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Trashers win four of last five to build 17-point lead over third-place Richmond

February 28, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Danbury Trashers News Release


Despite a 2-1 loss to Adirondack on Sunday afternoon, the Danbury Trashers have utilized recent success to build a 17-point lead over Richmond for 2nd place in the UHL East Division. The 1st and 2nd place teams in each division are guaranteed playoff spots.

TRASHERS WEEK IN REVIEW

ADIRONDACK SQUEAKS BY DANBURY WITH A 2-1 WIN, TRASHERS WIN STREAK ENDS
February 27, 2005

Sly Cloutier's 3rd period goal from Steve O'Rourke proved to be the difference as the Adirondack Frostbite topped the Trashers 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Glens Falls Civic Center before a crowd that included two busloads of Trashers fans.

A tightly-played game was finally opened up a little bit as Jeff Daw scored his 19th of the season on the power play with 15 seconds remaining in the first period on assists by Geno Parrish and Doug Christiansen.

However, the Frostbite would use their potent power-play to deadlock the game at 1-1 in the 2nd period as Corey Lucas banged in a rebound off a Steve O'Rourke shot for his 2nd goal of the season to tie the score at 1-1. The Trashers had several good scoring opportunites earlier in the period as Frank Bakrlik was given a five-minute major for boarding as he ran Alex Goupil into the boards, but the Trashers couldn't find their way by Kris Tebbs, who picked up his 13th win of the season for the Frostbite.

Adirondack scored the game-winning goal in the 3rd period on a 2-on-1 as O'Rourke found Cloutier in front of the Trashers net on a perfect pass to help him score his 22nd goal of the season.

Tebbs stopped 22 of 23 shots as the Frostbite increase their lead on Danbury to eight points in the Eastern Division while Stirling stopped 30 of 32. The Trashers finished 1-3 on the power-play while Adirondack was 1-8 with the man advantage.








BAYRACK RETURNS WITH A TWO-GOAL PERFORMANCE TO LEAD DANBURY TO A 4-2 WIN OVER ELMIRA FOR 4TH STRAIGHT VICTORY
February 26, 2005

Mike Bayrack returned from an AHL call up to net two as the Trashers downed the Elmira Jackals, 4-2 in front of a home crowd of 2,801 on Saturday night. Bayrack's 30th goal of the season opened the second period, and put the Trashers up 2-1. Jeff Daw and Doug Christiansen got the assists on the goal, just 42 seconds into the period. His second of the game came 11:39, from Daw and J.F. David to increase the Danbury lead to 3-1.

Elmira's Bill Cass opened the scoring 12:13 into the first period, on a goal from Eddy Lowe and Tom Clayton. Alex Goupil has scored in the Trashers' last five games, and notched his 14th of the season, from Bruce Richardson and Michael Rupp with twenty seconds to go in the period.

With a 3-1 lead heading into the third period, the Trashers lead in shots 27-17. Nearly eleven minutes into the final frame, Jackals' winger Nathan Gillies brought his team within one. Mario Larocque scored his sixth of the season less than a minute later to return the Trashers to their two goal cushion. Richardson and Rupp both added their second assists of the night on the goal.

The Trashers finished the night with 37 on net, Jackals' Greg Hewitt stopped 33. Scott Stirling turned aside 23-of-27.

TRASHERS TOP ELMIRA 4-2 TO WIN 3RD STRAIGHT
February 25, 2005

The Trashers made it three wins in a row, topping the Elmira Jackals 4-2 at the Danbury Ice Arena Friday night. Russell Spence cinched with win with his second goal in two games at the 12:19 mark of the third period. Elmira had rallied back to tie the game twice before, once in the first, and again in the second period.

Danbury's Michael Rupp opened the scoring with his second of the season, from Bruce Richardson and Geno Parrish on the power play at 3:17. The Jackals responded with a power play tally of their own, Dean Jackson from Eddy Lowe and Trevor Burgess at 4:55.

John Morlang made it a 2-1 game 4:34 into the second period. His 14th of the season was assisted by the recently returned from the AHL, Doug Christiansen and Rumun Ndur. Jackals leading goal scorer Jason Sessa tied the game on the power play with nearly two minutes remaining in the period. Corey Foster had the only assist.

Russell Spence gave the Trashers the lead in the final period, and with Elmira's goaltender Kevin Kurk pulled, Alex Goupil added an empty net goal at 19:24, assisted by Richardson. In net for the Trashers, Ryan McIntosh had a light workload, stopping 18-of-20 shots, while Kurk was 40-for-43.












GOUPIL NETS TWO AS TRASHERS TOP ADIRONDACK 4-2--WWE SUPERSTAR JOHN CENA WOWS THE CROWD AT THE DANBURY ICE ARENA
February 23, 2005

The Trashers played one rowdy period and two more of solid hockey as they defeat the Adirondack Frostbite, 4-2, in front of a crowd 2,301 on Wednesday night at the Danbury Ice Arena.

World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar John Cena was on hand as the teams totaled 106 penalty minutes in the first period. Six game misconducts were handed out seven and a half minutes into the game. The division-leading Frostbite came out of the first period with a one goal lead thanks to Sylvain Cloutier's 20th goal of the season, assisted by Greg Koehler and Hugo Belanger.

Danbury rookie Alex Goupil tied the game with his 11th goal of the season just over a minute into the second frame, assisted by Bruce Richardson. Trevor Segstro put Adirondack ahead at 10:17, 2-1. Russell Spence chose a fine time to score his first goal of the season, as he tied the game for the Trashers on a John Morlang pass with almost six minutes to play in the second period. Only one penalty was called in the period, and only two would be called in the final frame.

J.F. David scored at 5:47 of the third period to snap the 2-2 tie. Goupil cinched first star of the night with his second goal of the game, from Jeff Daw, at 17:49.

Danbury netminder Scott Stirling returned to all-star form, stopping 39-of-41 shots sent his way. Kris Tebbs gave up four goals on 23 shots in net for Adirondack. The Frostbite's first goal was the only power play score of the night, as Adirondack ended the night 1-for-6, Danbury, 0-for-2.

DANBURY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Scott Stirling
Goaltender
Norwood, MA
Statistics from 2/23 to 2/27: 2-1-0 Record 2.00 GAA .937 Save Percentage (89 of 95)

Bruce Richardson
Forward
Ville St. Pierre, PQ
Statistics from 2/23 to 2/27: 0 Goals, 6 Assists, 6 points, +4 Plus/Minus

TRASHERS TIDBITS
· Trashers rookie Alex Goupil had a career high five game goal scoring streak end on Sunday. Over the span, Goupil scored eight of his 14 goals this season with an assist for nine points. He was +7 over that span.

· Bruce Richardson finished the month with a team high 23 points on six goals and a +5 and was tied for second overall in league scoring for February. His big month has helped him reach 6th overall in the scoring leaderboard with 71 points. He is also 5th in the league in assists with 51.








· Jeff Daw was 2nd on the Trashers in scoring with 18 points for February and he notched the first six point game in team history (1G, 5A) in Danbury's 9-3 win over Motor City on February 19th.

· Danbury finished the month of February with a 6-7-1 record, the first time in franchise history that the Trashers have finished with a losing month.

· 18 of Mike Bayrack's team-leading 31 goals have come on the road.

UHL CELEBRATES B2 NETWORKS 500TH WEBCAST—TRASHERS FEATURED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH FREE WEBCAST

LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO – In celebration of B2 Networks 500th webcast this season, the United Hockey League and B2 Networks will be offering its 500th broadcast for free via theuhl.com on March 2, 2005. The Danbury Trashers and Fort Wayne Komets will face-off at 7:30 p.m. EST. The broadcast will originate from the state of the art video production studio in the Danbury Ice Arena. Many teams in the UHL have added advanced broadcast facilities to enhance the quality of their broadcasts.

"The UHL continues to expand and has fans across three continents watching and listening to their favorite teams. We are thrilled to broadcast this exciting UHL game to the fans for no charge as a thank you for their continued support of B2 Networks and the United Hockey League," stated B2 Networks Chairman and CEO Greg P. Bell.

COMING UP...

Wednesday March 2nd vs. Fort Wayne 7:30pm (Danbury Ice Arena)
Friday March 4th vs. Richmond 7:30pm (Danbury Ice Arena)
Saturday March 5th vs. Richmond 7:00pm (Danbury Ice Arena)

Tickets for all Trashers games can be purchased online at DanburyTrashers.com, or by calling 866-565-PUCK during business hours. The Trashers team shop at the Danbury Ice Arena is open from Noon-6pm on Monday, Noon-9pm on Tuesday through Friday and from 9am-5pm on Saturday.

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