Thunder 3, Vipers 2

Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.

First Period -- No scoring. Penalties: Ciavaglia, Detroit (interference) 1:19; J. Simon, Las Vegas (fighting) 7:23; Crowe, Detroit (fighting) 7:23; Yerkovich, Las Vegas (stick-holding) 17:47.

Second Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Gendron 18 (Brady, Loewen) 0:38. 2, Detroit, Tardif 4 (Shaw, Donnelly) 12:38. Penalties: Loewen, Las Vegas (boarding) 8:42; Banks, Detroit (slashing) 13:41.

Third Period -- 3, Detroit, Donnelly 8 (T. Simon, Dirk) 3:42. 4, Las Vegas, Bashkatov 11 (unassisted) 10:10. Penalties: Brady, Las Vegas (holding) 0:41; Donnelly, Detroit (slashing) 13:04.

Shootout -- Las Vegas 2 of 5 (Gendron score, Quinney miss, Lefebvre score, Bashkatov miss); Detroit 0 of 5 (Drulia miss, Corriveau miss, T. Simon miss, Samsonov miss).

Shots on goal -- Las Vegas 6-5-5--16; Detroit 21-10-17--48.

Power plays -- Las Vegas 0 of 3; Detroit 0 of 3.

Goalies -- Las Vegas, Mezin 2-1-0 (48 shots, 46 saves). Detroit, Parent -- (16, 14).

Attendance -- 7,656 (20,182).

Referee -- Dennis LaRue. Linesmen -- Thor Nelson and Russ Johnson.

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