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Las Vegas Thunder 2, Long Beach Ice Dogs 1 (SO)

Monday, Dec. 1, 1997 | 9:49 a.m.

LAS VEGAS--Ilya Byakin scored the winning shootout goal as the Las Vegas Thunder (13-10-3) edged the Long Beach Ice Dogs (16-9-2) 2-1 Saturday in front of 5,584 at The Thomas & Mack Center. Byakin's goal was the Thunder's fourth of the five-round tiebreaker. The win was Long Beach's fifth in a row, and first in six games against the Ice Dogs this season. Steve Bancroft broke a scoreless tie to give Las Vegas the lead at 11:19 of the third period. Assists went to Joe Day and Jesse Belanger, who is second to teammate Patrice Lefebvre on the IHL scoring chart with 19 goals and 17 assists. Vitali Yachmenev put Long Beach back in the game at 17:32, scoring with assists from Victor Ignatjev and Doug Ast. Winning goalie Tim Cheveldae stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced in regulation, and held the Ice Dogs to three goals in the shootout. Jamie Storr turned away 34 of 35 for Long Beach.

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