Chris Lawrence had 2 goals and 1 assist and was a remarkable +5 in Mississauga's 6-1 trouncing of Ottawa. Lawrence was named first star of the game.

Kevin Beech stopped just 38 of 44 shots faced as Sudbury lost 6-5 in overtime to Oshawa.

Vladimir Mihalik had an assist and was +1 with 2 penalty minutes as Prince George spanked Seattle 5-1. Mihalik now has 3 goals and 10 points in 15 games this season. Last year Mihalik had 3 goals and 12 points in 62 games with Red Deer.

Kevin Beech stopped 54 shots (not a typo) and was named first star of the game in Sudbury's 4-2 win over Owen Sound. Marek Bartanus was a scratch in the game for the Attack.

Dane Crowley was even with 4 penalty minutes as Swift Current caught a beat down from Kootenay 7-3.

Vladimir Mihalik had a power play assist and was even as Prince George fell to expansion Chilliwack 4-3.

Their bus may have had trouble getting to the rink, but the Chiefs had no problem once they got there.

JHN-3
DAY-1

Gerald Coleman stopped 23 of 24 for the win in a game which was delayed because the Chiefs had bus problems on their way to the game. Veteran Randy Rowe led the way for Johnstown with 1 goal and 2 assists, Doug Andress had 1 goal and 1 assist and Adam Henrich chipped in 2 helpers. Maxime Boisclair scored the other Chiefs goal while Ian MacLean chipped in an individual assist. Rowe and Coleman were named the first and third stars of the game, respectively. Amazingly, Johnstown has rebounded quickly from the loss of Stanislav Lascek to recall and has now gotten back to .500 at 7-7-1 which is good for a tenuous 1 point lead for first place in the North Division, although it should be noted the Chiefs have played 5 more games than second place Trenton.

First Period
NO SCORING

Second Period
JHN Boisclair, (5) (Rowe, Henrich), 1:02
JHN Rowe, (8) (MacLean, Andress), 9:07 (PP)
DAY Baum, (2) (Kelly, Hendrikx), 14:16

Third Period
JHN Andress, (4) (Rowe, Henrich), 0:24

Game sheet from ECHL.com.

Ouch.

SPR-0
ROC-8

Jonathan Boutin stopped 12 of 17 shots faced in the first and third periods to take the loss. Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 19 shots in the middle stanza in relief. The Falcons drop back to 1 game below .500.

First Period
ROC Ryan, (8) (MacArthur, Sekera), 8:38 (PP)
ROC Jacina, (5) (Paille, Zagrapan), 9:26
ROC Kreps, (3) (Smith), 19:30 (PP)

Second Period
ROC Jacina, (6) (Ryan, Smith), 1:06
ROC Mancari, (3) (Kreps, Booth), 6:07
ROC Mancari, (4) (Kreps, Smith), 13:18 (PP)

Third Period
ROC Ryan, (9) (Jacina), 1:38
ROC MacArthur, (9) (Mancari, Smith), 5:17 (PP)

Game sheet from TheAHL.com.

Dimitri Kazionov was scoreless today in Kazan's 3-1 loss to Magnitogorsk.

In the Russian Upper League:
Dimitry Bezrukov, Almetievsk (RUS2), 14 GP, 2-2-4, 45 PIM, +1
Ilya Solarev, Kazakhmys (RUS2), 11 GP, 7-3-10, 6 PIM, +5