Falcons Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brian Clark
February 1, 2005
bclark@fresnofalcons.com

January 24 @ Bakersfield, 2-0 Loss - The Falcons suffered their third shutout of the season as their 10-game unbeaten streak (9-0-1) to begin 2005 came to an end. Goaltender Jamie Hodson kept Fresno within striking distance throughout the entire contest, though, by making 40 saves.

January 28 vs. Las Vegas, 4-1 Win - In their first game following the All-Star Break, Fresno used a pair of three-point nights from Shaun Sutter
(2g-1a) and Jason Weaver (1g-2a) to win their sixth game in a row at home.

January 29 vs. Long Beach, 5-3 Loss - The Falcons let leads of 2-0 and 3-2 slip away, the latter disappearing when the Ice Dogs scored a pair of goals 47 seconds apart in the third period, on their way to losing in regulation at home for just the second time since Nov. 6. The one other loss at Save Mart Center during that time was also to Long Beach on Dec. 14.

January 30 @ Long Beach, 5-0 Loss - The team's struggles against the Ice Dogs this season continued as the club fell to 1-5-0 in the season series.

Wednesday, Feb. 2 @ Victoria, 7 p.m. - The Falcons play for the first time in Canada when they travel to face the Victoria Salmon Kings. The live radio broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on 103.1 FM, The Mountain Cat, with the pre-game show.

Friday, Feb. 4 @ Victoria, 7 p.m. - The second game of a three-game set against the eighth-place Salmon Kings. Catch the live play-by-play action on 103.1 FM, The Mountain Cat, beginning at 6:50 p.m. with the pre-game show.

Saturday, Feb. 5 @ Victoria, 7 p.m. - For the finale of the series against the Salmon Kings, fans are invited to BC's Pizza & Beer for a Falcons listening party. Free pizza and soft drinks will be provided courtesy of Sierra Tel Internet. BC's Pizza is located at 1315 Shaw Ave. across from Sierra Vista Mall. The live radio broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. with the pre-game show on the Mountain Cat.

Shaun Sutter scored three power play goals last week to move into a tie for the league lead with 10 power play tallies on the season.
Sutter had four goals overall last week, tying him with Dan Tessier for the team goal-scoring lead at 17 goals apiece.
The Falcons' loss to Long Beach on Saturday snapped a six-game home winning streak.
For the month of January, Fresno went 10-3-1.
The Falcons are ranked 6th (17.8%) on the power play and 16th (82.7%) on the penalty kill.
Fresno begins the week in a tie for fourth place in the West Division with the San Diego Gulls. They trail the third-place Alaska Aces by four points in the standings and the division-leading Long Beach Ice Dogs by 12 points.