In addition to sending goaltender Brian Eklund down to Johnstown yesterday the Falcons also reassigned defenseman Jay Rosehill to the Chiefs. Rosehill played 33 games with Springfield since an early season recall, but his inexperience limited the amount of playing time he saw at the AHL level. Unfortunately, shortly after the decision to send Rosehill down, defenseman Gerard Dicaire came down with food poisoning, forcing the Falcons to start last night's game against Manchester with just 5 defensemen.

One of the stories of this prospect season we've been underreporting has been the play of overage prospect Sascha Goc in the German DEL. Bolt Prospects had all but written off Goc after an injury plagued season last year with Adler Mannheim and sliding offensive numbers since his days as an Albany River Rat in the Devils organization. This year, the former Mannheim captain is starting fresh with the Hannover Scorpions and showing dramatic improvement. Goc has 14 goals and 26 points through 45 games this season to go with 154 penalty minutes. Goc will be given a prime showcase at the upcoming Olympics, and with both Cory Sarich and Pavel Kubina needing contract decisions this summer, its not impossible for Goc to play his way into consideration by the organization once again.

Johnstown left a point on the table tonight. With Toledo holding seven games in hand on them, they cannot afford anything less than two against bottomfeeders like Dayton.

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DAY-3 (SO)

Morgan Cey stopped 31 of 33 before falling in the shootout. Dimitri Tarabrin scored both goals for Johnstown on the power play.

Game sheet from ECHL.com.

Goaltender Brian Eklund has been reassigned to Johnstown of the ECHL. The decision comes after the Lightning made the decision to promote Jonathan Boutin to Springfield of the AHL. Rumors of a trade involving Eklund have apparently fallen through, necessitating the goaltender's demotion.