News release
29 January 2005
Glens Falls, NY The Adirondack Frostbite overcame three different Elmira Jackals leads to win 4-3 Saturday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
For the second straight night, Elmira scored first and carried a 1-0 into the break. Dean Jackson sniped a wicked wrist shot into the top corner over the stick side of Derek Gustafson at 4:55 from Carl Drakensjo and Greg Koehler.
In the second period Adirondack quickly tied the game with a power play goal from David Burgess at 5:55. But the Jackals had a timely response as Captain Trevor Burgess (no relation) turned in a rebound from Chris Shaw and Jeff Antonovich for a 2-1 lead. Back came the Frostbite again, leveling the score at 12:42 as Hugo Belanger netted his first of the game. Gustafson was forced to leave the game in the middle of the period with an injury and was replaced by rookie back up Kris Tebbs.
It took just 42 seconds of the third period for Elmira to put the puck past Tebbs. Jamie Thompson executed a classic burst down the left wing, turning the corner on Scott Drevitch and sliding the puck in for a 3-2 Jackals lead, Eddy Lowe earned the assist. But at 2:08 the game was once again drawn even as Frank Bakrlik scored from Trevor Segstro. Just after the media timeout, at 10:44 the Frostbite captain Belanger gave Adirondack their first lead of the night scoring his second goal of the game, and it would turn out to be the game winner. Elmira finished the game with a 6-on-4 advantage, but with the net empty and a power play combined the Jackals still were not able to send the game to a shootout.
Goaltender Kris Tebbs made 7 saves on 8 shots for the win in 25+ minutes of action, Derek Gustafson stopped 9-of-11 before leaving with an injury. Greg Hewitt took the loss for Elmira, stopping 26-of-30 on the night.
Elmira will next host the Port Huron Beacons Friday February 4th at 7:30 pm at the First Arena.