Seattle, WA (AP) - Three goals in three minutes, that's the talk about how Ty Conklin may find himself out of a job.  The back-up goaltender allowed Mark Bell, Ilya Kovalchuk and Darcy Tucker to score at will against him in the early minutes of the second period.  Despite the poor play, Conklin's teammates stepped up to shield him.

"It wasn't all his fault," commented teammate Brian Leetch.  "We weren't there for him, allowing the Ice Tigers to shoot from three to ten feet away.  Nobody can stop all of those shots, that's why teams have a defense playing in front of their goaltender.  If anybody's to blame it's us."

Mark Bell started the scoring off with his unstoppable inside shot [IS2:SP14:G15].  After getting the goal, Bell skated around to tackle Mark Eaton, who set the play up with a terrific pass (PASSING A).  The second goal by Kovalchuk was the result of a turnover.  Steve Rucchin in trying to kill off time from Teppo Numminen's penalty, coughed up the puck to Robert Lang.  Lang pushed the puck up to a streaking Kovalchuk.  The highlight reel machine did what he does best and scored over Conklin's shoulder [IS10:GR+7].  To cap off the turnaround hat trick, Darcy Tucker would score off a rebound setup by Eric Belanger [REB7:GR6:SP9:G19].

Seattle's own super-star, Marian Hossa led the counter-attack.  He was instrumental in getting the team refocused.  After the dust settled, he wound up scoring the Tsunami's first and last goals.  With another game-winning, game-tying goal, Seattle fans have dubbed him Mr. Clutch.  The city now hopes that there are no transmission problems when the Labrador Moose visit Seattle next.

Starbuck's Three Stars
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1. Marian Hossa (SEA) - 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 shots, +3, 1 hit, GTG
2. Ilya Kovalchuk (KIT) - 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 1 TA
3. Jassen Cullimore (KIT) - 2 shots, 3 TA, 4 hits

                     Kentucky Ice Tigers at Seattle Tsunami                     
DATE : 11/15/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kentucky Ice Tigers            1  3  0  0  4 
Seattle Tsunami                1  2  1  0  4 

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kentucky Ice Tigers            4  12 14 0  30
Seattle Tsunami                15 8  9  4  36

 G O A L  S U M M A R Y 
1. KIT. BILL GUERIN(1)( ILYA KOVALCHUK, ROBERT LANG ): 1st 1:04
2. SEA. MARIAN HOSSA(8)( DAN BOYLE, SAKU KOIVU ): 1st 19:21
3. SEA. RYAN MALONE(2)( MIKE VAN RYN, STEVE RUCCHIN ): 2nd 1:04
4. KIT. MARK BELL(2)( MARK EATON, DOUG WEIGHT ): 2nd 2:40
5. KIT. ILYA KOVALCHUK(8)( ROBERT LANG ) (PP) : 2nd 4:19
6. KIT. DARCY TUCKER(3)( ERIC BELANGER, SCOTT WALKER ): 2nd 5:42
7. SEA. SIMON GAGNE(2)( SAKU KOIVU, MARIAN HOSSA ): 2nd 19:18
8. SEA. MARIAN HOSSA(9)( BRIAN LEETCH, KEITH TKACHUK ): 3rd 10:11

 P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. KIT. KENNY JONSSON - 2 Minutes: 1st 3:24
2. KIT. SCOTT WALKER - 4 Minutes: 1st 4:44
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY DMITRI KALININ
4. SEA. KEITH TKACHUK - 2 Minutes: 1st 4:44
5. SEA. TEPPO NUMMINEN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:47
6. SEA. TY CONKLIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 7:57
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY RYAN MALONE
8. SEA. BRIAN LEETCH - 2 Minutes: 3rd 1:08
9. SEA. STEVE RUCCHIN - 2 Minutes: 3rd 6:49
10. KIT. MARIUSZ CZERKAWSKI - 2 Minutes: 3rd 11:53

 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
KEVYN ADAMS                    -2   2  0  0   0  0  0   5-3 29 16:18  1   0  0  0 
ERIC BELANGER                   1   1  0  1   0  0  0   3-1 15  9:21  0   0  0  0 
MARK BELL                       0   1  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 18:04  0   0  2  1 
TODD BERTUZZI                   0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 18:04  1   1  1  1 
KEITH CARNEY                    0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 13  7:45  0   0  0  0 
JASSEN CULLIMORE                0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 46 26:58  3   4  0  0 
MARIUSZ CZERKAWSKI             -2   1  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 32 18:15  1   1  0  1 
MARK EATON                     -1   3  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 46 27:00  2   0  0  0 
BILL GUERIN                     0   4  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 33 18:23  3   1  2  1 
KENNY JONSSON                  -1   3  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 43 25:08  0   1  0  0 
DMITRI KALININ                  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 54 30:15  0   2  0  0 
ILYA KOVALCHUK                  0   2  1  1   0  1  0   3-1 33 18:23  1   0  2  2 
ROBERT LANG                     0   3  0  2   0  0  0   8-4 30 16:41  1   1  0  2 
DAVID LEGWAND                  -2   2  0  0   0  0  0   6-4 27 14:52  0   0  0  1 
TOM POTI                        0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 12:54  0   1  0  0 
DARCY TUCKER                    1   3  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 12:15  1   1  0  0 
SCOTT WALKER                    1   0  0  1   4  0  0   0-0 15  8:26  0   0  0  0 
DOUG WEIGHT                     0   1  0  1   0  0  0   3-1 27 16:14  0   0  0  1 
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TOTAL                          -5  30  4  7   8  1  0 28-14          14  13  7 10

Player Stats For Seattle Tsunami
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
DAN BOYLE                       1   1  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 27 15:53  1   2  0  0 
DALLAS DRAKE                    0   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 31 17:18  2   0  0  1 
SIMON GAGNE                     2   2  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 24 13:50  0   0  0  1 
MARIAN HOSSA                    3   4  2  1   0  0  0   0-0 42 24:04  0   1  1  1 
SAKU KOIVU                      2   2  0  2   0  0  0   8-4 29 16:18  2   1  0  0 
DAYMOND LANGKOW                 0   5  0  0   0  0  0   6-3 36 21:00  0   0  1  2 
BRIAN LEETCH                    0   2  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 66 38:13  1   0  1  2 
RYAN MALONE                     0   2  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 16:41  1   0  0  0 
ALEXANDER MOGILNY              -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 12  7:29  0   0  0  1 
TEPPO NUMMINEN                  0   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 13  7:45  0   0  0  0 
CHRIS PHILLIPS                  1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 17:04  0   0  0  0 
MARCUS RAGNARSSON               0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 22 12:22  0   1  0  0 
MARK RECCHI                    -1   5  0  0   0  0  0   1-0 26 14:52  0   0  3  2 
STEVE RUCCHIN                   0   3  0  1   2  0  0  11-6 33 18:23  2   0  2  1 
ERIC STAAL                     -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-1 12  7:29  0   0  0  0 
MARCO STURM                    -1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 15  9:21  0   0  1  0 
KEITH TKACHUK                   0   3  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 36 20:56  2   0  1  2 
MIKE VAN RYN                    0   2  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 62 35:51  7   1  0  0 
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TOTAL                           5  36  4  8   8  0  0 28-14          18   6 10 13

Goalie Stats For Kentucky Ice Tigers
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
TOMAS VOKOUN                     65     36  4    0  5  4   113 
KEVIN WEEKES                     0      0   0    0  0  0   0   

Goalie Stats For Seattle Tsunami
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
TY CONKLIN                       65     30  4    0  9  7   113 
ROBERTO LUONGO                   0      0   0    0  0  0   0   

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Kentucky Ice Tigers           4         1
Seattle Tsunami               3         0
