Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 11, 1993 TAG: 9301110095
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Landmark News Service
DATELINE: GREENSBORO, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
RAMPAGE FALLS 3-2 FOR 11TH STRAIGHT LOSS
One night after beating the best team in the East Coast Hockey League, the Greensboro Monarchs struggled to beat the worst Sunday night.Chris Wolanin scored two goals, the first two-goal game of his career to lead the Monarchs to a 3-2 win over the Roanoke Valley Rampage, which lost its 11th consecutive game.
One night earlier, Greensboro had defeated Raleigh, the ECHL's top winning team. Monarchs coach Jeff Brubaker said that it might have had an effect on his team.
"I guess you could say that we played as well as we had to," Brubaker said.
Greensboro had scored a total of 20 goals in its past two wins over Roanoke Valley, both coming against goalie Ray LeTourneau. On Sunday, Roanoke played Todd Chin in goal, and Chin slowed the Monarchs, stopping 38 shots.
At the other end, Bill Horn stopped 27 of Roanoke's 29 shots to run his record to 11-2.
Roanoke played most of the first period in a power play, having a two-man advantage for one long stretch of the period. Still, Greensboro dictated play, scoring on Wolanin's short-hand goal midway through the period and getting three other breakaway opportunities that Chin stopped.
Horn worked his way through four Roanoke power plays, stopping nine straight shots before Rampage forward Chris Smith scored.
Phil Berger scored 1:31 into the second period, deflecting in a blast from Dave Burke to give the Monarchs a two-goal lead. Wolanin then scored the game-winner, intercepting a Roanoke pass at the point and slapping it in.
Roanoke's final goal came at 18:45 of the second period on a power play. The Rampage scored on only one of 10 power-play opportunities. \
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