Idaho took a lead into the second period when Chad Brownlee scored from the point. The puck sailed through traffic and appeared to hit a player in front of the net before sneaking past Lalande, but Brownlee was credited with the goal. The Steelheads struggled on the power play for the third straight day, going 0-for-7 — and 1-for in Las Vegas — after starting the game with the best one in the league.
Idaho came up empty on a pair of two-man advantages, one in each of the first two periods. Power hit the ice to use his body as a shield several times and Lalande, who made 34 saves in regulation and overtime, made several stellar saves to kill the penalties. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has threatened a lawsuit against Churchill Downs over its two-year ban after a positive drug test by Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.
Bo Jackson was a two-sport star for the Raiders and Kansas City Royals in when his football career came to an abrupt end in a playoff win over the Cincinnati Bengals. December 2, - pm. Wranglers center Chris Ferraro missed his second straight game with the flu.
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The two teams proved formidable opponents as the split the first four games, before Cincinnati stole momentum defeating the Wranglers in Las Vegas in Game 5 and ultimately taking the Kelly Cup in six games. Following their successful campaign, the Wranglers were forced to rebuild again as the team was only able to resign nine players from the previous team.
At the beginning of the season, former Wranglers captain and defenceman Mike McBain was named as the team's assistant coach, filling in for former assistant Brent Bilodeau who left the team after three seasons to become head coach of the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League. The team was crippled by injuries and inexperienced players. Despite this and the sudden folding of division rival Fresno, the Wranglers were able to produce a competitive team that finished 76 points;.
The Wranglers reached a new level of intensity in their rivalry with the Alaska Aces during the second period of their game on March 25, in Las Vegas. Alaska's Matt Stefanishion collided with Las Vegas' Chris Ferraro, breaking Ferraro's leg and effectively ending his season and possibly his career. Ferraro's twin brother, Peter became enraged and started a brawl that would involve nine players. During the melee, Peter Ferraro received a game misconduct penalty for spearing, as did Las Vegas' Tim Spencer for kicking.
In the aftermath, the Aces were given a five minute 5-on-3 power play in which they scored three times before the teams were at even strength. A few days after the game, the ECHL suspended Peter Ferraro for the rest of the regular season and the entirety of the Kelly Cup Playoffs for his actions during the game which included the spearing incident and was released by the team a week later. Wranglers career scoring leader, Shawn Limpright, was named the captain for the rest of the season.
The Wranglers would enter the playoffs at the 2nd seed in the Pacific Division and take on the 3rd seed Bakersfield Condors in the best-of-seven Pacific Division semifinals. The Wranglers and Condors would trade blows in the first four games, before Bakersfield took a 3 games to 2 lead heading back for games 6 and 7 in Las Vegas. The Wranglers would outscore Bakersfield 8—2 in the last two games to take the series in seven games.
The Wranglers would head to the Pacific Division finals to face the division's 4th-seed Stockton Thunder , who were coached by Gulutzan's rival Matt Thomas to an upset of division champion Ontario. As with the previous series with Bakersfield, the first four games were split by the two teams and Las Vegas took a 3 to 2 games lead heading back to Las Vegas. Stockton extended the series to a seventh game by defeating the Wranglers 3 — 1, but the Wranglers finished off the Thunder in game 7, 5 —1.
For the second straight year the Wranglers had reached the National Conference finals, but this time they were to take on the National Conference regular season champion Alaska Aces. Exhausted and injured from two straight seven game series, the Wranglers were unable to retain the Bruce Taylor Trophy, being swept by Alaska in four games. Following an unlikely return to the National Conference finals, the first head coach and general manager of the Las Vegas Wranglers, Glen Gulutzan, left the team to become the head coach of the expansion Texas Stars of the AHL.
For the first time in seven years, Wranglers owner Charles Davenport was forced to look for a head coach, but stated that Gulutzan's move to the AHL was "long overdue.
The Wranglers are the only team to hold a game that is played at midnight. The annual "Midnight Holiday Roundup" the 'Holiday' part is so-called because it is held every December was created so that Las Vegans who work during the usual game times e. Other Wranglers promotions have included the traditional mullet hat night and even a give away of orange vests that said "Don't Shoot I'm Human!
The Wranglers logo features a cowboy riding a bull and holding a hockey stick with Las Vegas Wranglers script below the bull. The cowboy and bull are both black and white and are outlined in silver. The script consists of "Las Vegas" in silver cursive, while "Wranglers" is in white with silver accents.
A script underneath the logo featured "Las Vegas" in black above "Wranglers" in yellow with a red outline. The Wranglers current colors are black, red, white and silver and can be seen on both the home and road jerseys, which were adopted prior to the season. The black and white jerseys feature a crest with a poker chip logo on the front. The team has two alternate jerseys which have been used since the team's inaugural season in The second alternate is black with red shoulders and five red stripes, one across each elbow, one across each arm and one across the waist.
The jersey also features red die along the bottom of the jersey and between the red stripes on each arm. The Wranglers previous home jersey, which was used from , was white with a previously unreleased Wranglers logo on the chest and is trimmed with black and red on the sleeves and waist. The Wranglers' current mascot is "The Duke", a 7-foot 3-inch 2. The Duke keeps the crowd excited, signs autographs, participates in entertainment during intermissions and player introductions at the beginning of the game.
The Duke is also a regular at other events around the city including races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and making appearances with players at local elementary schools.
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