Stealth Lose To Calgary, 11-10
March 20, 2005 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
San Jose Stealth News Release
SAN JOSE - After being shutout and giving up four goals in the first quarter, the San Jose Stealth scored seven straight goals while holding the Calgary Roughnecks scoreless for almost 30 minutes.
Usually, that's enough to secure a win. But in the frustrating 2005 season, that wasn't the case for the Stealth.
San Jose (3-9) wound up losing its seventh straight, 11-10, to Calgary (8-3) before 5,564 at HP Pavilion at San Jose.
After the Roughnecks scored all four goals in the opening quarter, the Stealth scored the next seven goals. Ex-Roughneck Ted Dowling scored three of those seven with the others coming from Cam Sedgwick, Derek Malawsky, Cam Woods and Gary Rosyski. During that barrage, Curt Malawsky had three assists, while Sedgwick had two.
Dowling's goal at 6:30 of the third quarter gave San Jose a 7-4 lead. But Lewis Ratcliff broke Calgary's drought, which lasted 29:07, with an unassisted goal at 8:51. Tracy Kelusky and Kaleb Toth each scored for the Roughnecks to tie the game at 7-7. San Jose rallied one more time as Kevin Fines, Sedgwick and Curtis Hodgson picked up goals to put the Stealth up 10-7.
Hodgson's goal with 27 seconds gone in the fourth quarter was San Jose's last score. Calgary overcame San Jose's 10-7 lead by scoring four straight goals, two from Ratcliff, to win the game.
RADAR BLIPS: The Stealth lost both ends of a home-and-home series to the Roughnecks. San Jose lost at the Pengrowth Saddledome, 15-11, on Friday night ... The last Stealth win came on Jan. 29, a 12-10 victory over Colorado in San Jose ... In the two-game series against his former club, Dowling had five goals - including three tonight - and an assist. Other Stealth scoring leaders tonight included Curt Malawsky, who had three assists, while Sedgwick had two goals and two helpers ... Calgary was paced by Ratcliff, who had three goals and an assist ... Roughnecks forward Kelusky, who's among the National Lacrosse League's Top-20 in scoring, was held to a goal and two assists ... Calgary outshot San Jose, 50-45 ... Goaltender Brandon Miller took the loss in relief of Anthony Cosmo for the Stealth. Cosmo was benched after allowing four goals in the first 10 minutes of the game. Miller saved 32 of 39 shots ... San Jose returns to action on March 25 vs. Anaheim at 7:30 p.m. The first 4,000 fans will receive the second set of limited edition Stealth trading cards.
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