Blues at Whalers

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
Blues	12	6	11	0	29
Whalers	9	7	9	0	25

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
Blues	2	2	3	0	7
Whalers	1	1	3	0	5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. BLUES, DAHLEN 15 (WHITNEY), 00:45
2. WHALERS, TAGLIANETTI 6 (STEWART, PRESLEY), 12:40
3. BLUES, CROSBY 24 (WHITNEY, ZUBOV), 14:20

PENALTIES: D. MANSON HTD (CHARGING, Double Minor) 01:16, R. WHITNEY STL (HOOKING, Minor) 01:53, R. POESCHEK HTD (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:51

Period 2
4. BLUES, BOEDKER 5 (FORSBERG, LEACH), 03:08
5. BLUES, CROSBY 25 (JOHNSON, PIVONKA), 05:16
6. WHALERS, LARMER 17 (TAGLIANETTI, MURPHY), 19:09

PENALTIES: P. TURNBULL HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:35, S. MELLANBY HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:56, S. LEACH STL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:21, K. PRIMEAU HTD (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 10:21

Period 3
7. WHALERS, LARMER 18 (MURPHY, TUGNUTT) (PP), 06:15
8. BLUES, SUNDIN 15 (CROSBY, BOEDKER) (PP), 10:16
9. BLUES, SUNDIN 16 (DAHLEN, PIVONKA) (PP), 11:27
10. WHALERS, MURPHY 12 (MANTHA, POESCHEK) (SH), 11:33
11. WHALERS, TURNBULL 6 (ODELEIN, LOISELLE) (SH), 13:37
12. BLUES, LEACH 5 (PIVONKA), 15:47

PENALTIES: M. STAPLETON STL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:17, S. LEACH STL (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 04:43, D. MANSON HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:54, K. PRIMEAU HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor, Game Misconduct) 07:55 (Served by Allan Stewart), J. MURPHY HTD (CHARGING, Minor) 08:17, B. MARCHMENT HTD (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:47, D. MANSON HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 11:01, S. ZUBOV STL (BOARDING, Minor) 18:59, S. MELLANBY HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:59

Goalie Statistics

Martin Brodeur (STL), 19 saves out of 24 shots, W, 24-13-2
Roland Melanson (STL), 1 saves out of 1 shots
Ron Tugnutt (HTD), 20 saves out of 25 shots, L, 7-16-2
Mikhail Shtalenkov (HTD), 2 saves out of 4 shots

Power Play Conversions

Blues 2 for 9
Whalers 1 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Michal Pivonka (STL)
2 - Sidney Crosby (STL)
3 - Stephen Leach (STL)

Player Statistics

Blues

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Michal Pivonka 0 3 3 +2 0 4 2 14 Craig Wolanin 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 19 Mats Sundin 2 0 2 +1 0 2 3 26 Sergei Zubov 0 1 1 Even 2 2 3 16 Mike Stapleton 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 3 Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 14 Ray Whitney 0 2 2 Even 2 1 1 24 Stephen Leach 1 1 2 +3 6 2 4 22 Alexei Zhamnov 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 12 Peter Forsberg 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 23 Jim Johnson 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 16 Bret Hedican 0 0 0 +2 0 1 4 15 Ulf Dahlen 1 1 2 Even 0 2 0 23 Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 Even 0 3 0 22 Mikkel Boedker 1 1 2 +1 0 2 3 22 Sidney Crosby 2 1 3 +1 0 2 1 23

Whalers

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Bryan Marchment 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 20 Claude Loiselle 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 21 Rudy Poeschek 0 1 1 -2 2 3 3 18 Perry Turnbull 1 0 1 Even 2 1 1 12 Dave Barr 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 10 Scott Mellanby 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 13 Lyle Odelein 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 22 Andy Brickley 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16 Allan Stewart 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 15 Joe Murphy 1 2 3 Even 2 2 0 18 Peter Taglianetti 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 23 Wayne Presley 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 10 Dave Manson 0 0 0 -2 10 4 4 24 Mark Janssens 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 6 Jeff Larmer 2 0 2 -1 0 3 2 14 Stéphan Lebeau 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14 Moe Mantha 0 1 1 Even 0 0 0 18 Keith Primeau 0 0 0 -1 26 0 1 9

Financial

Attendance: 9322
Net Profit: $587 286,00

Game Notes

Keith Primeau ejected at 07:55 of the 3rd Period
Mikhail Shtalenkov enters game at 10:16 of 3rd period
Roland Melanson enters game at 13:37 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Peoria         16
Saginaw        0
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Paul Stanton 7 (Anders Carlsson, Errol Rausse)
Ville Siren 7 (David A Jensen, Mark Ferner)
Jan Ludvig 19 (Mike Moller, Len Hachborn)
Rob Pearson 10 (Chris Jensen, Valeri Zelepukin)
Ken Klee 1 (Don Barber, Troy Mallette)
Chris Jensen 15 (Hannu Jarvenpaa, Adrian Plavsic)
Anders Carlsson 14 (Brad Werenka, Lance Bouma)
David A Jensen 23 (Louie DeBrusk, Darryl Sydor)
Brad Werenka 3 (Anatoli Semenov, Dan Keczmer)
Don Barber 18 (Errol Rausse, Rob Pearson)
Jan Ludvig 20 (Lance Bouma, Jan Ludvig)
Rob Pearson 11 (Don Barber, Valeri Zelepukin)
Anatoli Semenov 17 (David A Jensen, Mark Ferner)
Mike Moller 9 (Anders Carlsson, Anatoli Semenov)
Anders Carlsson 15 (Errol Rausse, Chris Jensen)
Anders Carlsson 16 (Anders Carlsson, Adrian Plavsic)


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Goalies
Peoria: Andrei Trefilov
Saginaw: Jocelyn Thibault
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