News release
28 January 2006
Danbury, CT The Elmira Jackals suffered a difficult defeat Saturday night as they were soundly beaten by the Danbury Trashers 6-1 at the Danbury Ice Arena.
After blowing a 3-0 lead the night before, the Trashers wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. J.M. Daoust scored just 49 seconds into the game, setting the tone for a long evening for the Jackals. Jeff Daw made it 2-0 at 11:31 of the first as Danbury out-shot the Jackals 12-9 in the opening period.
It was in the middle session when the home side blew the flood gates wide open. Drew Omicioli scored a power play goal at 2:06, a shot that deflected off a Jackals stick up over the shoulder of Nick Boucher for a 3-0 score. Three minutes later the lead was four when Alex Goupil scored at 5:22 on what appeared to be another shot that changed direction on the way to the net. At 14:25 Danny Stewart gave the Trashers a 5-0 advantage with a goal from Ryan Barnes. Elmiras lone bright spot came late in the second period when rookie center Andy Rozak redirected a shot from John Donnelly past Sylvain Daigle for the first goal of his professional career. Rozaks goal was assisted by Donnelly and Josh Tataryn at 17:19 and it seemed to provide a little spark for the visitors. Elmira even was awarded a power play at 19:15 when Goupil was called for slashing.
But any hopes the Jackals may have possessed were quickly dashed in the third period. Danbury killed off the carry-over penalty and then put the icing on the cake. J.M. Daoust finished off the scoring and the Jackals with his second goal of the game at 6:43, helping the Trashers to a 6-1 victory.
Sylvain Daigle was in strong form in goal for Danbury, stopping 32-of-33 in the win for the Thrashers, while Nick Boucher suffered the loss while making 29 saves on 35 shots. Elmira was 1-for-6 on the power play and Danbury was 1-for-4.
The Jackals go back home for a Sunday afternoon affair with the Motor City Mechanics, a 4:05 pm face off at the First Arena.