AHL San Antonio Rampage

Rampage Fall Short against Marlies 3-2

January 2, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


TORONTO (Jan. 2, 2015) - The San Antonio Rampage (18-11-3-0) fell to the Toronto Marlies (14-15-5-0) 3-2 in their second meeting of the season and first at Ricoh Coliseum in front of 3,126 on Friday night. This is the first of two games in a weekend series against the Marlies that will conclude Saturday afternoon.

Drew Shore and Garrett Wilson scored for the Rampage, and with both goals coming on the power play, San Antonio finished 2-for-9 with the man advantage.

Matt Frattin's power-play goal late in the opening period put the home team up first, as Frattin took a well-timed pass from former Rampage forward Byron Froese before putting the puck past Michael Houser to give the Marlies a 1-0 lead at the first intermission.

Frattin struck again to open the second-period scoring, firing off a rebound to give Toronto a two-goal lead at 6:39. The Rampage got on the board shortly after. Rocco Grimaldi's stick broke, causing the puck to change directions and land on the tape of Shore, whose power-play goal at 8:50 marked his second tally in as many nights.

Ryan Rupert extended the Marlies lead back to two goals, converting off a Connor Brown pass to give Toronto at 3-1 lead after 40 minutes of play.

With a little more than two minutes remaining in regulation and the Rampage on the power play, San Antonio pulled Michael Houser to skate six attackers. Garrett Wilson scored to bring the Silver and Black within one at 18:45. Despite another power-play opportunity as time dwindled in the final period, the Rampage were unable to score the equalizer.

Houser, in his 11th start of the season, made 16-of-19 saves. San Antonio held Toronto to 19 shots on goal and just three in the third frame, which ties a season record for fewest shots allowed by the Rampage in a period.

KEY STATS

The Rampage have scored six goals on 18 power-play opportunities (33.3%) over the first half of the current six-game road trip. Friday's game was also the third straight game that San Antonio has notched two goals with the man advantage.

All six players that landed on the scoresheet continued a streak. Shore tallied his second goal in as many nights, Alex Petrovic extended his point streak to four games, while Grimaldi extended his assist streak to three with the primary assist on Shore's goal. Wilson continued a three-game goal streak in which he has two power-play tallies, Olson has a four-game point and three-game assist streak, and Bobby Butler continued a six-game streak in which he has totaled three goals and six assists since Dec. 12.

LINEUP NOTES

With defenseman Shane O'Brien recalled to Florida earlier in the day, Blake Parlett drew back into the lineup. Houser appeared in net for the first time since Dec. 27, 2014.

UP NEXT

The Rampage wraps up the two-game weekend series with the Marlies on Saturday at 2 p.m. San Antonio returns home to face the Iowa Wild on Jan. 10. 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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