Roughnecks Rout the Rebel, 26-16
March 30, 2003 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Calgary Roughnecks News Release
The Calgary Roughnecks snapped their two-game losing streak against the Ottawa Rebel this afternoon in impressive fashion, defeating the Rebel 26-16 at the Pengrowth Saddledome. The Roughnecks were led by team captain Tracey Kelusky, who led the team with eight goals in the victory.
The Roughnecks jumped out to a quick 6-2 lead after one quarter, but the Rebel closed to within two goals by halftime, trailing by the score of 10-8. The second half was dominated by the hometown team, who erupted for 16 second-half goals. Lewis Ratcliff scored four goals to support the Roughnecks cause, while Kaleb Toth and Tyson Leies each chipped in with three. Jason Clark scored six goals in defeat for Ottawa.
We felt like we had something to prove, remarked Kelusky about the win. Losing two on the road was tough to take, so we wanted to come out strong against Ottawa, and we did. Hopefully, this puts us one win closer to the playoffs, but we still have two big home games in front of us.
Despite the eight goals, this did not exceed Keluskys personal best. Kelusky scored 11 points on November 21, 2001, as a member of the Montreal Express, while facing off against the Roughnecks in Calgary. The Roughnecks were defeated that day 32-17.
10,603 fans took in todays contest. The Roughnecks battle the Colorado Mammoth on Saturday, April 5th, at 7:30, in a contest that will have playoff implications for both teams. Calgary concludes the regular season six days later against the Buffalo Bandits on Friday, April 11th, at 7:30.
Synopsis:
Tracey Kelusky began the scoring early with a close-range shot at 2:01 Lewis Ratcliff made it 2-0 for the home side after shaking a defender one-on-one Neil Doddridge finished off a give-and-go 28 seconds later to give the Roughnecks a 3-0 lead, assisted by Jordon West-Pratt this resulted in a quick goaltending change for the Rebel, with Andrew Leyshon coming in to replace Matt Disher undaunted, Kelusky scored his second of the contest at 4:59 Jason Clark put Ottawa on the scoreboard at 7:05, scoring on a two-man advantage Tyson Leies got that goal back at 8:06 with the team still short-handed Ratcliff scored his second goal at 8:54, assisted by Jason Wulder and Jesse Phillips Clark scored his second power play goal at 11:00, with Scott Forbes in the box (6-2 for Calgary after one) Brad Self scored at 2:32 on the power play to begin the second quarter Kaleb Toth responded at 3:23, helped by Kelusky and Ratcliff Mathew Giles scored 28 seconds later for the Rebel Clark scored his third of the game at 5:06 Giles put in the third Rebel goal in a span of 2:39 when he scored at the 6:30 mark Kelusky completed the hat trick on the power play at 7:19, assisted by Kyle Goundrey Leies scored just 25 seconds later to give the Necks a three-goal lead Clark put in his fourth marker at 8:55 Kelusky responded with his fourth goal of the half at 9:44, helped by John Kilbride Clark tallied his fifth of the frame at 13:48 (10-8 Calgary after the half) Kelusky notched his fifth goal 42 seconds into the second half, unassisted Kevin Howard closed the gap for Ottawa on the power play at 5:02 Ratcliff and Kelusky scored 22 seconds apart in the eighth minute of action to restore the Calgary lead to four goals Disher came back into the game for Ottawa, but was scored on at the 9:20 mark by Goundrey, from Toth and Wulder Giles responded on the power play at 10:11 Doddridge scored the first of four straight Calgary goals, unassisted at 11:15 Brad MacArthur scored on a breakaway at 11:34 Toth got his second of the game 26 seconds later team captain Kelusky fired his seventh goal at 13:34, giving the Necks an eight-goal bulge (18-10 after three quarters) Leies got his hat trick when he scored at 1:13 Scott Self scored 12 seconds later for the Rebel Kelusky scored his eighth at 2:21 Clark responded at 5:40, followed by teammate Kevin Dostie at 6:02 Toth finished off his hat trick at 6:25 Curtis Palidwor was taken out of the game with an eight-goal advantage at 8:56, replaced by Matt King Kilbride scored his first of the day on the man advantage at 9:09 Phillips followed that up seven seconds later with his first tally Kilbride struck again, this time at 10:22 Stephen Evans scored 20 seconds later to make the score 24-14 Dostie fired back for Ottawa at 11:22 Phillips scored his second marker in less than two minutes, bulging the twine at 11:53 following the faceoff, Goundrey scored a quick TKO over Evans - they were gone for the game Ratcliff scored his third of the game, the hat trick coming at 13:50 Jamie Roy finished the high-scoring affair for Ottawa at 13:58 (Calgary wins 26-16).
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