Falcons tie again on home ice

30-Nov-2007 · 9:55pm

The last time the Niagara Falls Canucks and St. Catharines Mountainview Homes Falcons battled inside Jack Gatecliff Arena, the Canucks shutout the Falcons 5-0 in front of a stunned crowd.

To ensure that Niagara Falls would not blank St. Catharines again, the Falcons scored first after a scoreless first period. Falcons rookie Riley Sheahan grabbed the first goal of the game, on the power-play, at the 1:34 minute mark of the second period. Falcons defenseman Mike Stone and forward Chris Stevenson assisted on the play.

GOALS BY PERIOD
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	TOTAL
	0	1	2	0	3
	0	1	2	0	3

Niagara Falls tied the game 1-1 before the end of the second period, grabbing a power-play marker of their own with under one minute to play in the period. Antony Candeloro netted his 17th goal of the season at the 19:25 mark to even the score before the second intermission. Mike Kusy and Phil McIlhone recorded assists.

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Niagara Falls silenced the Falcons fans in the third period with an even-strength goal from Kyle Jukosky at 8:05 of the third. Kusy and McIlhone added another pair of assists.

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	TOTAL
	10	12	11	0	33
	11	9	14	2	36

The Falcons answered back with their own tying goal (PP) to make the score 2-2, from Chris Stevenson, Stone and Daultan Leveille. Stevenson netted his 12th goal of the year 45 seconds after the Canucks goal at 8:50.

Daultan Leveille gave the Falcons the lead back at 13:22 of the third period with his 15th goal of the season. Zack Jones and Riley Sheahan assisted on the goal that sent Falcons fans to their feet inside JGA.

The Canucks once again tied the game, this time with under three minutes to play in the third. Mike Kusy scored the Canucks third goal of the game, with an assist to Kyle Jukosky. The goal eventually forced overtime as the two clubs remained tied after 60 minutes of play.

In overtime at Jack Gatecliff Arena, the Falcons got off two shots against Canucks netminder Ryan Ludzik but couldn't sneak either one past him as the game ended in a 3-3 tie after 65 minutes of play. The tie was the second in a row for the Falcons at home inside Jack Gatecliff Arena.

Attendance inside Jack Gatecliff Arena Friday night was announced at 741 loud fans!

The Falcons next game is at home inside Jack Gatecliff Arena on Tuesday, December 4th, when the Falcons host the Welland Jr. Canadians on a rare Tuesday night home game.