Whalers at Penguins

Shots
123OTT
Whalers 14 10 13 0 37
Penguins 9 7 8 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Whalers 5 3 3 0 11
Penguins 1 2 0 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. WHALERS, ELLER 8 (GERBE, BOGOSIAN), 00:13
2. WHALERS, NASH 6 (WIERCIOCH, DEMERS) (PP), 01:46
3. WHALERS, HOGUE 4 (UNASSISTED), 02:00
4. PENGUINS, JEFFREY 6 (HOPKINS, LUCIC), 06:07
5. WHALERS, BRICKLEY 1 (DEMERS, DOWNIE), 09:35
6. WHALERS, GERBE 4 (ELLER, MUNI), 10:03

PENALTIES: J. DUPONT PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 00:13, R. NASH HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 02:37, D. HOPKINS PIT (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:29, Z. BOGOSIAN HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:51, N. GERBE HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor, Game Misconduct) 12:01 (Served by Craig Muni)

Period 2
7. PENGUINS, JEFFREY 7 (DUPONT, HOPKINS), 02:13
8. WHALERS, NASH 7 (BOGOSIAN, ELLER) (PP), 04:53
9. WHALERS, BARR 9 (NASH, MUNI) (PP), 07:50
10. PENGUINS, HIGGINS 1 (NORWOOD, LOWRY), 15:12
11. WHALERS, BOZEK 5 (HAYES, ELLER), 15:51

PENALTIES: D. LOWRY PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:02, J. DUPONT PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:19, M. RENAUD PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 04:23, C. VALENTINE HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 12:46, D. HOPKINS PIT (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 18:26, S. DOWNIE HTD (HOOKING, Minor) 18:42, D. STANLEY PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:42

Period 3
12. WHALERS, BOZEK 6 (LANZ, ELLER) (PP), 03:45
13. WHALERS, NASH 8 (HAYES, DEMERS), 10:44
14. WHALERS, DEMERS 1 (ARNIEL, WIERCIOCH) (PP), 17:52

PENALTIES: J. DUPONT PIT (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 03:06, L. NORWOOD PIT (BOARDING, Minor) 08:32, C. FRANSON PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 16:22, S. ARNIEL HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:06, D. LOWRY PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:06

Goalie Statistics

Roland Melanson (HTD), 21 saves out of 24 shots, W, 2-5-0
Darcy Wakaluk (PIT), 24 saves out of 30 shots
Kay Whitmore (PIT), 2 saves out of 7 shots, L, 6-9-3

Power Play Conversions

Whalers 5 for 9
Penguins 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Lars Eller (HTD)
2 - Rick Nash (HTD)
3 - Jason Demers (HTD)

Player Statistics

Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jimmy Hayes           0  2  2    +2   0  3   0 14
Craig Muni            0  2  2    +3   0  0   3 17
Dave Barr             1  0  1  Even   0  1   6 22
Benoît Hogue          1  0  1  Even   0  3   2 25
Andy Brickley         1  0  1    +1   0  1   3 14
Lars Eller            1  4  5    +2   0  8   1 22
Rick Lanz             0  1  1    -1   0  0   3 19
Patrick Wiercioch     0  2  2    +3   0  2   1 19
Zach Bogosian         0  2  2    +1   2  3   4 24
Rick Nash             3  1  4    -1   2  7   2 23
Paul Cavallini        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  7
Nathan Gerbe          1  1  2    +1  14  1   0  3
Jason Demers          1  3  4    +2   0  3   3 16
Steve Bozek           2  0  2    +2   0  3   1 15
David Fenyves         0  0  0    -2   0  0   1 15
Chris Valentine       0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 14
Scott Arniel          0  1  1    +1   2  0   0 11
Steve Downie          0  1  1    +1   2  1   1  9
   
Penguins

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Daryl Stanley         0  0  0    -1   2  4   2 24
Paul Higgins          1  0  1  Even   0  2   0  7
Dean Hopkins          0  2  2    +1   4  1   1 13
Dustin Jeffrey        2  0  2  Even   0  3   4 23
Mark Osbourne         0  0  0    -2   0  3   3 17
Zack Smith            0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 14
Duane Sutter          0  0  0    -2   0  0   2 14
Joel Otto             0  0  0    -2   0  2   5 21
Mark Renaud           0  0  0    -1   4  2   0 24
Lee Norwood           0  1  1    -2   2  3   2 23
Milan Lucic           0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 21
Jerome Dupont         0  1  1    +1  16  0   4 18
Matt Beleskey         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  1
Kjell Dahlin          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 10
Dave Lowry            0  1  1    -1   4  0   1 17
Cody Franson          0  0  0    -3   2  1   1 26
Jeff Larmer           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
Bill Root             0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
   

Financial

Attendance: 10475
Net Profit: $641 070,00

Game Notes

Darcy Wakaluk enters game at 10:03 of 1st period
Bill Root injured at 10:55 of the 1st Period
Matt Beleskey injured at 12:01 of the 1st Period
Nathan Gerbe ejected at 12:01 of the 1st Period
Rick Nash scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Saginaw        0
Erie           3
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John Gibson 6 (Tim Tookey, Peter Ihnacak)
Garry Valk 1 (Stu Kulak, Paul Lawless)
Tim Tookey 6 (Gary Dillon, Bill Watson)

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Goalies
Saginaw: Alain Chevrier
Erie: Peter Ing
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