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Game Summary: March 18, 2005- RoughRiders 8 Chicago 2
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Game Summary: March 18, 2005- RoughRiders 8 Chicago 2
<p>Matt Vokes, Jordan Pietrus and Rob Ricci scored two goals apiece and the RoughRiders rolled to an 8-2 win over the Chicago Steel in what was the Riders’ final regular season home game.</p>
<p>With four assists on the night Ted Purcell reached 59 points for the season, a new Rider single season record.</p>
<p>Purcell was not the only Rider to write his name in the club record book.</p>
<p>Vokes tied the team record for most goals in one season (27).</p>
<p>Ricci matched another club record by extending his point-scoring streak to ten straight games.</p>
<p>The Riders scored six unanswered goals to turn a game that was tied at two in the second period into a rout.</p>
<p>Pietrus scored from the high slot to break the tie at 7:30 of the second period.</p>
<p>With just 3.5 seconds left in the second and the Riders on the power play, Ricci fired the puck home through traffic to extend the lead to 4-2.</p>
<p>There was no let up from the Riders in the third period. Alec Martinez made it 5-2 just 2:02 into the second when he roofed the puck from the left wing circle.</p>
<p>Pietrus crashed the net to score his second at 13:40 of the third. </p>
<p>Ricci capped off the night for the Riders when he buried the puck from the left wing circle at 16:16 to make it 8-2 with what was the Riders’ fourth power play goal of the game.</p>
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 (Archive on Friday, March 18, 2005)
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