AHL San Antonio Rampage

Rampage fall 4-3 in overtime at WBS Penguins

Published on February 6, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


WILKES-BARRE, PA - The San Antonio Rampages scored twice in the final two minutes of regulation to tie the game and earn a point before falling to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 4-3 in overtime on Friday night at Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza in front of 7,369 fans. Forwards Kevin Porter and Chad Kolarik tallied the late goals to get the Rampage their first point on their on their 13 game rodeo road trip.

Each team had a power play chance in the first period, but neither were able to put the puck in the net. The Penguins out shot the Rampage 12-10 in the frame.

Wilkes Barre got on the scoreboard on a power play chance in the second. Former Rampage forward Jeff Taffe was stopped on a shot from the slot, but forward Janne Pesonen swatted in the rebound at 4:18 to make it 1-0 Penguins. Just a couple of minutes later Rampage goalie Josh Tordjman came up with a huge save stopping Taffe on a breakaway chance to keep it a one goal game. San Antonio then drew even on a man advantage chance of their own as defenseman Justin Kinnunen wristed a shot from the top of the left circle that was redirected into the cage at 9:07 by forward Garth Murray. It was the 8th of the season for Murray. The Penguins retook the lead 2-1 when forward Connor James scooped up a loose puck behind the net and wrapped it around the far post for his 14th at 14:04. Late in the period the Penguins made it 3-1 when Pesonen chipped a pass down low for forward Nick Johnson who tipped it past Tordjman with just 39.4 seconds left in the frame.

The Rampage struggled to get an attack mounted in the third period until late. With less than two minutes to go in regulation San Antonio pulled the goalie and Porter scored on a rebound shot from the left circle to get San Antonio within one goal with 1:46 left. Then with less than a minute to go, Kolarik a Pennsylvania native, would roof a wrister high glove side on Penguins goalie John Curry with 37.4 seconds left to tie the game at 3-3.

In overtime the Rampage had some chances early, but the Penguins would control the last part of overtime. Taffe found forward Jean Michael Daoust down low and he fed the puck across the goalmouth backdoor for defenseman Reed Cashman who slammed it into the net to win the game at 4:17 of sudden death. FINAL SCORE Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, San Antonio 3 in sudden death.

Tordjman stopped 38 of 42 shots in 63:05, but fell to 19-18-1. Curry stopped 37 of 30 shots in 64:17 and won his sixth straight start to improve to 18-7-0. Both teams were 1-2 on the power play. The Penguins out shot the Rampage 42-38.

San Antonio is in Hershey on Saturday night to continue their 13-game rodeo road trip. Their next home game is February 28th when they host West Division rival Rockford.

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