Lexington lost its first home game of the year, as the Grizzlies mauled the Thouroughblades, 7-2. It was 1-0 Lexington for most of the first 2 periods until Manny Fernandez gave up a bad goal to John LeClair on a shot which came from just over the blue line. Obviously shaken, he allowed Valeri Bure to score on the next shot just before the end of the second period to make it 2-1. Late period goals usually affect teams adversely, and this was no exception, as the T-Blades were run off the ice in the third period. Fernandez was awful, with 3 of his 5 goals coming from outside shots. The end of the third saw a few minor scraps, with a potential brawl at game's end headed off by excellent officiating by Denis Morel's crew.
 
Lexington coach Nick Fotiu was especially upset about the last 5 minutes of the game, which saw 3 Calgary goals. "This game lasts for 60 minutes, regardless of the score. We mailed in the last 5 minutes tonight. This will be addressed in practice tomorrow."
 
The three stars were:
 
1. Valeri Bure - GWG, 2G, +3
2. Sergei Federov - G, 2A (can anyone stop this guy?)
3. Mikka Kiprusoff - 31 saves
 
And the Evans Country Sausage porker of the game - the usually reliable Nicklas Lidstrom, who took 3 consecutive minors which allowed Calgary to break open the game.
 
The T-Blades will try to regroup against Brandon later this week.
 
 
                 Calgary Grizzlies at Lexington Thoroughblades                 
DATE : 11/12/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Calgary Grizzlies              0  2  5  0  7
Lexington Thoroughblades       1  0  1  0  2

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Calgary Grizzlies              10 14 17 0  41
Lexington Thoroughblades       14 9  10 0  33

G O A L  S U M M A R Y
1. LEX. MARCUS NILSON(1)( TREVOR LINDEN ): 1st 5:39
2. CAL. JOHN LeCLAIR(1)( JUSTIN WILLIAMS, KIMMO TIMONEN ): 2nd 18:37
3. CAL. VALERI BURE(4)( ROB NIEDERMAYER, JASON ARNOTT ): 2nd 19:47
4. CAL. TONI LYDMAN(1)( SERGEI FEDOROV, VALERI BURE ) (PP) : 3rd 6:21
5. CAL. TREVOR LETOWSKI(3)( HENRIK SEDIN, PAUL MARA ): 3rd 11:49
6. LEX. BRIAN ROLSTON(3)( ADRIAN AUCOIN, SERGEI BRYLIN ): 3rd 15:23
7. CAL. VALERI BURE(5)( ROB NIEDERMAYER, SERGEI FEDOROV ): 3rd 15:45
8. CAL. SERGEI FEDOROV(10)( VALERI BURE, KIMMO TIMONEN ): 3rd 16:26
9. CAL. BRYAN BERARD(3)( JASON ARNOTT, DANNY MARKOV ) (PP) : 3rd 18:44

P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. CAL. BRYAN BERARD - 2 Minutes: 1st 8:59
2. CAL. JUSTIN WILLIAMS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 0:26
3. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:12
4. LEX. NICKLAS LIDSTROM - 2 Minutes: 2nd 7:14
5. LEX. NICKLAS LIDSTROM - 2 Minutes: 2nd 11:59
6. LEX. NICKLAS LIDSTROM - 2 Minutes: 3rd 6:04
7. LEX. DARRYL SYDOR - 2 Minutes: 3rd 18:39
8. CAL. CHRIS GRATTON - 2 Minutes: 3rd 19:59

I N J U R I E S
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Player Stats For Calgary Grizzlies
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
SERGEI FEDOROV                  2   3  1  2   0  0  0  11-4 47 25:22  1   0  1  2
JOHN LeCLAIR                    0   6  1  0   0  0  0   3-0 29 16:05  1   0  1  3
JUSTIN WILLIAMS                 0   3  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 25 14:17  0   0  0  2
VALERI BURE                     3   4  2  2   0  0  0   0-0 29 16:18  0   0  0  1
KYLE CALDER                     0   1  0  0   0  0  0   1-1 31 17:42  0   0  0  1
JASON ARNOTT                    1   1  0  2   0  0  0   3-0 17 10:00  0   1  1  0
TREVOR LETOWSKI                 0   4  1  0   0  0  0   1-0 23 13:02  2   0  2  0
RADEK BONK                      0   2  0  0   0  0  0   3-0 24 14:35  0   0  0  0
ROB NIEDERMAYER                 3   3  0  2   0  0  0   0-0 26 14:59  0   0  1  1
HENRIK SEDIN                    0   0  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 17 10:03  0   0  0  0
RADIM VRBATA                    0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 14:35  0   1  0  0
KIMMO TIMONEN                   3   5  0  2   0  0  0   0-0 45 25:32  1   0  0  1
CHRIS GRATTON                   0   1  0  0   2  0  0   6-2 17 10:03  1   0  0  0
RUSLAN SALEI                    1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 46 26:38  2   1  0  0
PAUL MARA                       1   1  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 32 18:59  1   3  0  0
BRYAN BERARD                    0   1  1  0   2  1  0   0-0 12  6:12  0   0  1  1
TONI LYDMAN                     1   4  1  0   0  1  0   0-0 53 29:29  1   0  0  0 GWG
DANNY MARKOV                    0   1  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 22 13:10  1   0  0  0
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TOTAL                          15  41  7 14   6  2  0  28-7          11   6  7 12

Player Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
ADRIAN AUCOIN                   0   0  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 52 29:57  1   1  0  1
ROD BRIND'AMOUR                -4   2  0  0   0  0  0  10-6 34 20:02  3   0  0  0
SERGEI BRYLIN                   0   1  0  1   0  0  0   4-3 38 20:23  0   0  0  0
NICLAS HAVELID                  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0  7  3:14  0   0  0  0
NICKLAS LIDSTROM               -3   3  0  0   6  0  0   0-0 42 24:07  1   3  0  1
TREVOR LINDEN                   1   0  0  1   0  0  0   3-2 11  6:11  0   0  0  0
RICHARD MATVICHUK               0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 26 15:46  1   0  0  0
SHAWN McEACHERN                -3   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 22 13:11  0   0  0  2
FREDRIK MODIN                   0   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 31 17:16  0   0  0  2
MARCUS NILSON                   0   2  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 17 10:03  1   0  0  0
JAY PANDOLFO                   -3   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 29 16:18  0   0  1  0
WAYNE PRIMEAU                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 11:51  0   0  0  1
BRIAN ROLSTON                   0   3  1  0   0  0  0   6-5 25 14:17  1   2  0  2
MIKE SILLINGER                  0   3  0  0   0  0  0   5-5 28 16:23  0   1  1  0
BRYAN SMOLINSKI                 0   4  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 14:35  1   0  1  1
STEVE SULLIVAN                  0   5  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 17:34  0   0  2  2
DARRYL SYDOR                   -1   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 47 26:36  0   0  0  0
OSSI VAANANEN                  -2   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 17:21  1   1  0  0
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TOTAL                         -15  33  2  3  10  0  0 28-21          10   8  5 12

Goalie Stats For Calgary Grizzlies
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF                 60     33  2    0  7  5   105 WIN
MARTIN PRUSEK                    0      0   0    0  0  0   0  

Goalie Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
ROBERT ESCHE                     4      2   2    0  1  0   7  
MANNY FERNANDEZ                  56     39  5    0  4  1   98  LOSS

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Calgary Grizzlies             5         2
Lexington Thoroughblades      3         0
