PrairieThunder Drop Game #1 of the Playoffs 5-2 on Saturday Night
April 2, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
The Fort Wayne Komets veterans came to play on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Coliseum as the Komets took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five Turner Conference Quarterfinals by defeating the Bloomington PrairieThunder 5-2. Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon @ 3:05pm.
Mathieu Curadeau scored twice for Fort Wayne and veterans Tab Lardner, Leo Thomas, and P.C. Drouin each tallied once for the victors. Goaltender Nick Boucher stopped 35 of 37 PrairieThunder shots. After Fort Wayne made it 4-0, Bloomington made things interesting with two third period goals from Brodie Sheahan and Jason Deleurme before Curadeau closed out the scoring with his second of the game into an empty net.
For the complete box score, please go to: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=1560584
Game #1: Saturday, April 2nd: Fort Wayne @ Bloomington (7:05pm) : Fort Wayne 5, Bloomington 2
Game #2: Sunday, April 3rd: Fort Wayne @ Bloomington (3:05pm)
Game #3: Wednesday, April 6th: Bloomington @ Fort Wayne (6:30pm / Central)
Game #4: Friday, April 8th: Bloomington @ Fort Wayne (7:00pm / Central)* (If necessary)
Game #5: Sunday, April 10th: Fort Wayne @ Bloomington (3:05pm)* (If necessary)
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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