Mike Sillinger scored shorthanded in the 2nd period to open up a two goal margin for the Thoroughblades, and Nick Fotiu's team did their best impression of the New Jersey Devils to preserve the victory, despite the nearly singlehanded effort of Ilya Kovalchuk to even the score. Lexington was outshot 34-25, but most of these were from outside, and Manny Fernandez was generally up to the task. Kentucky was 2-7 on the power play and the T-Blades only got 2 PP chances (the referee had to be from from Paducah).
 
The three stars, brought to you by Evans Country Sausage (It's goooood...):
 
1.  Darryl Sydor - +4, 3 assists
2.  Ilya Kovalchuk - 2 goals
3.  Adrian Aucion - +3, goal, assist
 
The T-blades wrap up block 1 against the KIller Kittens.

                Kentucky Ice Tigers at Lexington Thoroughblades                 
DATE : 11/01/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kentucky Ice Tigers            1  1  1  0  3 
Lexington Thoroughblades       1  2  2  0  5 

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kentucky Ice Tigers            11 12 11 0  34
Lexington Thoroughblades       8  7  10 0  25

 G O A L  S U M M A R Y 
1. LEX. STEVE SULLIVAN(2)( DARRYL SYDOR, ADRIAN AUCOIN ): 1st 11:55
2. KIT. ROBERT LANG(1)( BILL GUERIN, ILYA KOVALCHUK ) (PP) : 1st 16:04
3. LEX. MIKE SILLINGER(2)( WAYNE PRIMEAU, DARRYL SYDOR ) (SH) : 2nd 11:01
4. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN(1)( STEVE SULLIVAN, BRYAN SMOLINSKI ): 2nd 13:27
5. KIT. ILYA KOVALCHUK(1)( DMITRI KALININ, ROBERT LANG ) (PP) : 2nd 14:59
6. LEX. BRIAN ROLSTON(2)( SERGEI BRYLIN, DARRYL SYDOR ): 3rd 1:40
7. KIT. ILYA KOVALCHUK(2)( ROBERT LANG, BILL GUERIN ): 3rd 7:17
8. LEX. NICKLAS LIDSTROM(2)( SERGEI BRYLIN, BRIAN ROLSTON ): 3rd 8:34

 P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. KIT. ILYA KOVALCHUK - 2 Minutes: 1st 0:31
2. LEX. JAY PANDOLFO - 2 Minutes: 1st 15:47
3. LEX. OSSI VAANANEN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 2:11
4. LEX. ROD BRIND'AMOUR - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:07
5. LEX. OSSI VAANANEN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 14:11
6. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 18:09
7. LEX. BRYAN SMOLINSKI - 2 Minutes: 3rd 5:08
8. KIT. MARK BELL - 2 Minutes: 3rd 10:05
9. LEX. MANNY FERNANDEZ - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:54
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY OSSI VAANANEN

 I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For Kentucky Ice Tigers
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
ILYA KOVALCHUK                 -1   6  2  1   2  1  0   1-0 36 19:34  2   0  2  1 
SCOTT WALKER                    0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 16  8:49  0   0  0  0 
TODD BERTUZZI                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 14:28  1   2  0  0 
DAVID LEGWAND                  -3   2  0  0   0  0  0   6-3 29 17:09  0   0  2  1 
MARIUSZ CZERKAWSKI             -3   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 29 17:09  0   1  1  1 
BILL GUERIN                    -1   3  0  2   0  0  0   0-0 36 19:34  1   2  0  0 
KEVYN ADAMS                    -2   1  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 29 16:47  0   0  0  0 
MARK BELL                       0   1  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 24 14:28  0   0  1  0 
DOUG WEIGHT                     0   5  0  0   0  0  0   4-3 24 14:28  1   0  0  0 
DARCY TUCKER                   -1   4  0  0   0  0  0   1-1 16  9:11  0   0  1  2 
ERIC BELANGER                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   2-2 10  6:02  1   0  1  0 
ROBERT LANG                    -1   3  1  2   0  1  0   9-4 36 19:34  0   0  0  1 
DMITRI KALININ                 -3   1  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 53 28:18  1   1  0  0 
MARK EATON                     -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 36 22:03  0   1  0  0 
JASSEN CULLIMORE               -3   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 37 21:09  3   2  0  0 
KENNY JONSSON                  -1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 36 22:03  1   0  0  1 
TOM POTI                        0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 32 16:48  0   1  0  0 
KEITH CARNEY                    0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 16  9:39  2   0  0  0 
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TOTAL                         -20  34  3  6   4  2  0 25-13          13  10  8  7

Player Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
ADRIAN AUCOIN                   3   3  1  1   2  0  0   0-0 53 28:18  0   1  0  4 
ROD BRIND'AMOUR                 0   1  0  0   2  0  0   5-3 30 17:15  0   0  0  0 
SERGEI BRYLIN                   1   0  0  2   0  0  0   2-0 42 22:21  0   0  0  0 
NICLAS HAVELID                  1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0  6  3:09  0   0  0  0 
NICKLAS LIDSTROM                0   2  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 47 27:48  1   0  0  2 
TREVOR LINDEN                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 10  6:02  0   0  0  0 
RICHARD MATVICHUK               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 16  9:39  0   0  0  0 
SHAWN McEACHERN                 0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 14:28  0   0  0  1 
FREDRIK MODIN                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   1-0 30 17:15  0   0  0  2 
MARCUS NILSON                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 10  6:02  0   0  0  0 
JAY PANDOLFO                    1   1  0  0   2  0  0   1-0 34 18:40  1   0  0  0 
WAYNE PRIMEAU                   1   1  0  1   0  0  0   1-0 18 10:05  0   0  0  0 
BRIAN ROLSTON                   1   5  1  1   0  0  0   6-6 26 15:12  2   0  1  3 
MIKE SILLINGER                  3   4  1  0   0  0  1   7-3 29 17:09  0   0  0  0 
BRYAN SMOLINSKI                 2   1  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 23 14:00  0   0  0  1 
STEVE SULLIVAN                  2   3  1  1   0  0  0   0-0 29 16:47  0   0  0  2 
DARRYL SYDOR                    4   2  0  3   0  0  0   0-0 52 29:25  2   0  0  0 
OSSI VAANANEN                   0   0  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 30 18:54  1   1  0  0 
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TOTAL                          19  25  5 10  12  0  1 25-12           7   2  1 15

Goalie Stats For Kentucky Ice Tigers
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
PATRICK LALIME                   0      0   0    0  0  0   0   
TOMAS VOKOUN                     60     25  5    0  5  3   105 

Goalie Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
ROBERT ESCHE                     0      0   0    0  0  0   0   
MANNY FERNANDEZ                  60     34  3    0  9  7   105 

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Kentucky Ice Tigers           7         2
Lexington Thoroughblades      2         0
