Stealth Lose To Rochester, 8-7
April 9, 2005 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
San Jose Stealth News Release
SAN JOSE - San Jose Stealth fans were treated to the "Captain and the Kid Show" tonight.
Stealth Captain Cam Woods had three goals, while rookie sensation Ryan Boyle netted two. In addition, San Jose held their opponent to a season-best eight goals.
But despite the strong defense, the Stealth (4-11) lost their last regular season home game to the Rochester Knighthawks, 8-7, before 5,120 at HP Pavilion at San Jose.
The win enabled Rochester (9-6) to clinch a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
San Jose opened the scoring with an unassisted goal by Woods at 8:34 of the first quarter. But Rochester answered with goals by Scott Evans and John Grant to give them a 2-1 lead. The Stealth came back in the second quarter with goals from Woods at 7:02 and Boyle (50 seconds later) to give San Jose a 3-2 lead.
However, the Knighthawks answered with three consecutive goals from ex-Stealth defenseman Steve Toll, Grant and Ryan O'Connor to give them a 5-3 lead. Kevin Fines gave San Jose some momentum by scoring a goal with under a second left in the first half to cut the deficit to 5-4.
Rochester's Grant scored the first two goals of the third quarter to give the K-Hawks a 7-4 lead. San Jose's Spencer Martin scored the final goal of the quarter to reduce Rochester's lead to two at 7-5. Boyle's second goal of the game at 1:01 of the final quarter put the Stealth down, 7-6. But Mat Giles' goal with the extra man at 9:00 gave the K-Hawks some insurance as all San Jose could muster was an empty net goal by Woods at 14:54.
RADAR BLIPS: San Jose ended the season 2-7 at HP Pavilion. The lone wins came against Colorado on Jan. 29 (12-10) and March 25 vs. Anaheim (15-14). The win over Anaheim snapped a three-game losing streak at home ...While Woods and Boyle paced the goal scoring for the Stealth, Derek Malawsky led San Jose with three assists ... Boyle's two goals give him 20 on the season while Woods recorded his first hat trick ... Grant, the National Lacrosse League's second-leading scorer, led the K-Hawks with four goals. Entering the game, Grant needed four points to reach 500 in his career. He wound up with six, as he also had two assists ... Pat O'Toole earned the win in goal for Rochester with 30 saves on 36 shots ... Anthony Cosmo took the loss in the San Jose nets as he saved 31 of 39 shots ... San Jose's seven goals was the second fewest they've scored in a game this season and the fourth time they've been held to under 10 goals in a game ... San Jose's previous defensive best in 2005 was nine goals against Minnesota on Jan. 22 ... NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings was in attendance for tonight's match ... The Stealth conclude the regular season on April 16 in Buffalo.
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