RiverDogs week in review

Published on October 24, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Richmond RiverDogs News Release


October 21, 2005 vs. Adirondack.

The Frostbite opened up the scoring by tallying three straight in 1:24 on goals by Stewart (2) and Berry in the first period and added a fourth before the RiverDogs closed the gap with goals from Kris Waltze, Rafal Martynowski and Mike Oliveira. The RiverDogs pressed for the tying goal and pulled starter Mike D'Alessandro for an extra attacker to no avail as Adirondack scored on the empty net for a 5-3 victory in front of 6,956.

October 22, 2005 at Adirondack.

Rookie Warren Cooper registered the RiverDog's first hat trick of the season, however the RiverDogs went down to defeat against Adirondack 8-3 before a crowd of 2,615 at the Glen Falls Civic Center. The RiverDogs fell behind early 3-0 before a pair of goals from Cooper closed the gap at 3-2. The Frostbite went on a four goal run to put the game out of reach.

October 23, 2005 at Adirondack.

Mike Oliveira scored a pair for the RiverDogs however that was not enough as the Frostbite swept the weekend series with a 5-2 triumph. Adirondack went out to a 3-0 lead before Oliveira scored to make the score 3-1 at the end of the first period. The Frostbite widened the lead to 4-1 at the end of the second frame. Oliveira got the second of his two goals midway through the third period before the Frostbite's Sylvain Cloutier goal at 17:07 put the game on ice for the Frostbite. Attendance at the Glen Falls Civic Center was 1,605.

THE WEEK AHEAD:

The RiverDogs look to get back to their winning ways as the team plays host to newly hated rival Roanoke Valley Vipers on Friday, October 28, 2005 and the Danbury Trashers on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at the Richmond Coliseum. Game time for both is 7:35pm. Friday night's game is Poster Schedule Night and Saturday's game is Guaranteed Win Night. That game is the first of five Richmond Times-Dispatch Family 4 Pack nights. For $44.00, fans get the following: 4 game tickets, 4 hotdogs, 4 sodas, 4 Fas Mart Fling-A-Pucks, 4 races at G-Force Racing, 4 coupons for a free Chipotle Burritos, 4 skating passes at SkateNation Plus, 4 coupons for a free smoothie at Tropical Smoothie and four weeks of the Richmond Times-Dispatch free with a paid subscription.

INFORMATION, NEWS AND NOTES:

Season tickets, FlexPaks, and group packages are available through the RiverDogs office. For more information call the RiverDogs at (804) 225-(PUCK) 7825. Fans can follow the RiverDogs and be "in the know" by going to www.riverdogsuhl.com. RiverDogs statistics and game updates can be accessed as well on the net by going to www.pointstreak.com.



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