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Rampage Close Rodeo Road Trip with 5-2 Win over Checkers

March 5, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


CHARLOTTE (March 5, 2015) - The San Antonio Rampage (32-19-5-1) split back-to-back decisions with the Charlotte Checkers (22-30-5-1) with a 5-2 win in front of 4,056 at Time Warner Cable Arena Thursday night. The Rampage are now 5-1-0-1 against the Checkers this season, and posted a record of 5-4-1-1 on this year's Rodeo Road Trip, wrapping up 11 straight games on the road. This is the Rampage's fourth consecutive winning road trip and seventh in franchise history.

Corban Knight handed the Rampage an early lead just 43 seconds into the game. Just a little over five minutes later, the Checkers tied the game at one when Trevor Carrick jammed the puck past Michael Houser, who was unable to cover the rebound for the goal. Zach Boychuck gave the Checkers their first lead with a wrister at 14:48, and Charlotte took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

John McFarland picked up his own rebound and sent the puck past John Muse to tie the game at two five minutes into the second period. With 23.8 second left in the second period, Logan Shaw flipped the puck over Muse's outstretched pads to make it 3-2 at the end of 40 minutes.

Rocco Grimaldi gave the Rampage a two-goal lead at 8:24 of the final period, and Bobby Butler scored an empty-net goal to seal a 5-2 Rampage win.

Houser made 25 saves on 27 shots, and Muse stopped all but three of the Rampage's 32 shots.

KEY STAT

Brickley (2a), Matt Corrente (2a), Howden (3a) and Knight (1g, 1a) all had multi-point efforts. Corrente picked up his first point in a Rampage uniform with the secondary helper on Shaw's late second period tally.

Brickley finished with eight points in 10 games on the Rodeo Road Trip, tying Bobby Butler in points on the trip.

LINEUP NOTES

With Shane O'Brien recalled earlier in the day, Jesse Blacker and Corrrente skated as a second defensive pairing, and Mackenzie Weegar drew back into the lineup skating with Jonathan Racine as a fourth pair.

Tom Rowe made a slight change in his lines at the midway point of the second period, moving McFarland up to skate with Knight and Connor Brickley.

UP NEXT

The Rampage return home Saturday when they take on the Iowa Wild at 7:00 p.m. for Military Appreciation Night, presented by Champion AC. Individual and season tickets can be purchased by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com .

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