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Dec. 3, 2002
Teams traded goals in the opening period. Bakersfield (13-5-0) lit the lamp first with a power-play marker at 5:09. Jimmy Drolet scored his fourth goal, firing a shot from the blue line that snuck by a screened Trevor Koenig. Skoryna and Paul Willett were credited with the assists. The Gulls (8-10-1) controlled the rest of the period, out-shooting the Condors 13-1 after Drolet's goal. They tied it up on Cory Cyrenne's first goal in a San Diego sweater at 13:54. Cyrenne skated out of the left corner, through the slot and backhanded a shot past St. Pierre. Dennis Purdie earned the lone assist. San Diego had tons of chances in another dominant, second period but St. Pierre, as he's been all season long, was equal to the task. St. Pierre finished the frame with 17 more saves – 29 through two periods – stymieing everything the Gulls threw at him. Koenig saw his first real action toward the end of the middle frame, but he stood tall as well keeping the game knotted 1-1 heading into the third. The Condors had a huge opportunity to take the lead and break the game wide open with four straight power plays in the third period, including a five-on-three advantage for 1:51, but couldn't solve the stingy San Diego defense. But the way things have been going for the Gulls, it was only a matter of time before they fell behind the eight ball once again. And that's what exactly happened on Skoryna's sixth goal with 3:40 remaining. Guy Dupuis got the original shot at the top of the circle and Skoryna, standing right in front of Koenig, redirected it home. Shawn Byram registered the second assist. The Gulls finished the game with 45 shots, a season high, but St. Pierre was the story. He's now won 10 games in a row and improves his league-best record to 13-2-0. Notepad |
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It
happened again. The San Diego Gulls once again dominated, once again should
have won, but once again came up short. Kevin St. Pierre stopped 44 shots
and Christian Skoryna scored with 3:40 left, lifting the sizzling Bakersfield
Condors to a 2-1 victory over the frustrated San Diego Gulls Tuesday night,
before 3,515 at Centennial Garden.