Trashers Comeback Spoils Jackals Lead

January 20, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Elmira Jackals News Release


Elmira, NY - The Elmira Jackals lost to the Danbury Trashers for the first time this season, suffering a 3-2 defeat Friday night at the First Arena.

In the first period the tempo was set when former Jackals Brad Wingfield hit Bobby Gates hard into the boards behind the Elmira net early on, forcing Gates to leave with an injury. Soon after Craig MacDonald threw a huge hit on Danbury's Ryan Barnes causing Barnes to drop his gloves and start throwing punches at an unprepared MacDonald. Both players were sent to the locker room, Barnes with a Game Misconduct, MacDonald with blood flowing from a cut on his face. The Trashers took another penalty when defender Troy Smith was whistled for roughing when he cross-checked Kevin Cooper from behind. The Jackals were able to capitalize on their third power play of the period when Chris Chaput netted the puck at 12:23, assisted by Jarrett Konkle and Trevor Burgess. Near the end of the period Elmira's Chris Mann and Danbury's Dave MacIsaac received matching penalties for delay of game for exchanging a few words after the whistle, but that would be the last of action of the period.

At 6:19 into the second period Craig MacDonald threw a huge open-ice hit on Troy Smith causing Smith to retaliate and get Elmira another power play. The Jackals used the penalty to their advantage when Jarrett Konkle scored for his second point of the game, assisted by Chris Chaput and Trevor Burgess. The hard hitting continued throughout the period that held only one more power play given to Danbury when Jason Sessa was thrown in the penalty box for Hooking, a penalty that would carry over 32 seconds into the third period. That's how the second frame would end, with the Trashers leading in shots 19-23, but the Jackals leading in goals, 2-0.

A mere six seconds into the third period Danbury found the net when Drew Omicioli rushed in with Dave MacIssac on a 2-on-0 and scored on a helpless Nick Boucher for their first goal of the game. Just forty two seconds later, Danbury took advantage of a stunned Jackals team to tie the game. Jeff Daw put one past the Jackals goalie on a smooth play set up by David Hymovitz at 0:48 into the period. At 16:06 of the third, Alex Goupil snapped a wrist shot past Boucher to push Danbury ahead for the first time in the game. With just over a minute left in the game Elmira pulled Boucher for the extra attacker, but they failed to get a late equalizer and suffered a heart-breaking 3-2 loss.

Jayme Platt took the win in goal for Danbury, stopping 25-of-27 shots in the game, while Nick Boucher made 31 saves on 34 shots for Elmira. Elmira was 2-for-5 on the power play, while Danbury finished 1-for-3.

The Jackals will host the Missouri River Otters Saturday night at 7:05 pm at the First Arena. It is the first meeting between the two teams since the 2002-03 season.

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