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Jan. 31, 2003
The San Diego Gulls lost one-goal leads twice, but made their last one stand up, thanks to Trevor Koenig. For the second straight game, Koenig was perfect in a shootout and again led San Diego to a 3-2 victory Friday night, before 4,805 at the B of A Centre. The all-star netminder picked up his 99th career WCHL win and has now stopped 10 straight breakaways in the extra period. The Gulls (26-13-1) gain a point on the Steelheads, now trailing them by 15 for first place in the WCHL standings. San Diego began the day tied with the Bakersfield Condors for second place. Idaho (32-10-4) flew out of the gate and skated all over the Gulls, out-shooting them 9-1 in the first half of the opening period. San Diego weathered the storm however, and took a 1-0 lead 15:24 into the first. Mark Pederson hustled to get open at the bottom of the right circle, took a pass from Clayton Read and roofed a shot over Blair Allison for his first of the night. The Steelheads drew even 3:07 into the second period, taking advantage of a Gulls turnover behind the net. Koenig tried to drop the puck to Jamie Black, but it was taken away. Dampy Brar ended up with the loose puck and fed a wide-open A.J. Begg, who put home his fourth goal. Pederson notched his second of the night – 20th of the season – less than three minutes later with a blistering slap shot from center ice. Dean Tiltgen found Pederson, whose shot outside the blue line seemed to fool Allison, playing his first game since Dec. 6. Allison missed the last 23 contests with a back injury. Marty Flichel tied it, 2-2, with his league-leading 27th goal at 18:35 of the second. Dennis Mullen got whistled off for slashing less than a minute earlier and Idaho's WCHL-best power play went to work. Morgan, stationed in front of the net, poked to puck to the left post, where Flichel slammed it in. Brar, along with Morgan, earned his second helper of the night. Teams skated to a scoreless third period and the game headed to a shootout. In the extra frame, San Diego got goals by Pederson and Sylvain Deschatelets. Koenig stopped all four Idaho shooters. He's now stopped 23 of 28 in shootouts this season – tops in the WCHL. Notepad |
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Idaho Steelheads are the best team in the West Coast Hockey League. They're
even better at home, but don't tell that to Steve Martinson's boys. Idaho
came into tonight with only one loss at the Bank of America Centre…
Make it two.