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Game Summary: December 17, 2004- RoughRiders 9 Des Moines 1
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Game Summary: December 17, 2004- RoughRiders 9 Des Moines 1
<P>The host RoughRiders tied a team record for goals in a single game as they routed the Des Moines Buccaneers 9-1 Friday night.</P>
<P>With the win, the Riders are now unbeaten in regulation (12-0-2) in their last 14 games, a team record. The Riders are also within one game of matching the longest home unbeaten streak in club history. The Riders have gone nine home games (7-0-2) without a regulation loss.</P>
<P>The Riders broke the game open early, scoring four times on five shots in the first 8:19 of the first period to chase Des Moines starting goaltender A.J. Bucchino from the game.</P>
<P>Rob Ricci (who would later add two assists) opened the onslaught when he converted a Ted Purcell centering past just 2:45 into the game.</P>
<P>Just 22 seconds later, Justin Abdelkader crashed the net to give the Riders a 2-0 lead.</P>
<P>Mere minutes later, the Riders finished Bucchino’s evening with back-to-back power play goals.</P>
<P>Zach Miskovic’s blue line blast sailed wide, but Alec Martinez pounced on the loose puck in front to score the first of his two goals and extend the lead to 3-0 at 5:55.</P>
<P>At 8:19 Ted Purcell fired a shot from the right wing circle between Bucchino’s pads for the fourth Rider goal, at which point Jake Maida replaced Bucchino.</P>
<P>The scoreboard remained unchanged until 16:47 of the second period when Jeff Hazelwood scored on a breakaway to trim the Riders’ advantage to 4-1.</P>
<P>Just over a minute later, however, Martinez struck again on the power play, firing the puck home from the left wing circle to put the Riders back up by four.</P>
<P>In the third period, the Riders ripped into the Bucs for four more goals in a span of just under nine minutes.</P>
<P>The Riders were shorthanded when Jon Grabarek flipped the puck past Maida from the left wing boards to make the score 6-1 at the 8:35 mark of the third.</P>
<P>Shane Lovdahl scored the seventh Cedar Rapids goal during a two man advantage at 12:14. Lovdahl rifled the puck in from the high slot.</P>
<P>Greg Collins scored another power play goal- the Riders’ team record-tying fifth of the night- from the doorstep at 14:11.</P>
<P>Matt Vokes skated down the slot to beat Maida and cap off the Rider win with goal number nine at 17:23 of the third.</P>
<P>Not to be lost in the Riders’ offensive explosion was the work of goaltender Dan Tormey, who made 22 saves to extend his season opening unbeaten streak (10-0-1) to a team record eleven games.</P>
<P><A href="http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=134654" target=_blank>Box Score</A></P> |
Posted on Saturday, December 18, 2004 (Archive on Saturday, December 18, 2004)
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