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Trashers maintain one-point lead in Eastern Division

January 31, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Danbury Trashers News Release


The Danbury Trashers finished off their 2-1 week with an impressive 6-1 victory over the Richmond Riverdogs at the Danbury Ice Arena before a capacity crowd of 3,005. Danbury's Mike Bayrack scored five points on a pair of goals, becoming the first Trashers player in franchise history to notch a five-point night.

Another milestone was reached earlier last week as Danbury forward John Morlang became the first player in team history to score a hat-trick in the Trashers' 6-4 come from behind win in Elmira.

The Trashers have two huge opportunities to extend their slim one-point lead over Adirondack in the Eastern Division with head-to-head games in Glens Falls on Wednesday and Friday before returning home on Saturday to host Elmira and Sunday afternoon against Port Huron.

TRASHERS WEEK IN REVIEW

TRASHERS TAKE RICHMOND TO THE POUND WITH 6-1 WIN OVER RIVERDOGS

January 29, 2005

Led by a five-point night from Mike Bayrack, and a Gordie Howe hat trick from Gerry Hickey, the Trashers downed the Richmond RiverDogs 6-1 in front of a sellout crowd at the Danbury Ice Arena.

Bayrack had a pair of goals and three assists, while his linemates Blake Bellefeuille and Alex Goupil added two goals and an assist.

The other two Danbury goals came from Hickey (assisted by Christiansen and Larocque) and Jeff Daw (Bayrack and Hickey). In addition to his second goal of the season and an assist, Hickey fought RiverDog Kyle Sheen at 5:25 of the third to complete the "hat trick"

Scott Stirling was perfect after letting the first shot on net, fourteen seconds into the game past him, from Richmond's Brian Goudie. Stirling stopped 24-of-25, Nathan Grobins turned aside 19-of-25 for the RiverDogs. All goals were scored at even strength.

BROSSEAU HAT TRICK LEADS RICHMOND TO 4-2 WIN OVER TRASHERS

January 28, 2005

David Brousseau netted a hat trick while Nate Grobins stopped 34 of 36 shots in a 4-2 win over the Trashers on Friday night before 2,399 at the Danbury Ice Arena.

Richmond took a 2-0 first period lead on goals from Brosseau and Francis Belanger and extended their lead early in the 2nd on Brosseau's second of the night.

Trailing 3-0, the Trashers scored their two goals just 25 seconds apart by John Morlang, who deflected in a Jeff State shot and Bruce Richardson from Blake Bellefeuille and Mike Bayrack at 4:27.

However the Riverdogs struck quickly in the 3rd as Brosseau's hat trick goal came at the 1:28 mark of the final period.

MORLANG HAT TRICK LEADS TRASHERS TO COME FROM BEHIND ROAD WIN IN ELMIRA

January 26, 2005

John Morlang's hat trick, the first in Danbury franchise history was the capstone in the Trashers' come from behind 6-4 win at Elmira on Wednesday night.

The Trashers fell behind 3-0 in the first period as Jaime Thompson started the scoring for Elmira as he scored at the 4:05 mark from Nathan Gillies and George Pujacs. The Jackals extended their lead as Gillies scored the first of two goals at 6:19 from Thompson, while Jason Sessa capped off the period with a wrap-around goal from Jeff Antonovich and Thompson at 18:13.

Morlang scored the first of his three goals just 50 seconds into the 2nd period as he stripped Trevor Burgess of the puck and scored unassisted. After Gillies' 2nd goal of the night extended the Jackals lead to 4-1, the Trashers scored three unanswered goals in a 2:47 span to tie the game.

Jeff Daw took a pass from Nicholas Bilotto at the 12:39 mark to pull the Trashers to 3-2. Gerry Hickey then netted his first goal of the season from Rumun Ndur at the 14:34 mark, while Morlang's second goal of the night from Jeff Daw tied the score.

Bilotto's goal at the 4:24 mark of the 3rd period from Mike Bayrack and Bruce Richardson was the Trashers' second power play goal of the night and it gave Danbury their first lead of the night at 5-4. Morlang then netted his hat trick goal at 19:03 from Daw and Bilotto.

Scott Stirling stopped 15 of 19 shots to pick up his 24th win of the season while Greg Hewitt managed to stop 41 of 47 shots as the Trashers put 40 shots on net in the final two periods after just managing seven in the first.

DANBURY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Scott Stirling
Goaltender
Norwood, MA
Statistics from 1/26 to 1/30: 2-1 Record 3.01 GAA .880 Save Percentage (66 of 75)

Mike Bayrack
Forward
Calgary, AB
Statistics from 1/26 to 1/30: 2 Goals, 5 Assists, 7 points, Even Plus/Minus

TRASHERS TIDBITS

- Two major single-game scoring records were reached this past week with John Morlang's hat trick on January 26th and Mike Bayrack's five-point game (2 goals, 3 assists) on January 29th. They become the first Trashers to accomplish each of those honors in franchise history.

- Mike Bayrack led the Trashers with 22 points on 12 goals during the month of January with Jeff Daw just one point behind with 21 on seven goals.

- Gerry Hickey scored his first two goals of the season on just three shots last week. He also tallied a ‘Gordie Howe' Hat Trick (1 goal, 1 assist, 1 fight) on January 29th against Richmond.

- Danbury acquired goaltender Ryan McIntosh from Richmond in exchange for Semir-Ben-Amor and Brian Herbert on January 28th. Ben-Amor and Herbert played for Richmond against Danbury the very same night.

- The Trashers drastically improved their power play during the month of January as they were 13-66 with the man advantage for a 19.7% success rate, an improvement over the 18.9% rate in December. By contrast, the Trashers power-play was just 12.8% in October and 12.2% in November.

SPEND SUPER SUNDAY WITH THE TRASHERS AND PURE COUNTRY - SPECIAL 2PM GAME TIME AGAINST PORT HURON

The Danbury Trashers in conjunction with Pure Country have announced a special 2:00pm game time for the Sunday February 6th contest against the Port Huron Beacons.

In addition to the early start time; all Trashers fans holding a ticket to the game are invited to Pure Country afterwards for their Super Bowl party. Fans with ticket stubs can get a free 8 oz burger and a bull ride on ‘Bodacious'.

Pure Country is also holding a number of specials for Super Sunday including no cover, .10 wings, $2.00 hot dogs, $2.50 3 oz burgers, and some adult beverage specials.

TRASHERS TRAVEL TO ADIRONDACK TWICE, RETURN HOME ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Danbury visits Adirondack this Wednesday and Friday before returning home on Saturday at 7pm against Elmira and on Sunday at 2pm against Port Huron. Tickets for all Trashers home games are available at DanburyTrashers.com, by calling 866.565.PUCK during business hours and at the Danbury Ice Arena on weekdays from Noon-6pm on Monday and from Noon-9pm on Tuesday-Friday. The team shop is also open on Saturday's from 9am-5pm and open on Sunday's at 9am on home game days.

Fans unable to attend any Trashers games may listen in as Phil Giubileo brings the play-by-play at DanburyTrashers.com for free via the Windows Media Player.

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