Southwest Division Battle Ends Sundogs' Streak at Three
Published on January 1, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Arizona Sundogs News Release
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. - The New Mexico Scorpions played spoiler in the Arizona Sundogs first-ever New Year's Eve game at the Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley Sunday night. The Sundogs and Scorpions skated in a close battle familiar to the Southwest Division. Both teams were unable to score with the man advantage as the Sundogs went 0-for-10 and the Scorpions went 0-for-9. New Mexico would come out on top with a 2-1 victory ending the Sundogs winning streak at three. Arizona still sits atop the Southwest Division in first place, just one point ahead of second place Amarillo, Lubbock and Odessa.
New Mexico would take an early lead just 1:11 into the contest. Matt Frick would put one past Sundogs' netminder Chris King after a through pass from Ryan McLeod and Lance Herauf. It would take just under 16 minutes for the Sundogs to answer as David Svagrovsky would collect his third goal of the season. Defenseman Adam Campbell was credited with the assist, his second point in two games.
New Mexico would once again gain a one goal lead at the 10:13 mark as Peter Kennedy would tally his first marker of the season on passes from Mike Prpich and Kevin Harvey. The goal would prove to be the game winner as neither team would score again.
Penalties would pick up in the third as both teams would vie to gain momentum. New Mexico would grab five penalties for ten minutes while Arizona tallied three penalties for eight minutes.
Chris King saw his fourth start in as many games but was unable to come away with the win stopping 28 of 30 shots. Brad Smith came away with just his third victory of the season stopping 45 of 46 shots. Next up for the Sundogs are the Colorado Eagles in Loveland, Colorado on Thursday, January 4. Game time is set for 7:05pm.
Central Hockey League Stories from January 1, 2007
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- Southwest Division Battle Ends Sundogs' Streak at Three - Arizona Sundogs
- Scorpions snap losing streak with tough win over Arizona - New Mexico Scorpions
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