RiverDogs Game Night

Published on January 13, 2004 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Richmond RiverDogs News Release


TONIGHT'S MATCHUP: The 10th of 21 meetings and the sixth of nine here. The ‘Dogs are 6-3 vs. the IceHawks, but Adirondack has won three of five in Richmond. J.J. Wrobel has 15 points vs. the IceHawks. Hugo Belanger has 15 vs. Richmond. The ‘Dogs are out-shooting the IceHawks by an average of five per game. The ‘Dogs are second in the Eastern Conference, two points behind Flint. Adirondack is fifth in the East, six points behind Richmond.

LAST ACTION: The ‘Dogs lost 3-2 in a shootout to Flint Saturday. Richmond out-shot the Generals 43-19 and carried a lead late into the third period. The Generals tied the game with just over three minutes left and won in a six round shootout. Eric Perricone and Dave Shields scored for Richmond. Adirondack lost 5-1 at home to Port Huron Saturday. The Beacons blew the game open with a three goal third period. Jason Firth and Brent Gretzky each had four points for the Beacons.

'DOG BITES: The RiverDogs are unbeaten in regulation in four straight games. They have out-shot the opposition by 57 over those four games (an average of 36.5 to 21.5). The ‘Dogs out-shot Flint by a season high 24 shots Saturday. The 19 shots allowed Saturday is a season low. The crowd of 10,163 Saturday was the largest for a hockey game in Richmond since March 18, 2000 when 10,168 were on hand for a Richmond-Hampton Roads contest. Richmond has lost three straight shootouts after winning their first five. The ‘Dogs finish a 10 game homestand (2-4-3 thus far) Tuesday. That will be the ‘Dogs fifth game in eight days. Jay Murphy's three game goal scoring streak ended Saturday. Kevin St. Jacques has points in three straight games. The ‘Dogs have gone three straight games without allowing a power play goal, the longest such streak of the season. Richmond snapped an eight game winless streak with a shutout of Elmira Wednesday. It was Maxime Gingras second shutout of the season. Richmond is 14-1-1 when scoring first. Richmond went over 142 minutes from late in the third period of Tuesday's game vs. Elmira to late in the first period of Saturday's game vs. Flint without allowing an even strength or power play goal. Tyler Lawson was placed on the 21 Day IR Monday. J.J. Wrobel remains on the 7 Day IR. J.F. Picard is on team suspension. Eric Perricone joined the ‘Dogs Friday and picked up his first goal Saturday. The ‘Dogs have now used 32 players this season. Three ‘Dogs (Jay Murphy, Kevin St. Jacques, and J.J. Wrobel) will play in the UHL All Star Game Sunday.

ICEHAWKS NOTES: Hugo Belanger is second in the league in points and assists. The IceHawks are 9-5-1 on the road and just 6-11-4 at home. Adirondack is second in the UHL in penalty minutes. Chris Seifert and Bryan Lachapelle join the IceHawks tonight from Winston Salem of the SEHL. Three IceHawks are on re-call to the AHL.

NEXT UP: The ‘Dogs visit Kalamazoo Saturday at 7:35 (7:20 broadcast on ESPN Radio 100.3 and over the internet at www.riverdogshockey.com). The ‘Dogs are back home Friday and Saturday January 22 and 23 vs. Elmira at 7:35.

ON THE AIR: RiverDogs regular season games can be heard on ESPN Radio 100.3 FM and on the internet at www.riverdogshockey.com. John Emmett calls the play by play. He is in his sixth season of broadcasting hockey in Richmond.

TICKET INFO: Tickets for all RiverDogs games are available at all TicketMaster outlets and the Coliseum Box Office. Tickets can be charged by phone through TicketMaster by calling 262-8100, or purchased on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. Season tickets, 10-game FlexPaks and group tickets are available through the RiverDogs office. For more ticket information please call the RiverDogs office at 225-7825, or visit us on-line at www.riverdogshockey.com.

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