Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 6, 1994 TAG: 9402060160
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LOUISVILLE, KY. LENGTH: Medium
After back-to-back shutouts by Paul Cohen, Ryder's single-goal performance gave the Express a stretch of 10 periods with only one goal against. Included in that streak were nine consecutive scoreless periods.
With Roanoke on the power play, Jestadt opened the scoring at 6 minutes, 16 seconds of the opening period. Will Averill's pass from the left point to Jestadt in the slot was waist-high, but Jestadt was able to glove the puck and drop it to his feet. He then slapped his 27th goal of the season past IceHawks goalie Chris Clifford.
Exactly four minutes later, Jestadt had his second consecutive two-goal performance. After Ilja Dubkov's spinning pass from behind the net found Jestadt in a corner, the Express forward waltzed unmolested to the left of Clifford and banged home his own short-side rebound at 10:16 to make it 2-0. That's how the period ended.
Midway through the second period, Louisville's Joe Eagan and Roanoke's Gairin Smith were ejected for instigating a brief 10-man battle royal in front of the Express bench. But when Eagan also was given a five-minute major penalty for swatting Dubkov, the Express gained a five-minute power play.
Chris Potter, a defenseman playing his first shift as a forward this season, tipped home Averill's blast from the blue line at 11:55 of the period to make it 3-0.
Louisville's Adam Hayes scored the league-high 16th short-handed goal against Roanoke this season, as his 15-foot wrist shot from the right side beat Ryder low to the stick side at 2:23 of the third period.
Reggie Brezeault countered for the Express less than two minutes later, crashing the net after winning a faceoff back to Kyle Galloway. Brezeault controlled the rebound of Galloway's shot and put his own shot high over Clifford's right arm at 4:12.
The game was marred in the third when Louisville's Brian Cook, standing in front of the Roanoke penalty box with blood pouring down his face, fired a glove at the face of linesman Jerry Walker with play underway. Cook, who needed seven stitches to close a cut under his right eye, was upset at Walker for not blowing the whistle. He also fired his mouthpiece at the linesman before bumping him and receiving a game-misconduct penalty.
The victory was the third in a row for the Express (27-20-2), which completes a three-game, three-day road swing today in Dayton, Ohio.
Louisville (12-29-7) was handed its third consecutive defeat.
by CNB