Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 8, 1993 TAG: 9303080113
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Landmark News Service
DATELINE: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. LENGTH: Short
RAMPAGE LOSES IN WINSTON-SALEM
Professional hockey returned to Winston-Salem on Sunday night, but those weren't the Thunderbirds on the ice in the Joel Coliseum annex.Instead, the Greensboro Monarchs, once a hated rival of the now-departed Thunderbirds, were battling fatigue and the Roanoke Valley Rampage, trying to move into the East Coast Hockey League playoff picture.
That the Monarchs did, rallying to defeat Roanoke Valley 6-3 for their third win in four games played on consecutive nights. In the process, the Monarchs picked up seven of a possible eight points and kept their playoff hopes alive.
Roanoke Valley, the team with the worst record in the ECHL, was outshot by Greensboro 44-20.
The crowd of 1,544 was the smallest of the games that Rampage owner Larry Revo moved from the Vinton LancerLot to Winston-Salem.
Forwards Davis Payne and Phil Berger led Greensboro with two goals each, and Monarchs goalie Pat LaBrecque, in relief of Bill Horn, shut out the Rampage for the final 41 minutes.
In the opening period, Greensboro peppered Roanoke Valley goalie Todd Chin with 20 shots and broke out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Monarchs defenseman Dean Tayonce and Payne. The Monarchs seemed to be in control until Roanoke Valley notched a pair of quick goals to make it 2-2.
Defenseman Dean Dorchak scored at 16:26 amid a flurry of action in the mouth of the Monarchs' goal, then the Rampage's Chris Taylor came back at 17:56 to deflect a teammate's shot into the Greensboro net.
The Rampage jumped ahead 3-2 early in the second on Ken Blum's goal that trickled into the Greensboro goal after being stopped by Horn. \
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