Ryan Manitowich and Chris Brassard scored in the second period Saturday to give Bossier-Shreveport of the Central Hockey League a 2-1 win over the Colorado Eagles at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, La.
The Mudbugs have a 3-1 lead over the Eagles in the best-of-seven Northern Conference finals.
The Eagles continued to have problems solving goalie David Cacciola, who stopped 29 shots. Ryan Tobler got Colorado’s only goal at 15:48 of the third, on assists from Greg Pankewicz and Erik Adams.
Game 5 will be in Bossier City on Monday.
Durango cyclist wins Tour de Georgia stage
Durango’s Tom Danielson won the Tour de Georgia’s most difficult stage Saturday for the second straight year and remained within four seconds of overall leader Floyd Landis going into today’s final stage.
Danielson, who races for the Discovery Channel team and won the Tour de Georgia last year, and Landis stayed with each other through most of the stage, which ends at the highest point in Georgia, and both finished the 94.5-mile race in 4 hours, 5 minutes, 56 seconds.
“Last year I attacked at the bottom (of Brasstown Bald Mountain) and this year I put all my cards at the end,” Danielson said.
MLL’s Outlaws trade for marquee goalie
The Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse traded for goaltender Trevor Tierney and midfielder Jeff Sonke from the Baltimore Bayhawks, giving up midfielders David Curry and defenders Mike Howley and Ryan Marshall and goaltender Scott Schroeder.
The teams also swapped draft choices. Tierney, 27, was 9-2 last season and led Baltimore to the MLL championship. Tierney is 19-14 and is the third-winningest goalie in league history.
