Falcons notch 1st win of '08

04-Jan-2008 · 9:35pm

Back from the Christmas break, the second place Falcons played their first home game of 2008 Friday night inside Jack Gatecliff Arena against the sixth place Fort Erie Meteors.

GOALS BY PERIOD
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
	0	1	1	2
	1	1	2	4

The Falcons shut out the Meteors in the first period, and grabbed a goal for themselves. Daultan Leveille scored his 22nd of the season at 12:46 of the first to give St. Catharines a 1-0 lead going into the first intermission.

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The Falcons jumped out to 2-0 in the second period with Stephen Ceccanese's 10th goal of the regular season. The Meteors battled back and scored their first of the game, when Andrew Letwin beat Falcons netminder Steele De Fazio at 9:37 of the second on the power-play.

SHOTS BY PERIOD
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
	11	4	10	25
	7	4	11	22

The Meteors tied the game 2-2 in the third period, on the power-play again, this time from Cory Giroux. The Falcons fought back, and nailed their third goal of the game, this time from Dylan McInnis, even-strength, at 11:39 of the final regulation period. Leveille assisted on the go-ahead goal.

Dan Ziraldo slid an insurance marker past Meteors goaltender Jeff Broeker less than two minutes later, with Vladimir Bessonov and Riley Sheahan adding helpers on the goal.

The score remained 4-2 in favour of the Falcons at the end of 60 minutes of play, and Steele De Fazio recorded the Falcons first win of 2008.

Attendance inside Jack Gatecliff Arena Friday night was announced at 625 fans.

The Falcons next game is on the road this Sunday, January 6th, St. Catharines travels to Welland to face the Jr. Canadians. Game time in Welland is set for 7:05pm.