Apparently Nick Fotiu's tirade after the T-Blades' 6-2 loss to Kentucky worked, as a very focused Lexington squad shut out the visiting Outlaws, 3-0. Lexington again opened the game with a breakaway chance against as Dwayne Roloson stood tall against Sheldon Souray. The rest of the first period (and most of the second) was characterized by hard hitting and physical hockey. Lexington nursed a 1-0 lead into the third, when Rod Brind'Amour and Shawn McEachern posted insurance tallies. Dwayne Roloson made 25 saves to post the shutout.
 
The three stars:
 
1. Dwayne Roloson - SO, 25 saves
2. Rod Brind'Amour - goal, tenacious forechecking
3. Cory Sarich and Adrian Aucoin - 4 hits apiece
 
Lexington finishes out this block against the Shots.

                Kansas City Outlaws at Lexington Thoroughblades                
DATE : 12/02/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kansas City Outlaws            0  0  0  0  0
Lexington Thoroughblades       1  0  2  0  3

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Kansas City Outlaws            6  7  12 0  25
Lexington Thoroughblades       10 11 10 0  31

G O A L  S U M M A R Y
1. LEX. STEVE SULLIVAN(8)( SERGEI BRYLIN, FREDRIK MODIN ) (PP) : 1st 4:42
2. LEX. ROD BRIND'AMOUR(9)( SERGEI BRYLIN, NICKLAS LIDSTROM ): 3rd 3:22
3. LEX. SHAWN McEACHERN(8)( FREDRIK MODIN, MIKE SILLINGER ): 3rd 5:27

P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. LEX. ADRIAN AUCOIN - 2 Minutes: 1st 1:32
2. KCO. SHELDON SOURAY - 2 Minutes: 1st 1:32
3. KCO. CHRIS CHELIOS - 2 Minutes: 1st 4:33
4. LEX. MARCUS NILSON - 2 Minutes: 1st 6:09
5. KCO. TOMAS KABERLE - 2 Minutes: 1st 13:41
6. LEX. MIKE YORK - 2 Minutes: 1st 19:51
7. KCO. MARTIN HAVLAT - 2 Minutes: 2nd 2:14
8. LEX. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 5:07
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY DARRYL SYDOR
10. KCO. NICK BOYNTON - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:18
11. KCO. CORY SARICH - 2 Minutes: 2nd 17:04
12. KCO. SHELDON SOURAY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 6:11
13. KCO. PATRICK MARLEAU - 2 Minutes: 3rd 12:23
14. LEX. JAY PANDOLFO - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:27
15. KCO. MARTIN HAVLAT - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:27

I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For Kansas City Outlaws
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
NICK BOYNTON                   -1   1  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 49 27:01  0   1  0  1
CHRIS CHELIOS                   0   1  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 15  9:25  0   1  0  0
ERIK COLE                      -1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 23 12:24  0   0  1  0
MARTIN ERAT                    -1   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 33 18:49  0   0  0  0
ALEXANDER FROLOV                0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 16  9:38  0   0  0  1
SCOTT HARTNELL                  0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0  7  4:17  0   0  0  0
MARTIN HAVLAT                  -1   4  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 33 19:42  0   0  0  1
TOMAS KABERLE                  -1   2  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 36 22:29  0   0  0  0
PATRICK MARLEAU                 0   2  0  0   2  0  0   6-3 33 17:52  1   0  0  1
RICK NASH                       0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 27 16:12  0   0  0  1
PETR NEDVED                     0   2  0  0   0  0  0   3-2 21 12:02  0   0  0  0
MATTIAS NORSTROM                0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 20 10:56  0   0  0  0
KEITH PRIMEAU                  -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   6-4 27 14:08  0   0  0  0
CORY SARICH                    -1   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 38 22:00  0   4  0  0
SHELDON SOURAY                 -1   4  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 49 26:35  2   2  0  1
JASON SPEZZA                    0   2  0  0   0  0  0   5-3 24 15:03  0   0  0  0
JOSEF VASICEK                  -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 18 11:21  0   0  0  0
DAVID VYBORNY                  -1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 17:26  0   0  1  2
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TOTAL                         -10  25  0  0  18  0  0 22-12           3   8  2  8

Player Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
ADRIAN AUCOIN                   1   2  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 49 26:42  0   4  0  3
ROD BRIND'AMOUR                 1   1  1  0   0  0  0   5-1 26 13:36  0   0  0  0
SERGEI BRYLIN                   1   1  0  2   0  0  0   2-1 35 18:29  0   1  0  0
NICLAS HAVELID                  0   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 17  9:40  0   0  0  0
JERE LEHTINEN                   0   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 27 16:12  2   0  0  1
NICKLAS LIDSTROM                1   3  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 51 29:34  5   0  0  1
SHAWN McEACHERN                 1   3  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 12:05  0   0  0  2
FREDRIK MODIN                   2   8  0  2   0  0  0   0-0 37 20:12  2   1  1  2
MARCUS NILSON                   0   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0  7  4:17  0   0  0  0
JAY PANDOLFO                    0   3  0  0   2  0  0   2-0 36 20:43  1   1  0  0
LUKE RICHARDSON                 1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 34 18:45  0   0  0  0
BRIAN ROLSTON                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   8-6 30 18:00  0   0  0  0
MIKE SILLINGER                  1   0  0  1   0  0  0   3-1 15  9:08  0   0  0  0
BRYAN SMOLINSKI                 0   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-1 22 13:14  0   0  0  0
STEVE SULLIVAN                  0   6  1  0   0  1  0   0-0 33 18:04  0   0  2  1 GWG
DARRYL SYDOR                    1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 27 17:05  0   0  0  0
OSSI VAANANEN                   0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 21 13:24  0   1  0  0
MIKE YORK                       0   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 22 13:14  1   1  0  0
BENCH                                         2
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TOTAL                          10  31  3  6  10  1  0 22-10          11   9  3 10

Goalie Stats For Kansas City Outlaws
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
MARTIN BRODEUR                   60     31  3    0  4  4   105 LOSS
MATHIEU GARON                    0      0   0    0  0  0   0  

Goalie Stats For Lexington Thoroughblades
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
ROBERT ESCHE                     0      0   0    0  0  0   0  
DWAYNE ROLOSON                   60     25  0    0  3  3   105 WIN

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Kansas City Outlaws           3         0
Lexington Thoroughblades      7         1
