News release
24 February 2007
Kris Tebbs makes a save Saturday against Rockford
Elmira, NY The Rockford IceHogs overcame a two goal deficit to beat Elmira Jackals 4-2 in front of a sell-out crowd at First Arena Saturday night.
The Elmira Jackals surpassed the 100,000 fans mark for attendance this season at First Arena as they entertained a sell-out crowd of 4,031 Saturday. There was plenty of excitement in the first period as the Jackals jumped out to an early lead. Dan Veenema scored his 4th goal of the season at 2:44, assisted by David Morelli and Rob Chappell, putting the home ahead 1-0. Jeff Daw then tallied his first goal as a Jackal when he finished a beautiful pass from Brent Cullaton for a short-handed goal at 7:03. There were also four fights in the raucous opening twenty minute, Curtis Tidball fought Eric Lizon twice, Chris Mann squared off with Robin Big Snake and Eric Lind went after Paul Brown.
Despite all of the Jackals momentum in the first period, Rockford staged a strong comeback in the second. Bryce Cockburn put Rockford on the board at 5:43 from Robin Big Snake and Nathan Lutz. Kevin Ulanski tied the game at two at 9:54, from Big Snake on a 2-on-1. Nathan Lutz then put the IceHogs in front with a goal at 15:23, assisted by Cockburn and Jason Ralph. Ralph completed Rockfords 4-goal period at 17:12, assisted by Ulanski and the visitors took a 2-goal lead into the third period.
Elmira pulled starting goaltender Dave Lemanowicz and replaced him with Kris Tebbs for the third period. Tebbs shut the door on Rockford, stopping all 12 shots he faced, but the Jackals could not get anything else past IceHogs goalie Frederic Cloutier.
Cloutier earned his 30th win of the season as he stopped 13-of-15 shots for Rockford. Starter Dave Lemanowicz took the loss, blocking 22-of-26 shots in 40:00 minutes of action. Kris Tebbs made 12 saves on 12 shots in the final 20:00 of play. Rockford finished the game 0-for-6 on the power play, while Elmira was 0-for-3 in the game. Jackals captain Brent Cullaton received a match penalty at the 20:00 mark of the third period.
The Jackals will finish off their weekend series with Rockford on Sunday afternoon for a 4:05 pm face off at First Arena. Sundays game will include a Bobby K activity in the concourse, a post game skate with the Jackals and an intermission sling shot contest with WINK 106 personalities Scott Free, Eric McKay and Jessie Jordan. Also on Sunday the Jackals will be giving away free pairs of Thundersticks to the first 1,000 fans in attendance courtesy of Blue Manufacturing. During the intermissions fans will also have an opportunity to catch one of 200 HSBC Bank water bottles that will be thrown into the crowd.