Odessa Forfeits Preseason Game
October 9, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release
LOVELAND, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles skated off the ice with a 1-0 win (per the Central Hockey League rule book) via a forfeit by the Odessa Jackalopes in the teams' second and final preseason game before the 2010-11 regular season begins Oct. 15. The Jackalopes forfeited the game at 9:26 of the third period after multiple fights in the first half of the period.
The Eagles out-shot the Jackalopes 14-4 in the opening frame, but got burned by Odessa's potent power play and All-Star Sebastien Thinel on the way to a 2-1 deficit after the first period. The reigning Governors' Cup champions got on the board first with a power-play goal at 5:11 when Kenny Bernard knocked in a backhander while stationed all alone at the left side of the crease.
Thinel made it 2-0 just over four minutes later by taking the puck behind the Eagles' net and stuffing it inside the right post past Kyle Jones. The home team got on the board at 18:30 -- just two seconds into a stretch of 4-on-4 play -- when Adam Hogg picked up an idle puck off a faceoff in the left circle and beat Marc-Antonie Gelinas to trim the 'Jacks' lead in half.
Things played out similarly in the second frame as the Eagles out-shot the Jackalopes 13-7, but Odessa was the only team to put a puck in the net -- again on the power play. At 4:34, Todd Robinson, stationed at the right side of the crease, got Jones to go down and stack his pads before sending a pass between the hashes for a wide open shot by Mike Ramsay.
The third period opened with seven matching fights within the first 1:39. Things calmed down for the next eight minutes before another flurry of fights broke out, resulting in Odessa leaving the bench and heading to the visiting locker room. After a couple of minutes, Jackalopes Head Coach Paul Gillis returned to the bench and motioned for referee Kris Schoech to officially forfeit the game. At that point Odessa held a 3-1 lead despite being out-shot 35-12.
The Eagles will begin the regular season with a home series against the Arizona Sundogs on Oct. 15 & 16.
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