Rage Take First of Two, 4-3
Published on March 5, 2009 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Colorado Eagles News Release
BROOMFIELD, Colo. - The Colorado Eagles ended their five-game road trip with a 4-3 loss to the Rocky Mountain Rage in the first game of a home-and-home series. Scott Reid stopped 42 of 43 shots for the Rage who held off the Eagles' late-game comeback. The in-state rivals will meet again Friday night at the Budweiser Events Center.
The Eagles had several near-scores in the opening period's first five minutes, but it was the Rage that struck first when Simon Watson's shot from inside the right faceoff circle slipped under Andrew Penner's right arm at 6:09. The teams then alternated two unsuccessful power plays each before the period's end.
Rocky Mountain made it 2-0 at 4:38 of the second period when Watson -- stationed behind the net -- found David Morelli at the right hash marks for a power-play goal. The Eagles cut that lead in half just before the period ended when Riley Nelson scored his fourth shorthanded goal of the season just 2.8 seconds before the period expired. Kevin Ulanski fed Nelson from the left wing and the veteran winger skated down the center of the ice before beating Reid.
The Rage got two quick scores in the third period to take a 4-1 lead, but the Eagles fought back with a pair of their own to keep the outcome in doubt until the final buzzer. Morelli found Ryan McLeod crashing the back door on a quick rush at 4:07 for the first goal, and then Daymen Rycroft and Colt King executed a perfect give-and-go play down the left wing for another man-advantage marker at 6:37.
The Eagles power play got going at the 12 minute mark when Konrad Reeder and Steve Haddon connected to cut the Rage lead in half. Reid was able to knock down Reeder's shot from the top of the left circle, but the netminder wasn't able to smother it before a crashing Haddon knocked it home. Colorado made it a one-goal game with a late 6-on-4 goal when Ryan Tobler picked up his league-leading 20th power-play tally; Ed McGrane got the primary assist, extending his point streak to 12 games.
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