Trax overpower Fayetteville

December 10, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Macon Trax News Release


[MACON, Ga.] – For only the second time this season the Trax have won three games in a row. Friday night Macon beat Fayetteville 6-4 on home ice.

Art Mnatsakanov and John Gurskis led the way with two goals each. Mnatsakanov put the Trax ahead for good 8:47 into the final frame when he beat goalie Tyler Nilsson on the power play. The power play goal was one of three on the night for the Trax.

The Trax led 4-2 after two periods but gave up the lead within 23-seconds. Former Trax defenseman Andrew Dickson threw the puck towards the net where Shawn Roed redirected it into the Trax net. Shortly after the FireAntz tied the game up when Brian Lachapelle threw the puck towards the net and Macon defenseman Dominick Dawes deflected it off his skate into his own goal.

Mnatsakanov started the scoring on the night when he came out of the penalty box, took a two line pass from Chris Duggan and buried the breakaway into the net 9:22 into the game. After Lachapelle tied it up three minutes later the Trax stole the lead on their first power play goal of the night when John Gurskis scored his first tally on the evening.

The Trax came out for the second frame a man down. After killing the Fayetteville power play the Trax had trouble clearing their zone. The FireAntz worked the puck around to Roed who re-tied the game at two.

The Trax went back to the power play and good things happened. With the two man advantage, the FireAntz attempted to clear the zone. Mnatsakanov used his entire body to trap the puck in the zone and keep the pressure on Fayetteville.

The puck was moved to Steve Zoryk who found David Deeves on the bottom of the circle. Deeves quickly got the puck to Craig Miller who buried his seventh goal of the season to give the Trax the 3-2 lead. Gurskis scored his second goal late in the middle frame to give the Trax the two goal lead after 40 minutes.

Steve Zoryk added an empty net goal to secure the Trax victory with only five second left in the game. The win gave the Trax their second three game winning streak of the season.

The Trax will look to continue their wining ways tomorrow night in Jacksonville. The Trax will face the Barracudas for the fourth time in two weeks and third time in Jacksonville. The puck drops at 7:05 pm from Veterans Memorial Arena.

All Trax broadcasts can be heard on Talk Radio 1670 WMWR starting 15 minutes before the puck drop. Tickets for all home games start as low as six dollars. Call the Trax at 478-742-4TIX to reserve your seat.



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