Game Summary: February 11, 2005- RoughRiders 5 Chicago 4 (ot)

Game Summary: February 11, 2005- RoughRiders 5 Chicago 4 (ot)

<P>Jon Gabarek&#8217;s goal 2:27 into overtime gave the RoughRiders a playoff clinching 5-4 win over the host Chicago Steel Friday night.</P> <P>The win, which was also the Riders&#8217; league-record breaking thirteenth straight on the road, enabled Cedar Rapids to lock up its fifth straight post season berth.</P> <P>Grabarek, who also had one assist, fired a Justin Abdelkader feed home from the right wing circle for the deciding goal.</P> <P>Overtime came on the heels of a scoreless third period.</P> <P>Chicago&#8217;s David Marshall had a hat trick and one assist in a wild six-goal second period as the Steel battled back from 3-0 and 4-3 deficits to twice tie the score in the second.</P> <P>Ted Purcell (two power play goals) and Justin Abdelkader (one goal, two assists) led the Rider attack.</P> <P>Brandon Svendsen scored the Riders&#8217; other goal shorthanded just under three minutes into the first period. That goal gave the Riders and early 2-0 lead, but any hopes the Riders might have had of an easy night soon vanished. </P> <P><A href="http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=134742" target=_blank>Box Score</A></P>

Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 (Archive on Sunday, February 13, 2005)

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