Blues at Whalers

Shots
123OTT
Blues 11 10 10 0 31
Whalers 9 10 6 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Blues 3 1 0 0 4
Whalers 1 3 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BLUES, DAHLEN 12 (CROSBY, ZUBOV), 05:16
2. BLUES, CROSBY 22 (DAHLEN, BOEDKER) (PP), 08:54
3. BLUES, WOLANIN 1 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 09:54
4. WHALERS, CHYCHRUN 6 (STEWART, PRIMEAU), 17:09

PENALTIES: B. HEDICAN STL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 04:56, A. STEWART HTD (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 04:56, D. MANSON HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:59, A. STEWART HTD (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 08:01, R. POESCHEK HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:29, M. PIVONKA STL (BOARDING, Minor) 13:45, R. POESCHEK HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:20

Period 2
5. WHALERS, POESCHEK 5 (BUCHBERGER, MURPHY), 07:03
6. BLUES, DAHLEN 13 (CROSBY, WHITNEY), 07:28
7. WHALERS, BARR 14 (MANSON, LOISELLE), 08:43
8. WHALERS, LARMER 15 (MURPHY, MANSON), 17:35

PENALTIES: B. MARCHMENT HTD (BOARDING, Minor) 01:54, A. BURT STL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 02:40, L. ODELEIN HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:15, K. BUCHBERGER HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 14:06, K. PRIMEAU HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:14

Period 3
9. WHALERS, LEBEAU 14 (MANSON, BRICKLEY), 07:50

PENALTIES: D. MANSON HTD (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 01:45, A. STEWART HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:18, R. POESCHEK HTD (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:22, C. WOLANIN STL (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:42, K. PRIMEAU HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 07:42 (Served by Allan Stewart), M. SUNDIN STL (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 08:29, D. MANSON HTD (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 08:43, K. BUCHBERGER HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:51, D. HATCHER STL (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:35, S. MELLANBY HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 12:25, M. STAPLETON STL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:32, C. LOISELLE HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:32, C. LOISELLE HTD (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:17

Goalie Statistics

Martin Brodeur (STL), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 22-13-2
Roland Melanson (STL), 3 saves out of 3 shots
Ron Tugnutt (HTD), 27 saves out of 31 shots, W, 7-15-1

Power Play Conversions

Blues 2 for 16
Whalers 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Sidney Crosby (STL)
2 - Ulf Dahlen (STL)
3 - Dave Manson (HTD)

Player Statistics

Blues

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Michal Pivonka        0  0  0    -1   2  5   1  9
Craig Wolanin         1  0  1    -3   2  4   2 23
Mats Sundin           0  0  0    -2   4  2   4 26
Sergei Zubov          0  1  1    +2   0  0   0 18
Mike Stapleton        0  0  0    -1   2  0   1  5
Derian Hatcher        0  0  0    -2   2  1   3 14
Ray Whitney           0  1  1    +2   0  3   0 23
Adam Burt             0  0  0    -3   4  0   3 19
Alexei Zhamnov        0  0  0    -1   0  2   0  7
Peter Forsberg        0  0  0    -3   0  2   2 24
Jim Johnson           0  0  0    +2   0  2   4 18
Bret Hedican          0  0  0    -3   2  0   1 10
Markus Naslund        0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 17
Ulf Dahlen            2  1  3    +1   0  3   2 24
Jakub Voracek         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 20
Mikkel Boedker        0  1  1    -1   0  0   0  9
Bob Errey             0  0  0    -2   0  1   1  7
Sidney Crosby         1  2  3    +2   0  3   1 21
   
Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Bryan Marchment       0  0  0    +1   2  4   7 22
Claude Loiselle       0  1  1    +1   4  1   0  7
Rudy Poeschek         1  0  1    +1   6  2   5 19
Perry Turnbull        0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  9
Dave Barr             1  0  1    +1   0  1   1  5
Scott Mellanby        0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 12
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 25
Andy Brickley         0  1  1  Even   0  0   3 15
Allan Stewart         0  1  1  Even   6  0   2 15
Joe Murphy            0  2  2    +2   0  1   0 20
Wayne Presley         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Dave Manson           0  3  3    +2  11  4   2 23
Jeff Larmer           1  0  1    +2   0  3   2 12
Kelly Buchberger      0  1  1    +1  14  1   1 14
Stéphan Lebeau        1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 14
Jeff Chychrun         1  0  1    +2   0  1   4 16
Moe Mantha            0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 21
Keith Primeau         0  1  1  Even  17  1   0 13
   

Financial

Attendance: 9423
Net Profit: $593 649,00

Game Notes

Markus Naslund injured at 07:42 of the 3rd Period
Keith Primeau ejected at 07:42 of the 3rd Period
Roland Melanson enters game at 07:50 of 3rd period
Kelly Buchberger injured at 16:19 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Peoria         2
Saginaw        7
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Len Hachborn 18 (Jan Ludvig, Valeri Zelepukin)
Paul Stanton 6 (Anatoli Semenov, Chris Jensen)

Pat Falloon 12 (Brent Hughes, Darren Turcotte)
David Oliver 8 (Vladimir Krutov, Bryan Fogarthy)
Chris Gratton 7 (André Faust, Brad May)
Brad May 11 (Mark Paterson, David Saunders)
David Saunders 13 (Michal Grosek, Andrei Nikolishin)
Brad May 12 (Wes Walz, Jeff Daniels)
Darren Turcotte 11 (Dixon Ward, Mike Rathje)

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Goalies
Peoria: Andrei Trefilov
Saginaw: Jocelyn Thibault
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