Box Score: Thunder 6, Blades 2

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1997 | 9:39 a.m.

First Period -- 1, Long Beach, Vasilyev (Ast, Augusta), pp, 1:33. 2. Long Beach, Bylsma 1 (Augusta, Lambert), ppg, 7:25. 3. Long Beach, Augusta 1 (Ignatjev, Lambert), pp, 10:11. 4. Long Beach, Lambert 1 (Kenny, Bylsma), 12:16. 5. Las Vegas, Kurtz, 1 (Bancroft, Pattison), pp, 14:03. 6. Long Beach, Augusta 2, (Vasilyev, Ignatjev), 15:10.

Penalties: Bancroft, Las Vegas (delay of game), 1:17. Messier, Long Beach, (holding), 2:49. Lariviere, Las Vegas (interference), 5:57. Vasilyev, Long Beach, (cross-checking), 6:25. Bancroft, Las Vegas (cross-checking), Williams, Long Beach, (instigating, fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 7:35. Josephson, Long Beach (cross-checking), 7:35. Trombley, Las Vegas, (double minor roughing, fighting), 7:35. Roenick, Las Vegas (fighting), 9:30. Penn, Long Beach (fighting), 9:30. Day, Las Vegas, (tripping, roughing), 9:50. Ast, Long Beach, (high-sticking), 13:12. Lambert, Long Beach (cross-checking) 15:49. Josephson, Long Beach (roughing), 16:41. Roenick, Las Vegas (holding), 18:39.

Second Period -- 7, Long Beach, Williams 1, 6:01 Penalties: Jutras, Long Beach (hooking), 2:29. Finn, Long Beach (interference), 6:41. Messier, Long Beach (hooking), 8:40. Pattison, Las Vegas (boarding), 9:18. Trombley, Las Vegas (roughing), 11:52, Shermerhorn, Las Vegas (interference), 11:52. Penn, Long Beach (tripping), 15:35. Bancroft, Las Vegas (double minor spearing), 18:06.

Third Period -- 8, Las Vegas, Quinney 1 (Klimovich), 14:49. Penalties: Augusta, Long Beach (holding), 1:02. Bilodeau, Las Vegas (hooking), 4:16. Day, Las Vegas (fighting) 6:33. Josephson, Long Beach (fighting), 6:33. Vachon, Long Beach (kneeing), 7:24. Pattison, Las Vegas (delay of game), 10:32. Lefebvre, Las Vegas (10 minute misconduct), 12:33. Day, Las Vegas (fighting), 13:16. Josephson, Long Beach (Fighting), 13:16. Loewen, Las Vegas (fighting), 13:20. Jutras, Long Beach (fighting), 13:20. Trombley, Las Vegas, (roughing, game misconduct), 13:43. Matteuccci, Long Beach (cross-checking major, game misconduct) 13:43. Penn, Long Beach (10-minute misconduct), 13:43.

Shots on goal -- Long Beach 10-8-10--28; Las Vegas 7-10-9--26.

Power plays -- Long Beach 3 of 10; Las Vegas 1 of 11.

Goalies -- Long Beach, Whitmore 1-0-0 (26 shots, 24 saves); Las Vegas, Cheveldae 0-1-0 (10 ,5); Simchuk (15:10 of first, 18-17)

Attendance -- 9,883.

Referee -- Tow Kowal. Linesmen -- Michel Voyer, Darren Gibbs.