Box score: Ice Dogs 5, Thunder 3

Wednesday, April 14, 1999 | 4:03 a.m.

First Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Hollis 20 (C Taylor), 4:44; 2, Long Beach, Nemecek 5 (Stefan, Rosa), 6:45.

Penalties: Las Vegas, Wansborough (roughing), 5:53; Long Beach, Augusta (roughing), 5:53; Las Vegas, Kaminski (high-sticking), 9:23; Las Vegas, Hollis (high-sticking), 10:00; Long Beach, Augusta (roughing), 10:05; Long Beach, Nemecek (high-sticking), 13:05.

Second Period -- 3, Long Beach, Podollan 4 (Lefebvre, Nemecek), pp, 5:49; 4, Las Vegas, Romaniuk 36 (Jinman), sh, 13:04.

Penalties: Las Vegas, Shaldybin (holding), 3:04; Las Vegas, Shaw (roughing), 4:57; Long Beach, Jutras (holding, roughing), 6:43; Long Beach, Lefebvre (hooking), 9:00; Las Vegas, Crowe (closing hand on puck), 12:04; Las Vegas, Srubko (fighting, major), 15:43; Long Beach, Jutras (fighting, major), 15:43; Las Vegas, Hollis (interference), 16:39; Las Vegas, Shaw (cross-checking, slashing), 17:52; Las Vegas, Romaniuk (roughing), 17:52; Long Beach, Augusta (cross-checking, slashing), 17:52; Long Beach, Rosa (roughing), 17:52; Las Vegas, Nasato (holding), 18:29; Long Beach, Lefebvre (high-sticking), 18:29.

Third Period -- 5, Long Beach, Lafayette 8 (Jutras, Lambert), 5:55; 6, Long Beach, Rosa 17 (Augusta, Matteucci), 13:24; 7, Las Vegas, Zurba 1 (Mulhern, Wansborough), 14:47; 8, Long Beach, Jutras 13 (Lafayette, Modry), 15:13.

Penalties: Long Beach, Nemecek (tripping), 7:12; Las Vegas, Romaniuk (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:27; Long Beach, Mccambridge (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:27; Las Vegas, Melson (roughing), 15:54; Las Vegas, Nasato (holding), 16:23; Long Beach, Augusta (roughing), 16:23; Las Vegas, Wansborough (roughing), 19:13; Long Beach, Nemecek (roughing), 19:13.

Shots on goal -- Las Vegas 6-11-6--23; Long Beach 14-9-13--36

Power plays -- Las Vegas 0 of 5; Long Beach 1 of 6.

Goalies -- Las Vegas, Simchuk (36 shots, 31 saves); Long Beach, Legace (23, 20).

Attendance -- 2,556.