ROAD ROUGH ON RAMPAGE

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1993                   TAG: 9301270222
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short
ROAD ROUGH ON RAMPAGE
After stopping the longest losing run in East Coast Hockey League history, the Roanoke Valley Rampage still has one more negative streak with which to deal.
The Rampage, which beat Knoxville 5-4 on Saturday in Vinton to end an ECHL-record 16-game slide, wasn't as successful at terminating its road losing streak Tuesday night, losing 6-5 to the Raleigh IceCaps at Dorton Arena.
The loss was Roanoke Valley's ECHL-record 20th straight on the road. The Rampage, 1-20-1 on the road, hasn't won away from Vinton in nearly three months.
As opposed to many of its road games this season, the Rampage (11-32-1) was in this one. Roanoke Valley closed to 6-5 on Joe Dragon's goal with 4:55 left, but despite outshooting the IceCaps 20-10 in the third period, couldn't draw even.
Dean Dorchak had two goals and an assist to pace Roanoke Valley. Scott Burfoot, Ken Blum and Dragon had the other Rampage goals.
Rick Barkovich and Mike Lappin each had two goals for Raleigh (26-15-3).
\ ICE CHIPS: Dorchak's two goals were his club-high 27th and 28th. Burfoot's was his 27th. . . . The win was Raleigh's fifth straight over Roanoke Valley. The IceCaps lead the season series 7-2. . . . The victory enabled Raleigh to close to one point of first-place Wheeling in the ECHL's Eastern Division. . . . Roanoke Valley is 7-26 vs. Eastern Division foes. . . . The Rampage makes its first visit of the season to Richmond on Friday. On Saturday, Roanoke Valley travels to Johnstown, the site of its only road win this season.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB