SEATTLE - John Grahame stopped thirty-five shots (9/10 GR) and Tim Taylor's shot from just outside the blueline late in the second period was the difference as the Topeka Scarecrows gained home-ice advantage with a 4-2 win over the Rainiers in Seattle Monday. Dumping the puck in for a line change, Taylor's shot caromed off a stanchion just inside the Rainier blueline as Giguere went behind the net to stop the puck. The puck went directly into the middle of the vacated Seattle net before Giguere could get back. "It's the conference finals; we'll take goals any way we can get them right now," said Taylor after the game. Game Two is scheduled for 5:30 Pacific time at Key Arena Tuesday night. STARBUCKS THREE STARS OF THE GAME: 1. John Grahame, Topeka - thirty-five saves, 9/10 GR 2. Tim Taylor, Topeka - game-winning goal 3. Daniel Alfredsson, Topeka - power-play goal, assist Topeka Scarecrows at Seattle Rainiers DATE : 04/07/2004 GOALS 1 2 3 OT F Topeka Scarecrows 2 1 1 0 4 Seattle Rainiers 1 1 0 0 2 SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F Topeka Scarecrows 14 11 18 0 43 Seattle Rainiers 12 12 13 0 37 G O A L S U M M A R Y 1. SEA. MARK PARRISH(4)( ANDREW BRUNETTE, VITALY VISHNEVSKI ): 1st 7:46 2. TPK. OLLI JOKINEN(6)( DANIEL ALFREDSSON, REM MURRAY ): 1st 9:28 3. TPK. DANIEL ALFREDSSON(7)( OLLI JOKINEN, BRAD RICHARDS ) (PP) : 1st 16:20 4. SEA. PATRICK MARLEAU(2)( DANY HEATLEY, LADISLAV NAGY ) (PP) : 2nd 4:39 5. TPK. TIM TAYLOR(2)( JOE JUNEAU, SCOTT STEVENS ): 2nd 13:38 6. TPK. JOE SAKIC(5)( STEVE YZERMAN, SCOTT STEVENS ): 3rd 14:48 P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y 1. TPK. SCOTT STEVENS - 2 Minutes: 1st 2:35 2. TPK. STEPHANE YELLE - 2 Minutes: 1st 5:42 3. TPK. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 1st 10:08 EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY REM MURRAY 5. SEA. ANDREW BRUNETTE - 2 Minutes: 1st 16:20 6. SEA. DANY HEATLEY - 2 Minutes: 1st 19:10 7. SEA. J-S GIGUERE - 2 Minutes: 1st 19:29 EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY TYLER WRIGHT 9. TPK. CHRIS PHILLIPS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:58 10. TPK. SERGEI BEREZIN - 2 Minutes: 2nd 16:23 11. SEA. PATRICK MARLEAU - 2 Minutes: 2nd 19:25 12. TPK. BRIAN LEETCH - 2 Minutes: 3rd 8:31 13. SEA. ALEX TANGUAY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 15:13 14. SEA. PATRICK MARLEAU - 2 Minutes: 3rd 17:48 I N J U R I E S NONE Player Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS DANIEL ALFREDSSON 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 37 20:45 0 4 SERGEI BEREZIN 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 18 9:38 0 1 CHRIS CHELIOS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 43 24:53 1 0 SHANE HNIDY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 15 9:25 0 0 OLLI JOKINEN 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 10-6 42 23:19 4 3 JOE JUNEAU 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 18 10:11 2 0 ALEX KHAVANOV -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 43 23:59 2 1 BRIAN LEETCH -1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 38 21:17 1 2 GRANT MARSHALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 11 6:26 0 0 REM MURRAY 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 36 20:45 0 0 CHRIS PHILLIPS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 21 12:21 1 0 BRAD RICHARDS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 15 8:12 0 1 MARTIN RUCINSKY 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 14:37 0 1 JOE SAKIC 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 14:56 0 2 SCOTT STEVENS 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0-0 40 23:06 1 0 TIM TAYLOR 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 7-3 30 16:48 0 0 STEPHANE YELLE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3-1 22 13:25 0 0 STEVE YZERMAN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4-3 27 14:56 0 0 BENCH 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 10 43 4 8 12 1 0 27-15 12 15 Player Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS NICK BOYNTON -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 10:44 0 0 ANDREW BRUNETTE 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 17 9:22 0 0 CHRIS DRURY -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 36 19:24 0 1 MIKE FISHER -1 5 0 0 0 0 0 8-2 34 17:51 2 0 DANY HEATLEY 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 36 20:11 0 1 ED JOVANOVSKI -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 40 23:20 0 0 VIKTOR KOZLOV -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 30 18:01 1 0 VLADIMIR MALAKHOV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:15 0 1 KIRK MALTBY -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 30 17:54 0 0 PATRICK MARLEAU 0 5 1 0 4 1 0 2-1 30 17:22 0 1 ANDY McDONALD -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-2 26 15:47 2 1 LADISLAV NAGY 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 30 17:22 0 1 MARK PARRISH 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 9:22 0 1 MARCUS RAGNARSSON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 32 17:45 0 0 JAROSLAV SPACEK -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 46 26:16 1 1 ALEX TANGUAY -1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 31 16:58 0 0 VITALY VISHNEVSKI 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 26 15:42 0 0 TYLER WRIGHT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 12 6:45 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL -10 37 2 4 10 1 0 27-12 6 8 Goalie Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS JOHN GRAHAME 60 37 2 0 10 9 105 TOMMY SALO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goalie Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS J-S GIGUERE 58 43 4 0 10 6 103 VESA TOSKALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 POWER PLAY OPP GOALS Topeka Scarecrows 6 1 Seattle Rainiers 6 1