Bullfrogs Lose Wild One, 12-11  

    June 11, 1999 - The Anaheim Bullfrogs lost to the San Jose Rhinos in a wild, high-scoring shootout, 12-11, Friday night in San Jose. The Rhinos (2-0) remain unbeaten with their second victory over the Bullfrogs (1-1-1).

    The Bullfrogs were victimized by poor goaltending, poor defense, or both, giving up 11 goals in only 27 shots. Rob Laurie had a bad game, giving up 9 goals on only 18 shots, and was pulled in the third quarter in favor of backup Cory Cadden, who stopped the bleeding enough to allow the Bullfrogs to take a late fourth-quarter lead.

    The game was marked by a controversial goal at the end of regulation. With the Bullfrogs leading 11-10, the Rhinos scored the apparent game-tying goal with a minute and a half left, but it was waved off. Then, with only 3.2 seconds remaining, the Rhinos won a face-off in the Bullfrogs zone, with Mark Woolf firing a shot as the buzzer sounded. The shot went in and was counted as a goal, sending the game into a shootout. In the shootout, Woolf again came up with a clutch goal, tying the count at 2-2 on the Rhinos fifth and final attempt. This set the stage for Mike Taylor to win the shootout two rounds later, sending the Rhino faithful into a frenzy.

Scoring
 

Ana	2	2	4	3	0	11
SJ	2	4	4	1	1	12

Ana - Belanger(3G), Therrien(3G), Whyte(PPG), Stitt(2G,A), Rapoza(G,A), Menicci(G,A), St. Jacques(3A)
SJ  - Purdie(PPG,A), Rushforth(3G,A), Elders(2G,A,PPG), French(G,A), Kapusta(G,A), Taylor(G,2A), Trumbley(G,A), Woolf(G,A), Genest(2A), Jickling(2A)

Shots
 

Ana	8	16	12	9	45
SJ	6	8	5	8	27

Goaltenders
Ana - Laurie   (1-1)  9 saves on 18 shots
      Cadden          7 saves on  9 shots
SJ  - Ferguson (2-0) 34 saves on 45 shots

Power Play -- Ana 2/3, SJ 1/5.
Att -- 5,105.

Scoring by Quarter

1st -- SJ, Purdie (Woolf, Elders), 5:19 (pp). SJ, Rushforth (Taylor, Genest), 6:39. Ana, Stitt (Anderson),9:41. Ana, Belanger (St. Jacques), 11:11.

2nd -- Ana, Therrien (Stitt, MacPherson), 1:20. SJ, Rushforth (French, Trumbley), 2:34. SJ, Elders (Bondarev, Kapusta), 3:48. Ana, Belanger (Seibel), 6:07. SJ, French (Purdie, Jickling), 7:26. SJ, Kapusta (French, Elders), 9:27.

3rd -- Ana, Therrien (Seibel, MacPherson), 1:43. Ana, Whyte (Menicci, St. Jacques) (pp), 3:30. SJ, Taylor (Rushforth), 5:41. 14, SJ, Trumbley (Genest), 5:48. SJ, Elders (Ferguson) (pp), 7:11. Ana, Stitt, 8:44. SJ, Rushforth (Taylor, Knox), 9:54. Ana, Belanger (St. Jacques), 11:21.

4th -- Ana, Rapoza, 1:44. Ana, Menicci, 5:27. Ana, Therrien (Repoza, MacPherson), 8:33. SJ,
Woolf (Jickling), 11:59.