COLORADO EDGES SAN DIEGO 7-6 IN SHOOTOUT WIN

Sockers 2 Go Winless In Two-Game Trip To Colorado To Drop Below .500
San Diego Plays Better But Will Need A Win At Home Next Sunday To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

DENVER - (Saturday, February 3, 2018 #MR 17-9) - The San Diego Sockers 2 overcame four two-goal deficits only to lose in their first shootout of the season 7 -6 to the undefeated Colorado Blizzard in Denver on Saturday night. The Blizzard went 1-for-1 in the shootout, while San Diego finished 0-for-3. San Diego (4-5) drops below the .500 mark for the first time.

Colorado (6-0) started the game with two quick goals to take a 2-0 lead. Cody Stratton and Andrew Mejia put the ball past emergency goalkeeper Jeff Hughes. The Sockers 2 player/coach was in goal due to an injury suffered by Ramon Torres in last night's game in Colorado Springs. Andrew Lorei buried a penalty kick to cut the Blizzard's lead in half at 7:01 in the first.

The teams alternated second-quarter goals to make it a 4-3 Colorado lead at halftime. Chad Hagerty tallied twice for San Diego, while Luke Burgard and Ryan McAleer notched goals for Colorado.

The Blizzard's Burgard and McAleer scored goals in the third stanza to offset the two goals scored by San Diego's Uziel Gonzalez. Colorado led 7-5 at the end of the third stanza.

Colorado had maintained four two-goal leads during the game, but in the fourth quarter, San Diego's Eli Galbraith-Knapp and Jared Hegardt equalized to force overtime. Hegardt's goal came midway through the period.

In the first shootout of the season, only one goal was scored in the five shots taken, and it was done by Colorado's leading scorer Stibe Torres. Lorei, Hagerty and, Hegardt's shots were saved by Blizzard goalkeeper Miguel Torres, who had 15 saves in regulation for the win.

The Sockers 2 return to Valley View Casino Center for the home finale to play the Arizona Impact on Sunday, February 11, 1:05 p.m., at Valley View Casino Center. San Diego will conclude its inaugural MASL 2 season with back-to-back games in Arizona and Las Vegas on March 2 and 3.

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SUMMARY

SCORING

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	SO	T
Blizzard	2	2	2	0	0	1 (1 - 1)	7
Sockers 2	1	2	1	2	0	0 (0 - 3)	6

SHOTS

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	T
Blizzard	5	7	6	4	5	27
Sockers 2	6	7	5	8	2	28

SCORING SUMMARY

Period	Time	Strength	Team	Scorer (Assists)	Total
1st	12:31	ES	Blizzard	Cody Stratton	1 - 0 Blizzard
1st	09:13	ES	Blizzard	Andrew Mejia (Stibe Torres)	2 - 0 Blizzard
1st	07:59	PP	Sockers 2	Andrew Lorei - Penalty Kick	2 - 1 Blizzard
2nd	09:47	PP	Blizzard	Alex Moseley (Cody Stratton)	3 - 1 Blizzard
2nd	05:21	ES	Sockers 2	Chad Hagerty (Uziel Gonzalez)	3 - 2 Blizzard
2nd	01:04	ES	Blizzard	Luke Burgard (Andrew White)	4 - 2 Blizzard
2nd	00:59	ES	Sockers 2	Chad Hagerty	4 - 3 Blizzard
3rd	10:32	ES	Blizzard	Ryan Mcaleer (Miguel Rosales)	5 - 3 Blizzard
3rd	06:19	ES	Sockers 2	Uziel Gonzalez (Evan Myers)	5 - 4 Blizzard
3rd	01:57	ES	Blizzard	Luke Burgard (Cody Stratton)	6 - 4 Blizzard
4th	07:17	PP	Sockers 2	Eli Galbraith-Knapp (Chad Hagerty)	6 - 5 Blizzard
4th	05:47	ES	Sockers 2	Jared Hegardt	6 - 6 Tie

SHOOTOUT SUMMARY

Round	Blizzard	Scored	Sockers 2	Scored	Total
1	Cody Stratton	No	Andrew Lorei	No	0 - 0
2	Stibe Torres	Yes	Jared Hegardt	No	1 - 0
3			Chad Hagerty	No	1 - 0

BLIZZARD PLAYERS

#	Name	Pos	G	A	PTS	PIM	F	BkS	PPG	Sh	BC
16	Cody Stratton	F	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	4	1
23	Luke Burgard	M	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	8	1
3	Alex Moseley	D	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	10	0
8	Andrew White	M	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
21	Andrew Mejia	M/D	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	0
25	Stibe Torres	M	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0
27	Ryan Mcaleer	F	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0
4	Ri Armstrong	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
5	Brice Colcombe	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0
6	Jimmy Wade	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7	Yves Fru	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Jay Hamilton	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	Edgar Olivas	M/D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Shane Wheeler	F	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0

BLIZZARD GOALKEEPERS

#	Name	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	MP	PIM	G	A	F	BC	YC	RC
1	Miguel Rosales	20	6	15	.750	60:00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

SOCKERS 2 PLAYERS

#	Name	Pos	G	A	PTS	F	BkS	PPG	Sh	BC
89	Chad Hagerty	M	2	1	3	1	0	0	8	0
6	Uziel Gonzalez	P	1	1	2	1	1	0	7	0
7	Jared Hegardt	M	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	1
13	Eli Galbraith-Knapp	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	0
18	Andrew Lorei	F	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
21	Evan Myers	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0
2	Ryan Cariss	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3	Sam Palano	M	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
5	Danny Glascock	P	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
9	Rafael Aguilar	F	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	Tim Liermann	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	Renato Sanchez	D	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
23	Mike Mercuriali	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
34	Juan Topete	M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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SOCKERS 2 GOALKEEPERS

#	Name	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	MP	PIM	G	A	F	BC	YC	RC
61	Jeff Hughes	22	6	16	.727	60:00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0