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February 3, 2009
Generals Clinch Series against River City
Eugene, OR - The Eugene Generals (35-7) were able to clinch the eight game season series against the River City Jaguars (23-17) with a 4-2 victory tonight at Lane Events Center-Ice. The win gives the Generals a 5-1 lead in the season series, and the two teams will conclude their season series on the last weekend of the regular season.
“The Jaguars have picked up a lot of talent lately, and have recently given us a run for our money,” Generals Head Coach Jay Miller stated after the game. “I’m glad we were able to come away with the win, and we’ll look to carry this momentum forward. We have a short week to prepare for Seattle, but we have to put all of our focus on that right now.”
Neil Holder was able to get the first power play goal of the night for the Generals 14:36 into the first period when Michael Frei and Tyler Poulsen assisted him. The one non-special team’s goal of the evening came 4:11 into the second period when Tyler Poulsen assisted Michael Frei to give the Generals a 2-0 lead. Tim Nicklas assisted James Abudakar on the power play 13:01 into second to bring the Jaguars back within one.
Blake Bishop and Michael Schlagel would assist Eric Watters 8:45 into the third on the power play to make it 3-1. The Jaguars would get one more as Seth Farrell scored a shorthanded penalty shot goal 15:05 into the third, but Neil Holder would get the Generals third power play goal of the evening 16:16 into the third with the assist going to John Strahle. That goal would seal the game for the Generals, and put the Generals into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division. Nolan Ohmart made 35 saves in the game.
The Generals will host the first place Seattle Totems this Friday at Lane Events Center-Ice at 7:35 PM. The game will be broadcast on GiTV. For more information on upcoming games or GiTV please visit eugenegenearls.com.