Rhinos Win 3-1, but do not advance

Mar 27, 2008

ut it was not enough to overcome the huge goal deficit suffered in El Paso’s first game against the New Hampshire Monarchs in the Rhinos quest for the wild card berth in the semifinals.

Ironically, instead, the team that finished second to El Paso in the Western States Hockey League, the Phoenix Polar Bears, earned the wild card by virtue of a narrow defeat in their first game and two solid, multi-goal wins.

FINAL

New England Sports Center 2    Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:30 pm EST

 

El Paso Rhinos 3

Dubuque Thunderbirds 1

 

GAME DETAILS

SCORING

SHOTS

 

1

2

3

TOTAL

El Paso Rhinos

1

1

1

3

Dubuque Thunderbirds

0

1

0

1

 

1

2

3

TOTAL

El Paso Rhinos

1

21

13

35

Dubuque Thunderbirds

0

20

12

32

 

POWERPLAYS

El Paso Rhinos 1 for 7 : Dubuque Thunderbirds 1 for 9

 

 

 

 

SCORING SUMMARY

Period 1

El Paso RhinosEric LaBounty (powerplay) (Tad Norris, Jeff Schmudlach) 12:44

Period 2

El Paso RhinosBill Krueger (Austin Balko, Zach Kohn) 8:18
Dubuque ThunderbirdsCasey Kleisinger (powerplay) (Bho Olson, Niko Kapetanovic) 17:29

Period 3

El Paso RhinosMarcus Wilhite (Nick Gorup, Bill Krueger) 11:16

 

PENALTIES

Period 1

El Paso RhinosNick Gorup – (Hooking), 2 min, 2:04
El Paso RhinosBill Krueger – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 8:15
Dubuque ThunderbirdsAlex Gerke – (Elbowing), 2 min, 8:41
Dubuque ThunderbirdsNathan Allen – (Hooking), 2 min, 10:41
El Paso RhinosAnthony Paulsen – (Checking from Behind), 2 min, 15:29
El Paso RhinosBill Krueger – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 18:09
Dubuque ThunderbirdsIan Coppersmith – (Board Checking), 2 min, 19:01

Period 2

Dubuque ThunderbirdsAnthony Brown – (Elbowing), 2 min, 6:04
El Paso RhinosNick Gorup – (Tripping), 2 min, 11:42
Dubuque ThunderbirdsKevin Sunde – (Charging), 2 min, 14:29
El Paso RhinosEric LaBounty – (Hooking), 2 min, 16:58

Period 3

El Paso RhinosParker Harrison – (Tripping), 2 min, 4:20
Dubuque ThunderbirdsAnthony Brown – (Roughing), 2 min, 5:06
El Paso RhinosAnthony Paulsen – (Holding), 2 min, 8:39
Dubuque ThunderbirdsAlex Gerke – (Body Checking), 2 min, 8:54
El Paso RhinosNick Gorup – (Interference), 2 min, 12:57
Dubuque ThunderbirdsBho Olson – (Slashing), 2 min, 16:37
El Paso RhinosAlec Sherman – (Roughing), 2 min, 16:37
Dubuque ThunderbirdsKevin Sunde – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct Misconduct), 10 min, 16:37