STORM COME UP EMPTY ON ROAD AGAINST STARS
Lincoln goalie Murdock has shut out Tri-City in nine-consecutive periods
Friday, January 7, 2011
- Game Summary
LINCOLN, Neb. – For the third consecutive game against the Lincoln Stars, the Tri-City Storm were shutout by goaltender Kevin Murdock, who led the Stars to a 3-0 win on Friday night. Murdock made 27 saves in the win, which dropped the Storm’s record to 1-3-1 against the Stars this season.
Lincoln (12-13-1, 25 pts) opened the scoring 5:26 into the first period on Zachary Aston-Reese’s first goal of the season in his first game with the Stars. The Storm attempted to clear the puck to the neutral zone, but Lincoln’s Matt Prapavessis was able to keep the puck in the zone at the right-point. Prapavessis passed it to Aston-Reese in the slot for the shot that beat Storm goalie Scott Diebold, who was screened by Stars’ forward Teemu Tiitinen in front of the crease.
The Stars increased their lead at the 6:38 mark in the second period, as Eric Schied scored on the power play from Garret Peterson and Matt Prapavessis. The Stars came into the game with the league’s top power-play percentage and finished the game 1-for-3.
Tri-City (12-8-5, 29 pts) had 16 shots on goal in the second period after only having four shots in the first period.
In the third period, the Storm went down 3-0 on Andrew Schmit’s fourth goal of the season with 12:21 left in the game.
The Storm had three power-play opportunities in the final period, however finished the game 0-for-5 with the man-advantage.
Tri-City is currently on a three-game road, which continues on Saturday night against Des Moines and finishes on Wednesday at Sioux Falls. The Storm return to the Viaero Event Center on January 14th against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.
Notes: The Storm dropped to 0-8-3 when trailing after two periods… Soren Jonzzon’s five-game point streak (1g, 4a) came to an end on Friday night… It was the second regulation loss for the Storm since Nov. 26th and the first road loss since Nov. 20th
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Lincoln - Zachary Aston-Reese (Matt Prapavessis, Sam Alfieri) 5:26
Period 2
Lincoln - Eric Scheid (powerplay) (Garrett Peterson, Matt Prapavessis) 6:38
Period 3
Lincoln - Andrew Schmit (Ryan Dzingel) 7:39
Shots
Tri-City – 4, 16, 7 – Total 27
Lincoln – 8, 12, 8 – Total 28
Saves
Tri-City – Scott Diebold (Loss) 25 (28 shots)
Lincoln – Kevin Murdock (Win) 27 (27 shots)
Power Play
Tri-City – 0/5
Lincoln – 1/3