Rivermen down Kingfish with late goal, 2-1

December 21, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Peoria scored the game winner with no time on the clock as Jeff Blair made 48 saves for the Kingfish in a 2-1 loss to Peoria.

Despite being outshot 21-13 in the first period, the Kingfish opened the scoring late in the stanza as Trevor Demmans beat Mathieu Chouinard over the catching glove with a slap shot from the high slot at the 17:40 mark of the first period of play. Bryan Richardson and Joe Guenther added the assists on goal.

Peoria tied the contest up at one midway through the third period as Brendan Brooks beat Jeff Blair right along the goal line on the power play. Trevor Baker and Tyler Rennette add the assists on the goal

Peoria scored the game winner with no time remaining on the clock in the final period. Trevor Baker picked up a rebound in front of Blair and lifted it over the goaltender's glove for the game winner. Darren Clark added an assist on the goal for the Rivermen. The play was set up with an offensive zone draw for the Rivermen with 2.6 seconds remaining in the contest.

Jeff Blair made 48 saves in losing effort and falls to 5-11-4 on the season for the Kingfish. Baton Rouge went 0-6 on the power play while Peoria converted on one of their six power play opportunities.

The Kingfish travel to Toledo to take on the Storm for an afternoon game tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's Best R & B, 104.5 WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pre game show at 1:45 p.m.



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