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Trashers extend first place lead to five points

December 12, 2004 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Danbury Trashers News Release


A scoreless first period in which Danbury netminder Scott Stirling was peppered with 18 shots by the worst team in the UHL turned around quickly over the final two frames as the 1st place Trashers soundly defeated Motor City 5-2 on Sunday night to wrap up their four-game road trip with a 3-1 mark.

Danbury scored the first two goals of the game just 39 seconds apart, as Semir Ben-Amor's 5th of the season at the 2:46 mark was followed by Blake Bellefeuille's goal at the 3:25 mark. Both Brent Gretzky and Jeff Daw assisted on the goals.

Ryan Baker's 2d of the season cut the Trashers lead in half at the 5:03 mark, but Danbury's Mike Bayrack scored the first of two goals at the 13:12 mark on an assist by Ben-Amor.

Despite being the worst team in the league, Motor City fought to within a goal in the 3rd period on a David Bonk goal at the 8:03 mark, but Alex Goupil redirected a Mario Larocque drive at the 12:47 mark for his 4th of the season. Bayrack then scored an empty net goal with 19 seconds left to seal the win.

Stirling stopped 40-42 shots for his league leading 16th win of the season. He is 11-0-1 in his last 12 starts. Rod Branch stopped 34 of 38 shots in his 13th loss of the season.

Danbury returns to the ice on December 17th at 7:30pm against Elmira in the 1st Annual Trashers' Food Drive Game. Complete information can be found at DanburyTrashers.com. Fans unable to attend the game can listen to the play-by-play with Phil Giubileo starting at 7:25pm.

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