Game Summary: November 25, 2004- RoughRiders 2 Waterloo 1 (so)

Game Summary: November 25, 2004- RoughRiders 2 Waterloo 1 (so)

<p>Ted Purcell and Jon Grabarek converted penalty shots and Alex Stalock stopped all four Waterloo Black Hawk shooters as the RoughRiders defeated the host Black Hawks 2-1 in a shootout Thursday night.</p> <p>The win was the Riders&#8217; third in a row and extended Cedar Rapids&#8217; unbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1). The Black Hawks did earn one point for the shootout loss.</p> <p>Purcell scored on the Riders&#8217; first penalty shot and Grabarek buried the fourth Cedar Rapids chance, after which Stalock stopped Waterloo&#8217;s Garret Regan to clinch the win.</p> <p>After the Riders&#8217; Matt Vokes tied the game at one with a power play goal at 8:13 of the second period, neither team found the back of the net again until the game went to the shootout. Vokes tipped Phil Axtell&#8217;s shot from the slot past Waterloo netminder Drew O&#8217;Connell.</p> <p>The Black Hawks had capped off a first period in which they outshot the Riders 13-7 by taking a 1-0 lead with a power play goal of their own. After Drew Dobson missed the net with a shot from the right point, the puck caromed off the end boards into the goalmouth and Jesse Vesel fired it into the net to put Waterloo on top.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=134615" target="_blank">Box Score</a></p>

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