Saints' Win Streak Snapped in Sioux Falls
October 11, 2024 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Dubuque Fighting Saints News Release
SIOUX FALLS, SD - The Dubuque Fighting Saints (5-2-0-0, 10 pts) dropped Friday's contest 6-3 to the Sioux Falls Stampede (3-2-0-0, 6 pts) to snap their five game win-streak.
For the fifth time in seven games this year, the Fighting Saints allowed the opening goal of the contest on Friday. Just 2:31 into the first period, Javon Moore beat Jan Špunar to give Sioux Falls a 1-0 lead.
Špunar was extremely busy in Friday's contest, his first back-to-back since joining the team. The Saints allowed 43 shots on goal in Friday's loss, their most allowed in a game this season. Špunar made 37 saves in the game, his most as a Saint in his third contest with the team.
After falling behind 2-0 in the first, the Saints answered early in the second with Gavin Cornforth's second goal of the season just 32 seconds into the period. The goal came on a turnover forced by the Saints' forecheck with Michael Barron and Heikki Ruohonen getting assists.
Dubuque allowed a third Stampede goal 1:58 later, however, and fell behind 3-1. The Saints allowed an early third-period goal to go down by three goals and never climbed back within one.
Torkel Jennersjö brought the Saints back within a pair at 4-2 with just over 11 minutes to play, but the Saints allowed a pair of goals just after to fall behind 6-2.
Cornforth scored his second of the game and third of the season late to make it 6-3 for his first multi-goal game of the season.
The Saints' penalty kill was perfect in three chances again and has killed 16-consecutive opportunities. It continues to be the best penalty kill in the league at 96.2%.
The Saints return to home ice on Friday, Oct. 18 against the Omaha Lancers.
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