For the week of April 10 - 16 , 2002

Hockey Summary

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Suns 4, Camels 1
Friday

Connecticut Camels 0 1 0 1
Sun Valley Suns 1 1 2 4

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, John Miller 6 (Luke Smith, Chris Benson), 7:22.

SECOND PERIOD—(2) SV, Miller 7 (Smith, Paul Baranzelli), 3:20. (3) Conn, K.C. Pignatelli (Luke Murphy, Jeff Gallagher), 7:53.

THIRD PERIOD—(4) SV, Baranzelli 20 (Vilnis Nikolaisons, Scott Winkler), 5:20. (5) SV, Scott Carmack 2 (Tom Forti, Jon Bender), 6:55.

SHOTS ON GOAL—for Connecticut 10-13-13 for 36; for Sun Valley 17-18-15 for 50.

GOALIES—Connecticut, Todd Shestok (46 saves). SV, Matt Gershater (35 saves, 14-1-0 season);

NOTES—Suns forward lines this weekend were Scott Winkler-Jamie Ellison-Vilnis Nikolaisons; Chris Benson-Luke Smith-John Miller; Chas Riopel-Joe Lawson-John Stevens; Ben Stauffer-Tom Forti-Scott Carmack.

 

 

 

Suns 10, Camels 5
Saturday

Connecticut Camels 0 1 4 5
Sun Valley Suns 1 5 4 10

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FIRST PERIOD—(1) SV, Smith 15 (Miller, Benson), 1:30.

SECOND PERIOD—(2) SV, Winkler 17 (Nikolaisons, Bender), 9:21. (3) SV, Ben Stauffer 11 (Forti, Carmack), 11:05. (4) Conn, B.J. Nault (Evan Schwartz, Mike Morgan), 14:10, shorthanded goal. (5) SV, Chas Riopel 8 (John Stevens, Joe Lawson), 14:33, power play goal. (6) SV, Kit Hughes 5 (Smith, Benson), 16:04. (7) SV, Hughes 6 (Nikolaisons, Jamie Ellison), 16:55.

THIRD PERIOD—(8) Conn, Skip Miller (unassisted), 2:30, power play goal. (9) SV, Miller 8 (Hughes, Benson), 8:41. (10) SV, Smith 16 (Baranzelli, Hughes), 9:25. (11) Conn, Ben Smith (Agnatelli, Dan Burkons), 10:07. (12) Conn, Agnatelli (Ben Smith), 12:38. (13) Conn, Agnatelli (Ben Smith), 16:33. (14) SV, Lawson 9 (Riopel), 17:03. (15) SV, Tim Tracy 2 (Smith, Miller), 19:30, jock strap goal.

SHOTS ON GOAL—for Connecticut 6-9-8 for 23; for Sun Valley 19-13-16 for 48.

GOALIES—Connecticut, Todd Shestok (38 saves); SV, James Moskos (18 saves, 14-1-0 record).

NOTES—Jamie Ellison (2000-02, 185 points in 76 games) joined Chris Benson (1992-94, 101 points in 54 games) as the only Suns with three consecutive scoring titles….1999 scoring champ Vilnis Nikolaisons was the team’s scoring runner-up for the third straight year….Sixteen Suns had points tonight, with 8 different goal scorers….Luke Smith, who scored 16 goals in just 17 games this season, led the weekend scoring parade with 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points….The Suns outshot the Camels 98-59 and outpointed them 41-14….In scoring their franchise single-season record of 211 goals, the Suns ended up with 10 players scoring 30 points or more, and 13 with 20 points or better. Back in the 199-goal season of 1983, it was 6 players with 30 or more points, 12 with 20 or more….Paul Baranzelli had a Jordan Leopold-like total of 20 goals, the first time a Suns defenseman has reached that mark in a season….Suns leaders were: Points—Jamie Ellison 59. Goals—Ellison and John Stevens 22. Assists—Vilnis Nikolaisons 38. Penalty minutes—Ellison 100.5. Check out the Express website for final Suns season statistics.

 

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