Unexpected scoring

By Matthew Kredell on October 16, 2007 8:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Scott Thornton goes top shelf to the right corner off a feed from Brian Willsie to tie the game with 27 seconds left in the first period. Thornton and Willsie had combined for seven scratches in the first six games.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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