AHL San Antonio Rampage

Rampage Crunch Syracuse in Shootout

Published on January 4, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


SAN ANTONIO - Rookie goaltender Josh Tordjman backstopped all five Syracuse shootout attempts and Tyler Redenbach scored the lone shootout goal to lift the San Antonio Rampage to a 3-2 win Thursday night at the AT&T Center.

The win, the Rampage's third straight, ties their season-high set back from Oct. 28-Nov. 4.

The Rampage met their match posting almost identical numbers with Syracuse entering the game as each team had scored 97 times and respectively the same special team percentages.

After a scoreless first period and five shots on goal to the Crunch's eight, Syracuse forward Adam Pineault put the first dent in the scoreboard five minutes into the second stanza with an assist from Jeffrey Szwez.

With 1:08 left in the period, Redenbach scored his first point of the night feeding a last-minute pass to Rampage leading scorer Yanick Lehoux for his 16th goal of the season.

Philippe Dupuis would help Syracuse regain the lead just over the halfway-mark of the final period. Tordjman moved right anticipating a shot from Dupuis but Dupuis backhanded the puck to his left, inside the right post, catching Tordjman off step. Dupuis' second goal of the season was the only power-play goal of the night for the Crunch.

Three minutes after the Crunch had regained the lead, Bryan Helmer passed the puck to Jeff Taffe along the blue line, who was ready for a one-timer that circled behind the net and found Redenbach at the left post for the game-tying goal.

Tordjman's effort gives him a 7-6-0 record for the season and has only allowed two goals in 13 shootout attempts for an 85-percent success rate-best among active AHL netminders with three or more shootout appearances.

The Rampage (13-20-1-1) host the Peoria Rivermen at the AT&T Center Saturday night at 7 p.m.

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