Buffalo at Carolina

Period 1
1. CAROLINA, COLE 11 (BRIND'AMOUR), 09:10
2. CAROLINA, BRASHEAR 6 (BRUNETTE) (PP), 15:53
3. CAROLINA, COLE 12 (HENDRICKSON, GELINAS), 19:09

PENALTIES: R. FRANCIS CRL (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:19, T. MALEC CRL (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:56, B. NORTON CRL (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:17, S. MCEACHERN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 13:54, P. KJELLBERG BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 17:06

Period 2
4. CAROLINA, COLE 13 (BRIND'AMOUR, BARTECKO), 03:53
5. BUFFALO, YLONEN 7 (WARRENER, MCEACHERN) (PP), 10:07

PENALTIES: D. BRASHEAR CRL (CHARGING, Minor) 06:27, B. NORTON CRL (CHARGING, Minor) 09:58, A. LILJA CRL (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:27

Period 3
6. CAROLINA, SMOLINSKI 7 (COLE, DUCHESNE) (PP), 14:33

PENALTIES: R. SMEHLIK BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:36, R. WARRENER BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 10:20, J. GIRARD BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 12:20, B. RITCHIE CRL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:20, J. BOTTERILL BUF (ELBOWING, Major) 13:49, C. GRATTON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:28, S. MCEACHERN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 19:20

Goalie Statistics

Jason Labarbera (BUF), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Ryan Miller (BUF), 31 saves out of 36 shots, L, 4-6-1
Arturs Irbe (CRL), 17 saves out of 18 shots, W, 24-7-3

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 1 for 6
Carolina 2 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Erik Cole (CRL)
2 - Rod Brind'Amour (CRL)
3 - Arturs Irbe (CRL)

Player Statistics

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16 Patric Kjellberg 0 0 0 Even 12 0 0 5 Chris Gratton 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 22 Juha Ylonen 1 0 1 Even 0 3 1 17 Alexander Korolyuk 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 13 Don Sweeney 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 20 Shawn Mceachern 0 1 1 -1 6 3 2 23 James Patrick 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22 Mike Grier 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22 Jason Botterill 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 10 Steve Thomas 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 13 Jonathan Girard 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 11 Rhett Warrener 0 1 1 -2 2 0 1 16 Richard Smehlik 0 0 0 Even 2 0 1 14 Rob Ray 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 4 Stu Barnes 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 25 Rem Murray 0 0 0 Even 0 0 3 14 Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15

Carolina G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Byron Ritchie 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 14 Lubos Bartecko 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 11 Steve Duchesne 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 23 Andrew Brunette 0 1 1 Even 0 1 5 18 Brad Norton 0 0 0 +1 4 4 3 14 Erik Cole 3 1 4 +3 0 4 4 18 Jeff O'Neill 0 0 0 Even 0 3 5 18 Darby Hendrickson 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 11 Jesse Boulerice 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 3 Marek Malik 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 21 Donald Brashear 1 0 1 Even 2 2 2 13 Rod Brind'Amour 0 2 2 +2 0 4 0 26 Ron Francis 0 0 0 Even 2 2 1 19 Bryan Smolinski 1 0 1 Even 0 2 1 17 Danny Markov 0 0 0 Even 0 1 3 25 Andreas Lilja 0 0 0 +2 2 3 2 14 Martin Gelinas 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 12 Tomas Malec 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 13 Jeff Heerema 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0

Financial

Attendance: 13568
Net Profit: $712 320,00

Game Notes

Jason Labarbera enters game at 14:33 of 3rd period
Erik Cole scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      1
Lowell         1
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Rory Fitzpatrick 3 (Sebastien Bordeleau, John Jakopin)

unknown (Steven Halko, unknown)

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Goalies
Rochester: unknown
Lowell: Steve Passmore
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