SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Marek Viedensky was the star of the show on Friday night, tallying two goals and two assists as the San Francisco Bulls defeated the Ontario Reign, 5-1, for their third consecutive win, in front of 4,128 at the Cow Palace. Peter Sivak chipped in with three points and Thomas Heemskerk turned aside 28 shots in a dominant effort by the Bulls against the Pacific Division leaders.
In the first period, the Bulls took the lead on the power play when Viedensky scored at 7:48. Sacha Guimond and Justin Bowers earned the assists on the goal. Ontario, however, countered with their own man-advantage tally on Derek Couture’s sixth goal of the season at 12:12 of the first frame. The scoring in the period was not finished. The Bulls regained their one-goal lead when Alex Tuckerman scored with 3:04 left in the period. The goal was assisted by Sivak and Viedensky. The Bulls out-shot the Reign 15-7 in the first period.
The Bulls extended their lead in the second period when Viedensky scored his second goal of the night at 9:33 of the period. The goal was assisted by Sivak and Scott Langdon. With 8:35 remaining in the second period, the Bulls extended their advantage to a three-goal lead when Sivak scored his fifth goal of the season with assists going to Guimond and Bowers.
Dean Ouellet put the Bulls up 5-1 with his team-leading seventh goal at 8:46 of the third period. Viedensky picked up the lone assist.
The Bulls return to action tomorrow night at the Cow Palace when they take on the Stockton Thunder at 7:15 pm. The SF Firefighters Local 798 is setting up shop for a Toy Drive. Bring your new and unwrapped toys to the Cow Palace to be donated to a local charity, and receive a 2-for-1 ticket coupon redeemable throughout the 2012-13 regular season. In addition, the first 5,000 fans receive a team photo, courtesy of stayingahead.com. Get your tickets by calling up 855-SF-BULLS or by visiting SFbulls.com
Bulletins: The Bulls out-shot the Reign 35-29. It was the fifth game in a row the Bulls out-shot their opponents…Justin Bowers extended his point streak to a season-high six games (1g, 7a)…Peter Sivak extended his point streak to five games (3g, 6a)…Sacha Guimond has seven points in his last three games…With 2 power play goals tonight, the Bulls have gone 5-for-8 on the man-advantage over the past two games…Daniil Tarasov (loaned from Worcester) and Rob Kwiet (traded from Greenville) made their Bulls debuts.
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