PrairieThunder Comes up Short 7-1 Against Fort Wayne
Published on February 9, 2011 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
The Bloomington PrairieThunder, with four new players in the line-up, lost to the Fort Wayne Komets 7-1 on Wednesday night in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For the Komets (19-18-5) it was their sixth win in a row and their eighth in their last ten contests. With the loss, Bloomington falls to 24-16-2 on the year and the PrairieThunder is 5-4-1 in their last ten games.
The PrairieThunder, playing with four players who only arrived just a couple of hours before game time, fell behind 2-0 after the first period and 5-0 after two periods. Komets veteran Colin Chaulk scored two goals as did Sean O'Connor. Chaulk's first goal of the night, at 14:34 of the first period, turned out to be the game winner. Derek Patrosso and Tab Lardner each had three point nights for Fort Wayne with a goal and two assists each. Komets goaltender Kevin Reiter stopped 21 of 22 shots for the victory.
Defenseman Alan Mazur scored Bloomington's only goal at 18:49 of the third period after the score was 7-0. For Mazur it was his third goal of the season. Jon Booras and Brodie Sheahan assisted on Mazur's goal. Marco Emond started in goal for the PThunder and gave up 5 goals on 22 shots in 40 minutes of play. Brad Phillips played the final 20 minutes and gave up the last 2 goals on 7 shots.
For the complete box score please go to: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html gameid1338657&refresh1
The PrairieThunder returns home to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum on Friday night for their only weekend home game of the month when they host the Mississippi RiverKings at 7:05pm.
Friday, February 11th: 7:05pm vs. Mississippi RiverKings @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Promotion: PrairieThunder "Bam-Bams" to everyone courtesy of CEFCU
Also: Heartland Community College Night
(Chance to win St. Louis Cardinals tickets from Heartland CC)
PrairieThunder Tickets
Bloomington PrairieThunder single game tickets are on sale at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum Box Office. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Box Office Monday through Friday from 11am to 5:30pm and on weekends when there are events in the Coliseum. PrairieThunder single game tickets are also available by going to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum website: http://www.uscellularcoliseum.com/events/all/ and click on Tickets & Seating. And for Prairie Thunder season tickets and group sales information, please call the PrairieThunder at 309-585-0507 or go to our website: www.prairiethunderhockey.com.
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