PrairieThunder Win Important 2-1 Victory Over Allen Americans on Sunday
Published on March 13, 2011 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
The Bloomington PrairieThunder overcame unbelievable obstacles on Sunday and defeated the Berry Conference leading Allen Americans 2-1 on Sunday in Allen, Texas. With the victory, the PrairieThunder (34-18-6) have tied Colorado for second place in the CHL's Turner Conference and are only two points behind Rapid City for first place with eight games to play in the regular season. Bloomington still has three games in hand on Rapid City and two on Colorado.
The PrairieThunder was playing their third game in as many nights and had to travel five and a half hours from Odessa on Saturday night. In addition, the team lost an hour because of the start of Daylight Savings and had to get ready for a 2:00pm start time. Once the game began, the PrairieThunder again played two players shorthanded due to both Jason Dale and Brodie Sheahan being out of the lineup. The PThunder took a 1-0 lead in the first period as Chris Cloud scored at 11:08 with assists from Ryan McLeod and Travis Granbois. Then Brett Holmberg put the team ahead to stay with the game winning goal at 3:56 of the second period. The goal was shorthanded and unassisted and for Holmberg it was his team leading 21st goal. PrairieThunder goaltender had a strong game between the pipes stopping 34 of 35 Allen shots.
It was only the Americans eighth home loss of the year as they fell to 43-15-2. Bloomington wraps up the Texas trip with a record of 2-1-1, capturing five of a possible eight points in the CHL standings.
For the complete PrairieThunder box score, please go to: http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html gameid=1338797
The PrairieThunder's next home game is this coming Wednesday, March 16th @ 7:05pm against the Missouri Mavericks at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
PrairieThunder Playoff Ticket Packages & 2011-12 Season Tickets Now on Sale!
Playoff ticket packages for the upcoming Central Hockey League Playoffs (which begin at the end of the month) and 2011-12 PrairieThunder Season Tickets are now on sale. Call the PrairieThunder office during the week at 309-585-0507 for additional information or stop by the PrairieThunder information table during PrairieThunder home games. The CHL playoffs consist of four rounds. If Bloomington has home ice advantage in every round, the team could play a maximum of fourteen additional home playoff games.
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.
Central Hockey League Stories from March 13, 2011
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