Central Hockey League: Jackalopes remain winless at home

No energy in the stands and just 20 minutes on the ice spelled doom for the Odessa Jackalopes Tuesday night.

Takin a one-goal lead after the first period, the Jackalopes watched the visiting Arizona Sundogs net four unanswered goals in the second period en route to a 7-4 victory at Ector County Coliseum.

The loss kept the Jackalopes (7-5-1) winless at home this season (0-4-1), while the Sundogs (6-7-1) have won the past two meetings in the Permian Basin.

Mike Ramsay, Sebastien Thinel, Collin Circelli and Mike Lesperance all scored for the Jackalopes, with Ramsay, Brian Swiniarski and Jeff Pierce all finishing with two assists.

"I thought we played a good first period, not a great first period," Jackalopes coach Paul Gillis said. "I thought we came out with some good energy.

"In the second period, I thought we gave them every goal they scored, either with mistakes by the goaltender or the defensemen. Somewhere between Texas (Brahmas) and here, we lost our defensive zone coverage and that's something that we work on every day."

The Jackalopes jumped on the Sundogs early, with Ramsay scoring just 4:19 into the contest. With Pierce carrying the puck down the slot, Ramsay raced to the left post and redirected the feed inside the post and past Arizona goaltender Marco Emond.

Thinel made it 2-0 for the home team at the 8:18 mark of the first period, gathering in a loose puck in the slot and turning to wrist the puck inside the right post.

Arizona cut the lead in half just 78 seconds later when Karl Sellan scored the first of two goals on the night. Sellan, standing at the right post, redirected Matt Suderman's pass from the left point past Jackalopes goaltender Alexandre Vincent.

The teams then traded goals to give the Jackalopes a one-goal lead heading into the first intermission.

It took the Sundogs less than four minutes to tie the game on Sellan's second goal of the night, this time banging away at a loss puck in front of Vincent.

It took Arizona just 17 seconds to take the lead for good when Adam Perry, taking advantage of some loose play in front of the Odessa net, snapped a loose puck back Vincent at the 4:14 mark.

When Tyler Liebel scored at the 10:10 mark, Gillis pulled Vincent and put in Juha Toivonen.

"What happened in the second period?" a somber Toivonen said after the game. "We can't have that; that was embarrassing."

>> Arizona 7, Odessa 4

Score by periods

Arizona - 2 - 4 - 1- 7

Odessa - 3 - 0 - 1 - 4

First Period

Scoring -  1, Odessa, Mike Ramsay (Jeff Pierce, Brian Swiniarski) 4:19; 2, Odessa, Sebastien Thinel (Dominic Leveille) 8:18 (pp); 3, Arizona, Karl Sellan (Matt Suderman, Mark Kolanos) 9:38; 4, Odessa, Collin Circelli (Jeff Pierce, Mike Ramsay) 15:18 (pp); 5, Arizona, Jon Landry (Martin Gascon, Chris Bartolone) 18:11 (pp). Penalties - Mark Kolanos, Arizona (hooking), 7:12; Collin Circelli, Odessa (boarding), 10:27;  Joel Irving, Arizona (slashing), 13:57; Kory Karlander, Odessa (tripping), 16:38; Joel Irving, Arizona (hooking), 16:57; Dominic Leveille, Odessa (hooking), 17:29.

Second Period

Scoring -  6, Arizona, Karl Sellan (Mark Kolanos, Sean Zimmerman) 3:57 (pp); 7, Arizona, Adam Perry (Tyler Liebel, Chris Bartolone) 4:14; 8, Arizona, Tyler Liebel (unassisted) 10:10; 9, Arizona, A.J. MacLean (Peter Cartwright, Andre Selander) 17:56. Penalties - Brian Swiniarski, Odessa (holding), 2:05; Alexandre Vincent, Odessa (tripping, served by Jeff Pierce), 4:54; Andre Selander, Arizona (hooking), 12:05; Bench minor, Arizona (too many men, served by Karl Sellan), 14:10.

Third Period

Scoring -  10, Odessa, Mike Lesperance (Brian Swiniaski, Mike Ramsay), 17:05 (pp); 11, Arizona, A.J. MacLean (unassisted), 19:21 (en). Penalties - Jon Landry, Arizona (hooking), 5:54;  Matt Suderman, Arizona (hooking), 6:45; Mario Joly, Odessa (roughing), 10:02; Sebastien Thinel, Odessa (unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:02; Sebastien Thinel, Odessa (misconduct), 10:02; Sebastien Thinel, Odessa (game misconduct), 10:02; Dave Van Druen, Odessa (slashing), 11:44; Cory Stillman, Arizona (hooking), 15:47.

Shots on goal: Arizona 9-17-4-30; Odessa 11-7-18-36.

Power-play opportunities: Arizona 2 of 9; Odessa 3 of 8

Goalies: Marco Emond, Arizona (32 saves-36 shots); Alexandre Vincent, Odessa (17-22), Juha Toivonen (6-7).

Attendance: 1,759

Referee: Tom Steinel

Linesmen: Benjamin Dupuis, Shane Nakic.

>> Central Hockey League

NORTHERN CONFERENCE

Northeast Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

Oklahoma City 9 1 2 20 40 21

Bossier-Shreveport 8 3 1 17 46 30

Mississippi 7 6 0 14 41 40

Tulsa 3 6 1 7 26 49

Northwest Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

Colorado 10 2 0 20 56 39

Rapid City 3 4 4 10 42 47

Wichita 4 7 1 9 34 46

Rocky Mountain 3 7 1 7 27 47

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Southeast Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

Laredo 8 4 0 16 40 28

Texas 7 3 1 15 38 33

Rio Grande Valley 6 1 2 14 34 24

Corpus Christi 4 6 1 9 41 44

Southwest Division

W L OTL Pts GF GA

Odessa 7 5 1 15 55 42

Arizona 6 7 1 13 51 55

New Mexico 5 7 1 11 49 58

Amarillo 4 8 0 8 34 51

NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for loss in overtime or shootout. Overtime or shootout losses are only denoted in the OTL column, not the loss column.

Tuesday's Games

Mississippi 3, Tulsa 1

Arizona 7, Odessa 4

Wednesday's Game

Colorado at New Mexico

Thursday's Games

Rio Grande Valley at Laredo

Amarillo at Oklahoma City