The Gwinnett Gladiators could not score in the shootout after giving up the game tying goal with less than a minute left in regulation in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Augusta Lynx on Tuesday night at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Gwinnett falls to 1-0-1 on the season after the shootout loss.
Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead on the Lynx on Jordan Fox's first goal of the season 16:56 into the first period. Fox found a loose puck sitting in the crease after it slipped past Augusta netmidner Riku Helenius and tapped the puck into the next for the marker. Ryan Mahrle and Bryan Esner collected the assists on the power play goal for the Gladiators.
Augusta answered on the power play as Aaron Slattengren powered down the left wing side, past a Gladiators defenseman and flicked the puck over the shoulder of Gwinnett netminder Kevin Nastiuk for the goal. Matt Auffrey and Tim Branham posted the assists on the goal at 18:53 of the first period.
Jeff Prough's first professional goal gave Gwinnett a 2-1 lead late in the second period. Prough threaded the puck thorugh traffic and past Helenius for the marker with 3:19 left in the middle stanza. Gwinnett got assists on goal from Josh Engel and Brad Schell.
Augusta equalized the contest with less than a minute remaining in the third period. Auffrey beat Nastiuk over the glove after sliding by a Gladiators defenseman and walking into the slot before beating the netminder. Slattengren and Scott Thauwald notched the assists on the goal for Augusta at 19:29 of the third period.
Nastiuk notched 27 saves in the shootout loss for Gwinnett. The Gladiators went 1-for-8 on the power play in the contest while Augusta was 1-for-5 on the man advantage in the win.
- www.gwinnettherald.com
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Gwinnett falls 3-2 to Augusta in a shootout
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