ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996 TAG: 9602260047
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: TOLEDO, OHIO
SOURCE: Staff report
TOLEDO SENDS Roanoke to its 12th loss in its last 15 road games.
The Express' trip started on a sour note as Norm Dezainde scored the first hat trick of his professional career, including the game-winner, as the Toledo Storm defeated Roanoke 6-3 on Friday night in an East Coast Hockey League game at the Toledo Sports Arena.
Dezainde knocked in the puck during a goal-mouth scramble at the 8:04 mark of the third period after Dennis Purdie was denied by Express goalie Daniel Berthiaume from close range.
Barely a minute later, Toledo's Mark Stitt one-timed a loose puck in the high slot after Roanoke's Craig Herr misplayed an outlet feed at his feet as the Storm took a 5-3 lead. Dezainde completed his hat trick with an empty-netter at 18:04.
Duane Harmer opened the scoring for the Express in the first period, as his red-line dump squirted through the pads of Toledo goaltender David Goverde at 4:36.
Former Storm forward Jeff Jablonski burned his old teammates with a left-wing blast midway through the period, collecting an Ilya Dubkov steal at the red line and beating Goverde again through the pads for his team-leading 33rd goal at 10:56. Roanoke (32-22-2 ) led 2-0 at the first intermission despite being outshot 15-4.
Toledo (41-11-5) roared to three consecutive goals in the second period.
Dennis Purdie beat Berhtiuame on a third-rebound backhand at 3:59 to make it 2-1. Dezainde tied the score a few seconds after coming out of the penalty box, controlling a give-and-go feed with Mike Kolenda up the right wing and snapping a wicked wrist shot by Berthiaume on the stick side at 9:20.
Toledo took a 3-2 lead on its only power play of the game, as B.J. MacPherson poked a loose puck through the legs of Berthiaume after the Express failed to pounce on the puck in the crease at 11:59. Jason Clarke was off the ice for slashing.
The Express, outshot 32-8 through two periods, managed to tie the score late in the second period on a five-on-three center-point power-play blast by Wade Gibson at 15:54.
Toledo is one game shy of tying the ECHL record for consecutive games without a loss. Toledo, 17-0-3 since the arrival of Goverde, is one shy of the record of 21 without a loss set this season by Richmond.
Roanoke has won three of its past 15 away from the Roanoke Civic Center. The Express has won seven in a row at home.
The Express travels to Pennsylvania for games tonight in Johnstown (7:30) and Sunday in Erie (6 p.m.).
Roanoke 210-3
Toledo 033-6
First period-1, Roanoke, Harmer 4 (Clarke), 4:36. 2, Roanoke, Jablonski 33 (Dubkov), 10:56. Penalties-Biette, Ro (holding stick), 15:28; MacPherson, To (roughing), 15:28.
Second period-3, Toledo, Purdie 18 (Stitt, Carter), 3:59. 4, Toledo, Dezainde 12 (MacPherson, Kolenda), 9:20. 5, Toledo, MacPherson 21 (Dezainde, Carper), 11:59 (pp). 6, Roanoke, Gibson 6 (Biette), 15:54 (pp). Penalties-Dezainde, To (roughing), 1:43; Clarke, Ro (slashing), 11:10; Gibson, Ro (roughing), 11:10; Herr, Ro (roughing), 11:10; Penn, To (roughing), 11:10; Kolenda, To (roughing), 11:10; Purdie, To (roughing), 11:10; Clarke, Ro (roughing), 11:59; Purdie, To major (misconduct), 13:10; Dezainde, To (roughing), 13:54; Kolenda, To (kneeing), 15:34.
Third period-7, Toledo, Dezainde 13 (Purdie, MacPherson), 8:04. 8, Toledo, Stitt 14, 9:14. 9, Toledo, Dezainde 14 (Koch, Carper), 18:04 (en). Penalties-Clarke, Ro major (fighting), 1:43; Dezainde, To (fighting), 1:43; Mears, To (holding), 14:53.
Shots on goal-Roanoke 4-4-10-18. Toledo 15-17-10-42.
Goalies-Roanoke, Berthiaume L (41 shots-36 saves). Toledo, Goverde W (18-15).
Power-play opportunities-Roanoke 1-of-4. Toledo 1-of-1.
Referee-Jeff Smith. Linesmen-Brian Wisner, Barry Conway.
A-5,002.
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