenton Devils Wednesday night.
Thomas Beauregard led the way in regulation with a pair of goals to move into the league lead with 6 on the season. Aaron Clarke, T.J. Fox and Corey Couturier also lit the lamp for the Nailers. For Clarke and Couturier it was their 1st of the year while Fox picked up his 4th goal of the season along with a couple nice assists on both Beauregard goals.
Wheeling led 5-2 after two periods and seemed to have the game well in hand but the Trenton Devils scored 3 goals in a 5 minute stretch early in the 3rd to tie the game at 5-5.
Pierce Norton scored for the Nailers in the first round of the shootout and then Joey Haddad and Andrew Lord scored back to back in the 3rd and 4th rounds to seal the win and get the 2 points for the Nailers.
Adam Berkhoel came on in relief of Jordan Parise and picked up his first win as a Wheeling Nailer. Gerald Coleman relieved Dave Caruso after two periods and was pinned with the loss for the Trenton Devils.
The Nailers improved to 2-5-0 on the year while the T-Devils fell to 1-2-2.
Trenton initially led 1-0 but that 1st period advantage lasted only 28 seconds before Lane Caffaro would center to Kevin Schmidt who would smartly flip the puck over to Aaron Clarke blasting home the one-timer up the right-wing to tie it at 1-1.
T.J. Fox redirected a blast from center point by Alex Grant at 13:39 of the 1st on the power play to give the Nailers their first lead of the game.
Wheeling extended the lead to 3-1 mid-way through the 2nd period when Thomas Beauregard and T.J. Fox nicely executed a 2-on-1 rush. Fox up the left-wing centered for Beauregard cutting right up the middle who fired it home for his first goal of the night.
Trevor Kell got it back for the Devils a couple minutes later to cut Wheeling's lead 3-2.
The Nailers finished with back to back goals 3 minutes apart at the end of the 2nd period. Ferris State product Corey Couturier shot it from the right-wing wall and deflected it in off the stick of Devils goalie Dave Caruso for his first lamplighter as a pro player at 16:08 giving the Nailers a 4-2 lead.
With 1:02 remaining in the 2nd Beauregard found the net for his first Nailers multi-goal game when he blasted it top shelf from the left-wing going across the body glove-hand side on Caruso to give Wheeling a 5-2 lead at the 2nd break.
Trenton outshot the Nailers 17-6 in the 3rd period in a frantic comeback effort that saw them score 3 goals in just 4:18. Matt Cohen scored at 4:03 of the 3rd cutting the lead to 5-3. Tim Kunes wristed one past Jordan Parise from the high slot at 7:07 to make it a one goal game. Parise made way for Adam Berkhoel at that point and a little over a minute later a long rebound found its way to the stick of Jeremy Akeson on the base of the left-wing circle. His shot appeared to deflect off the back of Berkhoel to tie the game at 5-5 at 8:21.
The Devils kept coming with several rushes looking to take the lead but the Nailers defense was able to jump on several rebounds while blocking away passes on a couple of rushes all anchored by Berkhoel making several key saves. Wheeling hung on to get the game to overtime and also had a few chances to beat Coleman on the other side.
After a scoreless overtime with both teams racing back and forth with several rushes Wheeling was able to get the key second point in the shootout.
Trenton outshot the Nailers 37-30 in the game. Wheeling had jumped on the Devils at the start outshooting them 14-6 in the opening period.
Wheeling went 1-for-6 on the power play while Trenton was 2-for-4. The five goals in regulation was the most this season for the Nailers. Beauregard had the team's first multi-goal game and took over the league lead in goals tied with Alaska's John Lammers.
Tom Harrison returned to the lineup for the Nailers to face his former team having served a two game suspension stemming from a slashing major last Friday. He mixed it up with Myles Stoesz of the Devils and almost went at it a couple other times. Harrison picked up 7 penalty minutes on the night and is 2nd in the ECHL with 42.
Ryan Schnell for Wheeling and Dan Eves for Trenton got in a fight midway through the 2nd period that earned both players game misconducts.
Scratches for the Nailers included Scott Kalinchuk, Slavomir Tomko and Jordan Fox.
Next up for the Nailers is a home game against the unbeaten Kalamazoo Wings (5-0-0). The newest member of the ECHL will be travelling to Wheeling for the first time Friday night to begin a 4-game homestand for the Nailers over a 2 weekend stretch.
Friday night is the first ever game between the Nailers and the ECHL's newest member, the Kalamazoo Wings. It's WTRF-Friday Family 4-Pace night. Get 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs and 4 sodas all for $44. It will also be Wheeling's second consecutive home game against an unbeaten opponent as the Wings have started the season at 5-0.
Saturday is the Safe Trick or Treat Halloween Party at WesBanco Arena. Free candy for the kids in their trick or treat outside the arena before the game and then the Nailers and the Cincinnati Cyclones battle at 7:35/
Friday, November 6th against the South Carolina Stingrays is Team Autograph night and another WTRF-Friday Family 4-pack night. It's also a West Virginia Lottery Night with adult Nailers tickets discounted when you present a non-winning West Virginia Lottery Ticket.
Saturday, November 7th against the Johnstown Chiefs wraps up the 4-game homestand.
The Nailers booster club is organizing a bus-trip to Johnstown for the game Friday, November 13th. Sign and register at the Wheeling Nailers booster club table at Nailers home games. Fans MUST register by this Saturday night.
Season tickets are on sale now for all 36 exciting Nailers home games at WesBanco Arena. Great season ticket plans are available for every budget. Also take advantage of the Nailers new $87 package for 7 Nailers home games. Call the Wheeling Nailers at (304) 234-GOAL, that's 234-4625. Or log on to wheelingnailers.com for more information.
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