Vegas uses five-goal third to defeat Fresno, 6-4
March 1, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno Falcons led 2-1 after 40 minutes but gave-up a season-high five goals against during the final period, eventually falling to the Las Vegas Wranglers, 6-4, at Save Mart Center. Fresno is now 0-4-1 against Las Vegas and has one last chance to defeat the Wranglers when they clash for the final time of the regular season again at Save Mart Center this Sunday.
After a scoreless first period, the Wranglers opened the scoring with a power play goal off a deflection from Sean O'Connor at 3:34 of the second. The Falcons tied the game with a power play goal of their own shortly thereafter when Fraser Clair re-directed a Luke Curtin shot at 5:05. Fresno then took its only lead of the game again on the power play in the final minute of the middle period. J.F. Plourde's shot from the slot deflected off a Wranglers stick and back over the shoulder of goaltender Marc Magliarditi at 19:28, giving the Falcons a 2-1 lead heading to the third.
Las Vegas scored the game's fourth power play goal just 2:26 into the third. This time it was a deflection off a Falcons body back past their goaltender Brett Jaeger, and the game was tied at two. The tipping point came mid-way through the period as the visitors scored twice in a 31 second span. Marco Peluso sent a bullet feed in front from the left wing corner that was deflected past Jaeger by Darren Lynch at 12:25, and Dan Tudin then roofed a puck at 12:56 to give the Wranglers a 4-2 edge. Fresno climbed back within one off a deflected shot from the point that was credited to P.O. Beaulieu at 14:19, but Vegas' Tyler Sloan responded with another deflection off a left corner feed at 17:13 to restore the two-goal advantage. The Wranglers' Matt Dzieduszycki added an empty-netter at 18:58 for his team's fifth goal of the period before John Wroblewski provided too little too late at 19:23 with the teams back to five-on-five for the final 6-4 margin.
The loss drops Fresno to 31-11-10 with 72 points, six more than the idle second-place Long Beach Ice Dogs atop the Pacific Division.
The Falcons are back in action on Friday when they host the Dayton Bombers at Save Mart Center at 7 p.m. The first 2,000 fans will receive a free Falcons wallet courtesy of Solutions Mortgage. The Wranglers then return on Sunday, March 5, at 5 p.m. at Save Mart Center. Kids 12 and under are free and the first 2,000 fans will receive the fourth in a series of five Falcons posters.
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