Roughnecks dominate Rock to extend streak
January 17, 2009 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Calgary Roughnecks News Release
CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Roughnecks thumped the Toronto Rock 16-9 Saturday, outworking their opponents through 60 minutes of play. Calgary extended its win streak to three games with the victory and continues to go undefeated in the 2009 season.
Roughnecks' Kaleb Toth notched three goals and four assists against the Rock which gave him the All-Time Franchise points scoring lead with 467 points and most assists (215g, 252a) with Calgary, surpassing former teammate Lewis Ratcliff in both categories.
Toth (3g, 4a), Josh Sanderson (3g, 5a), Dane Dobbie (3g, 3a), and Curt Malawsky (3g) all collected hat-tricks against the Rock. Finishing up the scoring was Captain Tracey Kelusky (2g, 3a) and Nolan Heavenor (2g) with Scott Ranger tallying five assists.
The Calgary Roughnecks dominated the Rock in the first quarter, outshooting them 19-8 and outscoring them 7-4. The Riggers created a 3-0 spread with only 3:09 elapsed in the first quarter. Dobbie was first on the board for the Roughnecks at 0:55, followed with goals by Toth and Malawsky.
Ratcliff, a former member of the Roughnecks, was the first to put the Rock on the board with assists from Blaine Manning and Josh Wasson.
Wasson also answered for the Rock five minutes into the first to bring the game back within one.
A cross-checking call to Matt Carroll allowed Roughnecks' Malawsky to hammer in two back-to-back goals, giving the veteran a hat-trick only 6:54 into the first quarter.
Kelusky notched a goal at 7:32, followed by a goal from Heavenor who walks in literally untouched by the Rock to give the Roughnecks a 7-2 lead.
After a quick time out, the Rock put themselves back on the board with two goals from Kasey Beirnes and Luke Wiles which closes the first quarter at 7-4.
The Rock enter the second quarter with a vengeance. Ratcliff gets his second goal of the game for the Rock at 1:33. Toronto narrows the deficit to a one goal difference with an incredible goal by Wiles to bring the score to 7-6.
It was a back-and-fourth battle heading into the third, with goals from Roughnecks Toth and Kelusky and Rock Stephen Hoar and Jason Crosbie.
The third quarter only saw one goal from the Toronto squad which belonged to Wiles, his third of the game at 11:02 on power play.
By the fourth quarter it was evident, the Roughnecks were not about to give up, after goals from Dobbie and Heavenor, helping Calgary extend its win streak with the 16-9 victory.
Wiles (3g, 2a), Ratcliff (2g, 1a), Crosbie (1g, 2a), Wasson (1g, 2a), Beirne (1g), and Hoar (1g, 2a) each scored for the Rock.
Join the Calgary Roughnecks back at the Pengrowth Saddledome on January 24th at 7:30 p.m. MT against the San Jose Stealth. The Roughnecks will look for their fourth straight win and look to hold onto the top spot in the West Division.
National Lacrosse League Stories from January 17, 2009
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