Rampage Pick up 3-2 Shootout Win over Charlotte

December 19, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release

SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 19, 2014) - Ryan Martindale tied the game with 17.8 seconds left in regulation, and Alex Petrovic scored in the eighth round of a shootout to lift the San Antonio Rampage (16-8-2-0) to a 3-2 win over the Charlotte Checkers (10-15-2-1) on Friday night at Time Warner Cable Arena.

After a scoreless first period, Blake Parlett got the Rampage on the board at 8:24 of the second. Mark Mancari sent the puck to the low slot, and Parlett deflected it past Drew MacIntyre for the tally.

The Checkers tied the game at one midway through the third period when Trevor Carrick took a pass from Jordan Staal and scored. With a power-play opportunity late in the game, Chad LaRose beat Dan Ellis to give the Checkers a 2-1 lead. Ellis got a piece of LaRose's shot, but it trickled past him and over the goal line.

San Antonio pulled Ellis for the extra attacker with time winding down, and Martindale took a pass from Rocco Grimaldi and scored to send the game to overtime with the Rampage and Checkers locked at two.

Neither team would score in the extra frame, sending the game to a shootout, the fourth of the season for the Rampage. Petrovic's backhand goal in the skills competition stood as the only goal of the shootout and secured the 3-2 win for the Rampage.

San Antonio finished 0-for-3 on the power play and held Charlotte to one power play goal in four chances with the man advantage. Dan Ellis made 31 saves on 33 shots.

KEY STAT

Friday's game marked the fourth shootout for the Rampage, all of which have resulted in wins.

LINEUP NOTES

With Bobby Butler out of the lineup with a lower-body injury, Rocco Grimaldi moved up to the first line alongside Garrett Wilson and Martindale. Quinton Howden, who didn't make the trip to Iowa last week for precautionary reasons, returned to the lineup and skated with Brett Olson and Logan Shaw on San Antonio's third line.

UP NEXT

The Rampage and the Checkers play for the last time in the 2014 calendar year on Sunday afternoon. There will be a 12 p.m. (CT) puck drop at Time Warner Cable Arena. San Antonio returns home on Friday, Dec. 26 for a Bud Light MIX 96.1 $1 Drink Night at the AT&T Center. 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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