Sunday, February 25, 2001
Mighty Ducks 5, Kentucky 3
LEXINGTON Gregg Naumenko made 31 saves, and five different Cincinnati players scored to lead the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 5-3 victory over the Kentucky Thoroughblades Saturday night in the AHL at Rupp Arena.
Jay Legault, Andy McDonald and Jason Williams each netted a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1-) and improved to 22-0-0-0 on the season when leading after two periods.
Torrey DiRoberto and Sergei Vyschedkevich also scored for the Ducks, while Peter Podhradsky and Bob Wren each contributed a pair of assists.
Cincinnati ....... 1 3 15
Kentucky ....... 0 1 23
First period: 1. Cin, Legault 7 (Wren), 15:35.
Second period: 2. Cin, DiRoberto 7 (Podhradsky, McDonald), 9:08.3. Ken, Bancroft 14 (Lipsett, Samuelsson), 13:50 (ppg). 4. Cin, Vyschedkevich 1 (Podhradsky), 14:40. 5. Cin, Williams 14 (Wren, Legault), 19:23.
Third period: 6. Ken, Zalesak 10 (Lipsett, Samuelsson), 4:08 (ppg). 7. Ken, Colagiacomo 10 (Jindrich), 15:52. 8. Cin, McDonald 12 (Fischer, Williams), 19:40 (eng).
Shots on goal: Cin 13-17-10=40; Ken 8-10-16=34. Power play opportunities: Cin 0-for-2; Ken 2-for-2. Goaltenders: Cin, Naumenko (34 shots, 31 saves; record 19-11-3); Ken, Kiprusoff (41:15; 30 shots, 26 saves, 1 eng; record 18-9-5), Toskala (17:20; 9 shots, 9 saves). Att: 6,230. Records: Cin 31-19-6-2; Ken 32-18-8-1.
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