Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 24, 1995 TAG: 9511270029
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-9 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Medium
But after losing their sixth straight shootout on Wednesday against Roanoke, it's hard for them not to consider that nasty, four-letter word. Particularly after the way they lost this one.
After the Admirals went up 2-0 in the shootout on goals by Bob Woods and Serge Aubin, the Express deadlocked matters with the required five chances. Jeff Jablonski and Jason Clarke scored the goals.
Forced into a sudden-death, the Admirals left the Scope ice on the short end when Roanoke's third extra shooter, Ilya Dubkov, deked and went upper right shelf against Admirals goalie Darryl Paquette and Sean Selmser couldn't answer at the other end.
Final score, 4-3.
``It just keeps happening,'' said Trevor Halverson, the first of six straight Admirals denied on the shootout by Roanoke goalie Daniel Berthiaume.
Hampton Roads (8-2-6) jumped on top when Dominic Maltais scored on a rebound 6:43 in. Rick Kowalsky then upped the lead with 1:10 left in the opening period when he one-timed a centering pass from Ron Pascucci past Berthiaume's on a power play.
Roanoke (10-8-0) struck back in the second period, however, with power-play goals by Dave Stewart and Duane Harmer.
The Admirals were plagued by penalties throughout the period and their frustration with referee Paul Mariconda boiled over when Admirals captain Rod Taylor fired the puck from center ice into his team's own zone, barely missing Mariconda, who was trailing the play.
Taylor, who received a game misconduct for the incident, was apparently upset that a penalty hadn't been called when Kowalsky was tied up along the boards as the Admirals headed up ice.
by CNB