Icehawks lose to Komets in Overtime

In a rematch from last Saturday's game against the Fort Wayne Komets which the Icehawks won 4-2, it would be the Komets this time that would come out on top in a low scoring 2-1 overtime win in front of 1,477 fans at McMorran Arena.

Each team had problems throughout the night creating scoring chances. The Icehawks were able to outshoot the Komets 38-25 despite being outshot in the first period 9-8.

It would be the Komets that would strike first at 17:58 when Sean OConnor took a huge slap shot that beat Larry Sterling high and gave the Komets the 1-0 lead.

After a scoreless 2nd period where the Icehawks had to kill off 2 penalties and still out shot the Komets 12-8, the Icehawks would finally get one past Nick Boucher 5 minutes into the 3rd period when Jeff Zehr scored his 14th goal of the season when he tipped in a power play goal to tie the game up 1-1. Zehr's goal was assisted by Ian Turner and Jamie Lovell.

However in a back and forth overtime that looked to be going to a shoot out. Fort Wayne's Guy Dupuis would take a pretty pass from P.C Drouin and slap it past Sterling to give the Komets the final 2-1 score.

POINTS OF THE GAME

Icehawks were 1 for 4 on the power play. Fort Wayne was 0 for 4

Larry Sterling (13-9-1) took the loss for the Icehawks stopping 23 of 25 shots. Nick Boucher (10-7-1-1) got the win stopping 37 of 38 shots

Paul Yovanic was in the lineup tonight for the Icehawks yet he did not see any ice time. Yovanic was in the Icehawks training camp fighting for the enforcer job before losing it to Rory Smith. No word was released on how long Yovanic would be with the team.

Issac Reichmuth was waived today by the Muskegon LumberJacks.

The K-Wings got a win tonight in Flint that puts the Icehawks in 2nd place 1 points behind Kalamazoo.

Attendance- 1,477

The icehawks return to action tomorrow at home against the Flint Generals. Be sure to get your tickets!

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01/02/2009

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