Box Score: Ice Dogs 3, Thunder 2

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

First Period -- No scoring. Penalties: Bancroft, Las Vegas (holding) 6:06; Ignatjev, Long Beach (hooking) 7:23; Kenny, Long Beach (fighting) 10:11; Simon, Las Vegas (fighting) 10:11; Bast, Las Vegas (roughing) 10:11; Huffman, Las Vegas (interference) 14:56; Smith, Long Beach (stick- holding) 16:05; Hamrlik, Long Beach (hooking) 18:33.

Second Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Bancroft 9 (Lefebvre, Quinney) 0:45. Penalties: Trombley, Las Vegas (fighting) 3:50; Courtemache, Long Beach (fighting) 3:50; Yerkovich, Las Vegas (hooking) 7:26; Ignatjev, Long Beach (tripping) 8:36; Augusta, Long Beach (roughing) 9:24; Karpov, Long Beach (roughing) 13:51; Bancroft, Las Vegas (cross-checking) 13:51; Bast , Las Vegas (high-sticking, misconduct) 16:10.

Third Period -- 2, Las Vegas, Bashkirov 3 (Day) 6:03 (sh). 3, Long Beach, Pittis 13 (Augusta, Ignatjev) 9:57 (pp). 4, Long Beach, Tiley 5 (Pittis, Ignatjev) 13:12. Penalties: Matteucci, Long Beach (hooking) 0:29; Bancroft, Las Vegas (cross- checking) 4:05; Tiley, Long Beach (tripping) 6:35; Smith, Long Beach (high-sticking) 6:40; Quinney, Las Vegas (high-sticking match penalty) 6:40; Morin, Long Beach (interference) 13:45; Smith, Las Vegas (holding) 16:46; Byce, Long Beach (hooking) 18:42.

Shootout -- Long Beach (2 of 5) Karpov miss, Augusta miss, Plavsic miss, Ignatjev score, Hamrlik score; Las Vegas (1 of 5) Lefebvre miss, Gendron miss, St. Jacques miss, Bashkirov score, Bashkatov miss.

Shots on goal -- Long Beach 5-10-11--26; Las Vegas 6-7-8--21.

Power plays -- Long Beach 1 of 9; Las Vegas 0 of 9.

Goalies -- Long Beach, Draper 18-4-2 (21 shots, 19 saves); Las Vegas, Duffus 23-14- 5 (26, 24).

Attendance -- 7,255 (12,347).

Referee -- Mike Hasenfratz. Linesmen -- Gerry Collins and Jon Constantine.

Three stars -- 1, Las Vegas LW Andrei Bashkirov; 2, Long Beach C Domenic Pittis; 3, Las Vegas C Joe Day.