RiverKings Fall at Wichita, 2-1
December 19, 2008 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release
(Wichita, KS) -- The Wichita Thunder made two first-period goals stand up on Friday night, holding on to a 2-1 victory over the Mississippi RiverKings at the Kansas Coliseum.
Troy Ofukany opened the scoring 13 minutes into the first period, and Chad Greene scored the eventual game-winning goal on the power play at 17:01 of the first period.
After a scoreless second period, Matt Pierce banged in his own rebound near the crease for the RiverKings' only goal of the night at 3:34 of the third period, assisted by Dallas Costanzo and Adam Smyth.
Mississippi put a season-high 52 shots on goal on winning goaltender Tim Boron (2-6-1), who made 51 saves. The Thunder answered with 37 shots on losing goaltender Kevin Beech (12-7-0), who made 35 saves.
The RiverKings failed to score on eight power plays, while the Thunder were 1-for-8 with the man advantage.
Mississippi falls to 14-10-0 for the season, while Wichita broke a six-game winless streak (0-5-1) to run its season mark to 7-15-2.
The RiverKings travel to Amarillo for their next game Saturday night, beginning at 7:05 PM. It will be the first time the teams have played each other since a 5-1 Memphis RiverKings win in March of 2005.
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