Whalers at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Whalers 9 5 14 0 28
Sabres 4 11 7 0 22
Goals
123OTT
Whalers 3 2 1 0 6
Sabres 1 1 3 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, KASPER 6 (ZOMBO, JACKSON), 00:27
2. WHALERS, BLAISDELL 1 (CHYCHRUN, TAGLIANETTI), 05:34
3. WHALERS, MILLEN 8 (MELLANBY), 08:03
4. WHALERS, MELLANBY 3 (REEKIE, GRAHAM), 08:51

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK HTD (BOARDING, Minor) 00:34, P. TAGLIANETTI HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:39, P. ANDERSSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:39, J. JACKSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:53, W. PRESLEY HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 16:28

Period 2
5. WHALERS, BLAISDELL 2 (CHYCHRUN, BUCHBERGER), 01:28
6. WHALERS, BURT 2 (GRAHAM, MELLANBY) (PP), 16:15
7. SABRES, ZOMBO 2 (ANDERSSON, DAOUST) (PP), 19:09

PENALTIES: R. ZOMBO BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 04:37, J. MURPHY HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:43, R. STERN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:52, L. SBISA BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 16:04, J. REEKIE HTD (BOARDING, Minor) 17:14, K. BUCHBERGER HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:43, P. TAGLIANETTI HTD (FIGHTING) 19:35, T. MCMURCHY BUF (FIGHTING) 19:35

Period 3
8. SABRES, ZOMBO 3 (KASPER, JACKSON), 01:06
9. SABRES, JACKSON 2 (WICKENHEISER) (PP), 04:56
10. WHALERS, TAGLIANETTI 2 (MILLEN), 05:49
11. SABRES, KASPER 7 (DOUGHTY), 10:19

PENALTIES: J. CHYCHRUN HTD (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 02:22, R. STERN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:44, T. MCMURCHY BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 07:00, S. KASPER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 08:14, J. REEKIE HTD (KICKING, Major) 13:04, A. STEWART HTD (HOOKING, Minor) 15:13, T. DOMI BUF (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 15:13, C. LOISELLE HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:31, T. WATTERS BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 17:31, T. MCMURCHY BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 17:38

Goalie Statistics

Ron Tugnutt (HTD), 13 saves out of 18 shots, W, 7-7-0
Guy Hebert (HTD), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Andrei Trefilov (BUF), 13 saves out of 14 shots, L, 1-2-0
Pat Jablonski (BUF), 9 saves out of 14 shots

Power Play Conversions

Whalers 1 for 9
Sabres 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Steve Kasper (BUF)
2 - Scott Mellanby (HTD)
3 - Rick Zombo (BUF)

Player Statistics

Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Perry Berezan         0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 10
Pat Graham            0  2  2    +1   0  2   0 23
Claude Loiselle       0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 14
Rudy Poeschek         0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 21
Corey Millen          1  1  2    +2   0  2   3 18
Scott Mellanby        1  2  3    +2   0  3   1 26
Doug Sulliman         0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 14
Andy Brickley         0  0  0  Even   0  5   0 15
Alexei Zhitnik        0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 21
Allan Stewart         0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  6
Joe Murphy            0  0  0  Even   2  2   2 15
Joe Reekie            0  1  1  Even   7  1   4 24
Adam Burt             1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 26
Peter Taglianetti     1  1  2    +2   7  1   4 19
Wayne Presley         0  0  0    -1   2  1   1  7
Kelly Buchberger      0  1  1    +1   2  0   2  9
Mike Blaisdell        2  0  2    +1   0  3   3  6
Jeff Chychrun         0  2  2    +2   4  1   3  9
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brent Gilchrist       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  3
Lyndon Byers          0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 15
Tom Martin            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Tie Domi              0  0  0    -1   5  0   1 10
Ronnie Stern          0  0  0    -1   4  1   2 17
Robert Dirk           0  0  0    -2   0  0   2 18
Luca Sbisa            0  0  0    -1   2  2   5 24
Steve Kasper          2  1  3    +1   2  4   4 21
Tim Watters           0  0  0    -1   2  2   2 22
Dan Daoust            0  1  1    -1   0  4   1 16
Doug Wickenheiser     0  1  1    -1   0  0   1 11
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 20
Peter Andersson       0  0  0    +1   2  0   0  9
Tom McMurchy          0  0  0    -1   9  0   0  4
Mikael Andersson      0  1  1    -1   0  4   2 17
Drew Doughty          0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 30
Jim Jackson           1  2  3  Even   2  2   2 14
Rick Zombo            2  1  3  Even   2  2   5 25
   

Financial

Attendance: 9602
Net Profit: $725 911,00

Game Notes

Andrei Trefilov enters game at 16:15 of 2nd period
Peter Taglianetti beats up Tom McMurchy
Guy Hebert enters game at 10:19 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Saginaw        5
Rochester      1
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Wes Walz 5 (Jeff Daniels, Michal Grosek)
Chris Gratton 2 (Dixon Ward, Mark Paterson)
Dave Capuano 2 (Bryan Fogarthy, Dmitri Khristich)
Chris Gratton 3 (Jean-Marc Lanthier, David Saunders)
Jean-Marc Lanthier 5 (Pat Falloon, Zac Dalpe)

Darren Turcotte 8 (Steve Graves, Mark Morrison)

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Goalies
Saginaw: Jocelyn Thibault
Rochester: Bruce Racine
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