Hockey with horsepower returned to Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington as the T-Blades blanked the Moose, 4-0. The Blades went ballistic in the first period , scoring 3 goals, all on the power play. Marty Turco recovered somewhat afterwards, but Fernandez was sharp in goal turning away all 27 Moose shots. Frederick Modin had the honor of scoring the first home goal for Lexington's NAL franchise.

The three stars were:

1.  Manny Fernandez - shutout
2.  Frederick Modin - 1st home goal, GWG
3.  Owen Nolan - 3 hits, solid play in a losing effort
 
The Blades next home game is against the Wellington Dukes tomorrow night.
 
                   Labrador Moose at Lexington Thoroughblades                  
DATE : 10/26/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Labrador Moose                 0  0  0  0  0
Lexington Thoroughblades       3  0  1  0  4

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Labrador Moose                 10 9  8  0  27
Lexington Thoroughblades       9  11 14 0  34

 G O A L  S U M M A R Y
1. LEX. FREDRIK MODIN(1)( STEVE SULLIVAN ) (PP) : 1st 10:01
2. LEX. NICKLAS LIDSTROM(1)( JAY PANDOLFO, BRIAN ROLSTON ) (PP) : 1st 11:27
3. LEX. SERGEI BRYLIN(1)( STEVE SULLIVAN, ROD BRIND'AMOUR ) (PP) : 1st 16:35
4. LEX. BRIAN ROLSTON(1)( JAY PANDOLFO, SHAWN McEACHERN ) (PP) : 3rd 14:53

 P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. LAB. OWEN NOLAN - 4 Minutes: 1st 0:26
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY JOE NIEUWENDYK
3. LEX. FREDRIK MODIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 0:26
4. LAB. PATRICE BERGERON - 2 Minutes: 1st 6:38
5. LAB. BRENDAN SHANAHAN - 2 Minutes: 1st 9:38
6. LAB. DAN McGILLIS - 2 Minutes: 1st 11:24
7. LEX. SERGEI BRYLIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 13:39
8. LAB. ROBYN REGEHR - 2 Minutes: 1st 15:44
9. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 19:10
10. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 2:49
11. LAB. RIC JACKMAN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 5:08
12. LEX. OSSI VAANANEN - 4 Minutes: 2nd 15:50
13. LAB. RIC JACKMAN - 4 Minutes: 2nd 15:50
14. LEX. OSSI VAANANEN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 2:43
15. LEX. STEVE SULLIVAN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 7:20
16. LAB. ROBYN REGEHR - 2 Minutes: 3rd 10:04
17. LAB. OWEN NOLAN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 14:12

 I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For Labrador Moose
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
PATRICE BERGERON                0   1  0  0   2  0  0   2-1 19 11:15  1   0  1  0
PATRICE BRISEBOIS               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 38 22:33  0   0  0  0
RIC JACKMAN                     0   2  0  0   6  0  0   0-0 35 20:20  0   2  0  0
STEVE KONOWALCHUK               0   4  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 45 24:53  2   0  2  0
ALEX KOVALEV                    0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 11:15  0   0  0  2
VIKTOR KOZLOV                   0   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 12:42  1   0  0  2
JOHN-MICHAEL LILES              0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0  9  5:27  1   0  0  0
DAN McGILLIS                    0   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 46 26:17  1   2  0  0
JOE NIEUWENDYK                  0   3  0  0   0  0  0   8-5 31 17:23  0   0  0  1
OWEN NOLAN                      0   4  0  0   6  0  0   5-1 35 19:40  0   3  0  2
RONALD PETROVICKY               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 12:25  1   0  0  0
ROBYN REGEHR                    0   0  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 35 21:13  0   0  0  0
MIKE RIBEIRO                    0   0  0  0   0  0  0   5-0 28 15:57  1   0  0  0
SERGEI SAMSONOV                 0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 12  7:43  0   0  0  0
MARC SAVARD                     0   3  0  0   0  0  0   6-3 41 22:29  0   1  0  3
BRENDAN SHANAHAN                0   3  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 25 14:59  0   0  0  1
LUBOMIR VISNOVSKY               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 32 17:07  0   2  0  0
STEPHEN WEISS                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 12  7:43  0   0  0  0
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TOTAL                           0  27  0  0  22  0  0 26-10           8  10  3 11

Player Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
ADRIAN AUCOIN                   0   2  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 57 31:37  0   0  0  2
ROD BRIND'AMOUR                 0   4  0  1   0  0  0 12-10 40 22:44  3   0  0  1
SERGEI BRYLIN                   0   3  1  0   2  1  0   2-0 35 19:02  1   0  0  1
NICLAS HAVELID                  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 15  6:38  0   0  0  0
NICKLAS LIDSTROM                0   1  1  0   0  1  0   0-0 40 23:06  0   0  0  1
TREVOR LINDEN                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0  8  5:03  0   0  0  0
RICHARD MATVICHUK               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 25 15:19  1   0  0  0
SHAWN McEACHERN                 0   6  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 32 17:47  0   0  0  1
FREDRIK MODIN                   0   3  1  0   2  1  0   0-0 33 18:30  0   0  1  3
MARCUS NILSON                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 19 12:10  1   1  0  0
JAY PANDOLFO                    0   2  0  2   0  0  0   0-0 31 16:31  0   1  1  0
WAYNE PRIMEAU                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 22 12:35  1   0  0  0
BRIAN ROLSTON                   0   3  1  1   0  1  0   5-4 23 13:00  0   1  2  1
MIKE SILLINGER                  0   2  0  0   0  0  0   5-2 26 15:42  0   0  0  0
BRYAN SMOLINSKI                 0   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 19 12:10  0   1  0  2
STEVE SULLIVAN                  0   2  0  2   2  0  0   0-0 25 13:58  0   0  0  1
DARRYL SYDOR                    0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 43 25:12  1   1  0  0
OSSI VAANANEN                   0   0  0  0   6  0  0   0-0 17 11:53  1   0  0  0
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TOTAL                           0  34  4  7  16  4  0 26-16           9   5  4 13

Goalie Stats For Labrador Moose
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
KARI LEHTONEN                    0      0   0    0  0  0   0  
MARTY TURCO                      60     34  4    0  7  5   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     27  0    0  4  4   105

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Labrador Moose                5         0
Lexington Thoroughblades      8         4