Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 7, 1994 TAG: 9402070063
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: DAYTON, OHIO LENGTH: Medium
Phil Huber scored two goals and set up two, leading the Dayton Bombers to a 9-5 victory over the Roanoke Express in an East Coast Hockey League game Sunday afternoon.
Roanoke, which had given up one goal in its previous three games, gave up three in each period against Dayton.
Mike Reier opened the scoring by jamming home the rebound of a shot by Tom Nemeth to the left of Express goalie Paul Cohen only 1 minute, 15 seconds into the game. Cohen had shut out Huntsville and Huntington in his previous two starts.
Huber increased the lead to 2-0 by banking a shot off the back of one of Cohen's legs from behind the net at 7:27.
Oleg Yashin, with one goal in his past 11 games, converted the rebound of a Pat Ferschweiler breakaway at 15:46. Yashin beat Dayton goalie Jeff Stolp after Ferschweiler had clanged his shot off the right post.
Derek Donald scored the first of four Bombers power-play goals barely a minute later, working a give-and-go from behind the net with Sergei Kharin at 16:52.
Yashin cut the Express' deficit to a goal at 3-2 early in the second period, tapping home a Chris Potter feed from behind Stolp for his 25th goal of the season.
However, Dayton's John Brill scored twice in a span of 14 seconds, with neither goal hitting the back of the net. Huber's faceoff feed to Brill in the slot was true, but Brill's fanned shot somehow slid under Cohen at 6:06, at which point Express coach Frank Anzalone replaced him with Dan Ryder.
The first shot Ryder faced ended up behind him, after Huber's centering pass nicked off the back of Brill's stick at the edge of the crease and rolled over the goal line to make it 5-2.
Potter's power-play prowess continued at forward for the second consecutive night, as the defenseman scored from 15 feet through heavy traffic with his ninth goal at 9:05, rallying the Express to 5-3.
Reier's power-play tip-in at 10:55 restored the Bombers' three-goal lead, but Michael Smith's flip shot from the left wing eluded Stolp at 14:33 as Roanoke closed to 6-4.
Dayton came out flying again in the third period, and Jason Disiewich lifted a rebound off Dan O'Shea's breakaway over Ryder at 1:19.
Trevor Burgess countered with a 30-foot blast through Stolp' pads 51 seconds later, cutting the deficit to two once again at 7-5.
Reggie Brezeault's hooking penalty with six minutes remaining preceded a Burgess double-minor for high-sticking by 12 seconds.
The Bombers wasted no time in breaking open the game as Kharin and Huber, with Cohen back in net, converted from close range for the final margin.
The Express (27-21-2) plays its next four games at the Roanoke Civic Center on consecutive doubleheader weekends, beginning Friday against Raleigh.
The Bombers (18-26-4) won for the second time at home in two nights as they battle Erie for the final North Division playoff berth.
\ ICE CHIPS: Roanoke, already short-handed with the promotion of Lev Berdichevsky and the departure of Hughes Bouchard, was down to 15 players - including the two goalies - as Gairin Smith sat out a one-game suspension after picking up his third game misconduct of the season Saturday night in Louisville. . . . Szabo's assist on Smith's goal increased his personal scoring streak to 13 games, two shy of his team record.
by CNB