From: Dayton Daily Newsby Mark Gokavi
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(left) DU Alum Adam Berkhoel was steller in the nets for Dayton in Game 1 of their championship series
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The Dayton Bombers won a dramatic Game 1 of the ECHL Kelly Cup finals in front of 3,817 at Qwest Arena.
Trevor Frischmon put the puck past Idaho goalie Steve Silverthorn with 2:36 left to give Dayton a 2-1 victory and 1-0 series lead.
"I just saw the puck laying at his feet and kind of desperately threw my stick at it," Frischmon said. "It happened to pop through his feet."
Dayton leads the best-of-7 series and collects its first Kelly Cup finals win — the Bombers were swept by Greenville in the 2002 finals.
Game 2 is at 9:10 p.m. Friday night.
The Bombers led most of the way thanks to Yannick Tifu's wrist-shot on a 2-on-1 and DU Alum Adam Berkhoel's stellar goaltending. After Berkhoel stopped a Idaho shot from close range, Philippe Dupuis and Tifu worked a 2-on-1 break to perfection against Idaho defenseman Colin Peters.
Dayton kept the lead until Idaho tied it 1-1 at 13:55 of the third when Francis Wathier deflected a Peters shot and the puck fluttered past Berkhoel, who made 29 saves. That set the stage for Frischmon's game winner.
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