Game Results

Trenton gets the best of the Chiefs in the third period of Game One.

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Ryan Munce allowed 4 goals on 42 shots in the loss. Geoff Waugh and Jean Desrochers had the Johnstown goals. Grant Jacobsen, Dimitri Tarabrin and Marek Kvapil had assists. Johnstown battled back from a 2-0 first period hole to tie the game at 2-2 after 40 minutes, but were unable to get a lead against the Titans. Trenton takes a 1-0 series lead.

First Period
TREN Mondou, (1) (Bertoli, Haggett), 10:22 (PP)

Second Period
TREN Tremblay, (1) (Capraro, Haggett), 0:56
JHN Waugh, (1) (Jacobsen, Tarabrin), 7:32
JHN Desrochers, (1) (Kvapil), 8:49

Third Period
TREN Bertoli, (1) (Mondou, Haggett), 2:50
TREN Pandolfo, (1) (Morrison), 12:08

Game sheet from ECHL.com.

Kazan squared their Superleague final series at 1-1 defeating Magnitogorsk 5-1. Dimitri Kazionov scored Ak Bars' final goal in the match to cap off the victory. Game Three is scheduled for Tuesday.

Linkopings seized a critical Game Three victory today knocking off MODO 2-1 to take a 2-1 Elitserien final series lead. Lightning prospect defenseman Andreas Holmqvist had a power play assist in the victory. The 2001 2nd round pick has 1 goal and 3 points in 3 final series games thus far.

Lightning limp into the playoffs after missing out on a chance to move into the 6 seed in the shootout.

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Johan Holmqvist stopped 41 shots before allowing an uncustomary 3 shootout goals for his first career shootout loss. Vaclav Prospal and Filip Kuba had the Lightning goals. Kuba's 15 goals at season's end top Prospal's 14. Didn't see that one coming. Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Tim Taylor added individual assists.

The shootout loss slots the Lightning in as the #7 seed in the Eastern Conference. They will face #2 seeded New Jersey in the first round. Considering the Lightning were 3-1-0 in the regular season against the Devils and have one of the best records against the Devils over the past three seasons of any Eastern Conference team, this is definitely a series that the Lightning can win. The question is: are they right mentally after collapsing against Florida and evaporating in the third period and overtime against Atlanta in the regular season's final two games with so much on the line? Time will tell.

Game sheet from NHL.com.

Ryan Munce and Marek Kvapil save Johnstown's season by the barest of margins.

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Ryan Munce made a remarkable 49 saves on 52 shots in hostile territory on the road in an elimination game on the last day of the season. Have mercy. He took some guff from some of the BP users after being traded from the Kings organization, but you can't do anything but applaud what he's done in the last couple of weeks. Jean Desrochers potted a critical hat trick to lead the way offensively for the Chiefs. Gus Katsuras and Zbynek Hrdel added 1 goal and 1 assist while the other J-town goal came from Andrew Martens. Marek Kvapil, Johnstown's other savior, had 2 assists and Radek Smolenak and Ben Wallace had individual assists.

Wow. Johnstown was outshot 52-30 in the game but it didn't matter. Johnstown at 72 points finishes the season at .500 at 33-33-7 just 1 point ahead of Reading for the final North Division playoff spot. Johnstown now will face 4th place Trenton in an abbreviated first round series. Desrochers and Munce were named 1st and 2nd stars of the game.

First Period
REA Roussin, (8) (LaLonde), 1:31
JHN Desrochers, (15) (Wallace, Kvapil), 7:47
JHN Martens, (6) (Katsuras), 9:07
JHN Desrochers, (16) (Smolenak, Kvapil), 12:07 (PP)
JHN Katsuras, (12) (Hrdel), 13:28

Second Period
REA Zappala, (22) (Hogeboom, Werner), 4:02 (PP)
REA Zappala, (23) (Smith), 9:49

Third Period
JHN Desrochers, (17) , 18:30 (EN)
JHN Hrdel, (13) , 18:46

Game sheet from ECHL.com.