Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 3, 1994 TAG: 9401030116
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: KNOXVILLE, TENN. LENGTH: Medium
Rallying from a 2-0 deficit after Roanoke scored on its first two shots of the game against Rheaume, Knoxville scored three unanswered goals in the third period to whip the Express 7-4.
The Cherokees (22-11-2) scored three times in the game's final seven minutes, 48 seconds to break a 4-4 tie and deal the Express (16-16-1) its third straight East Coast Hockey League road loss.
Knoxville's Scott Metcalfe scored what proved to be the game-winning goal, maneuvering around Roanoke defenseman Will Averill at the top of the left circle and ripping a drive past Express goalie Jim Mill.
Carl LeBlanc scored the second of his two goals only 1:37 later to give Knoxville a 6-4 lead. Mike Murray's power-play tip-in goal with 3:58 left iced the win.
Things started well enough for the Express. It took only 60 seconds for Roanoke to score, as Lev Berdichevsky whipped a drive past Rheaume from the left-hash mark. Roanoke made it 2-0 only 73 seconds later when defenseman Chris Potter blasted a slap shot over Rheaume's right shoulder.
Rheaume, making her fourth start, all of which have come at home, was then lifted by Knoxville coach Barry Smith in favor of No. 1 netminder Cory Cadden.
Knoxville wasted little time coming back, getting a power-play score from Scott Boston at 4:26, a short-handed goal from LeBlanc at 17:16 and a rebound goal by Steve Flomenhoft at 19:25 to skate off with a 3-2 lead.
The Cherokees made it 4-2 at 7:30 of the second period on John Larson's right-point slap shot.
The Express, which outshot the hosts 16-6 in the second, fought back to tie it at 4 on an unassisted goal by Jeff Jestadt and Dave "Moose" Morissette's score with with 3:16 left in the period.
\ ICE CHIPS: The Express, which puts its ECHL-best seven-game home winning streak on the line Tuesday against Greensboro at the Roanoke Civic Center, fell to 5-12-1 on the road. . . . Roanoke forward Stephen Tepper was recalled to Kansas City of the International Hockey League on Sunday. . . . Berdichevsky's goal was his team-high 22nd of the season. . . . Morissette's goal was his first in 11 games; Potter's his first in 15 games.
by CNB