The Rampage celebrate another victory
After a shootout win in Texas and regulation loss against Oklahoma City last weekend, the Barons were back in San Antonio for another match up against the San Antonio Rampage Wednesday night. Solid play by both goalies held the score at 0-0 after the first twenty minutes of play, but two power play goals by Jed Ortmeyer and Jared Gomes gave the silver and black a 2 goal lead with less than 5 minutes remaining in the second. That 2 goal lead was short lived, as Taylor Fedun brought the Barons within one goal of tying the game less than a minute later. Less than 2 minutes into the final period, Toni Rajala evened the score and the two teams headed to overtime when the regulation buzzer sounded. Neither team could score in the overtime period, so the two squads headed to a shootout. Josh Green,Mark Arcobello, and Toni Rajala all tallied for the Barons, but only Evan Barlow could find the back of the net during the shootout for the Rampage.
Friday night the Houston Aeros visited the AT&T Center once again. After a scoreless first period, Rallo netted the first goal of the contest on the power play early in the second to put the Rampage up 1-0. The Aeros scored back to back goals to make the score 2-1 before Rallo and Brendon Nash set up Quinton Howden for his 13th goal of the season. The score sheet was dominated by the Rampage during the third period with Barlow and Rallo netting goals to give the silver and black a 4-2 victory.
The Abbotsford Heat squared off against the Rampage Sunday Night and took an early lead to start the game. After trailing 2-0 at the start of the second, Jack Combs quickly cut the Heat’s lead in half seconds after play resumed. The remaining 19 minutes of the period were scoreless, but midway through the third Nash started the scoring once again making the score 2-2. Max Reinhart regained the lead for the Heat, but San Antonio answered with back to back goals courtesy of Combs and John McFarland. With seconds remaining, the Heat scored and sent the game into overtime. With the score tied at 4 after 5 minutes of extra time, the Heat were able strike twice in the shootout and won the game by a final score of 5-4.
The Rampage are now (27-27-1-6) after a 4-3 loss against the Texas Stars last night. Going into the third period of the game the Rampage held a two goal advantage which they were unable to hold on to and are now 2-7-0 against Texas this season. JOhn McFarland scored a goal for the second consecutive game, and goaltender Dov Grumet- Morris stopped 33 of 37 shots in the loss. Justn Dowling of Texas gave the Stars the lead with just over six minutes left with a power play goal from a sharp angle that snuck past Morris. The Rampage return home to face the Oklahoma City Barons and Rochester Americans over the weekend. The team currently sits in the AHL’s 13th spot in the Western Conference, just six points out of a playoff spot.
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