TOPEKA (AP) - The Topeka Scarecrows took a two-games-to-one lead in their Western Conference Finals series with the Seattle Rainiers on the strength of a dominating 4-1 victory tonight. The Scarecrows controlled every facet of the game, outshooting the visitors by a 48-22 margin largely on the strength of eight man advantage situations. In fact, special teams were the difference, as Topeka scored two times on the power play and once short-handed. The series resumes at Topeka Sunday. Seattle Rainiers at Topeka Scarecrows DATE : 04/10/2004 GOALS 1 2 3 OT F Seattle Rainiers 1 0 0 0 1 Topeka Scarecrows 2 2 0 0 4 SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F Seattle Rainiers 8 9 5 0 22 Topeka Scarecrows 17 16 15 0 48 G O A L S U M M A R Y 1. TPK. OLLI JOKINEN(8)( BRIAN LEETCH, BRAD RICHARDS ) (PP) : 1st 0:52 2. TPK. SERGEI BEREZIN(4)( JOE SAKIC, STEVE YZERMAN ): 1st 2:04 3. SEA. VIKTOR KOZLOV(4)( DANY HEATLEY, CHRIS DRURY ): 1st 3:55 4. TPK. ALEX KHAVANOV(3)( MARTIN RUCINSKY, DANIEL ALFREDSSON ) (SH) : 2nd 10:35 5. TPK. JOE SAKIC(6)( STEVE YZERMAN, ALEX KHAVANOV ) (PP) : 2nd 15:32 P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y 1. SEA. JAROSLAV SPACEK - 2 Minutes: 1st 0:33 2. SEA. VIKTOR KOZLOV - 2 Minutes: 1st 9:30 3. TPK. ALEX KHAVANOV - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:52 4. SEA. JAROSLAV SPACEK - 2 Minutes: 2nd 6:49 5. TPK. STEPHANE YELLE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:04 6. TPK. ALEX KHAVANOV - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:58 7. SEA. ED JOVANOVSKI - 4 Minutes: 2nd 15:22 EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY MARK PARRISH 9. TPK. SCOTT STEVENS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 15:22 10. SEA. DANY HEATLEY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 19:52 11. SEA. KIRK MALTBY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 5:37 12. SEA. KIRK MALTBY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 10:45 13. SEA. KIRK MALTBY - 2 Minutes: 3rd 17:40 I N J U R I E S NONE Player Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS NICK BOYNTON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 35 20:06 1 2 ANDREW BRUNETTE -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:59 0 0 CHRIS DRURY 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 12-4 46 26:01 0 1 MIKE FISHER -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-3 40 22:21 0 0 DANY HEATLEY 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 45 25:10 1 5 ED JOVANOVSKI 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 40 23:11 0 0 VIKTOR KOZLOV 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 18 9:39 0 2 KIRK MALTBY -1 2 0 0 6 0 0 1-0 33 18:48 0 2 PATRICK MARLEAU -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 37 22:40 0 0 ANDY McDONALD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 10 6:00 0 0 LADISLAV NAGY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:15 0 0 MARK PARRISH -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:59 0 0 MARCUS RAGNARSSON -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 37 20:59 0 0 JAROSLAV SPACEK -1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 38 22:27 0 4 ALEX TANGUAY -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 28 16:51 0 1 VITALY VISHNEVSKI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:31 0 0 JASON WOOLLEY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 12:17 0 1 TYLER WRIGHT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 9 5:46 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL -5 22 1 2 18 0 0 25-7 2 18 Player Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA AS DANIEL ALFREDSSON 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 35 19:04 0 3 SERGEI BEREZIN 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 12:16 0 1 CHRIS CHELIOS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 34 20:24 1 1 OLLI JOKINEN 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 10-9 38 20:44 0 3 JOE JUNEAU -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 25 15:40 0 1 DMITRI KALININ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 13:17 0 0 ALEX KHAVANOV 0 4 1 1 4 0 1 0-0 39 21:38 0 0 BRIAN LEETCH -1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 37 20:37 2 2 GRANT MARSHALL -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 10:26 0 0 REM MURRAY 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 31 17:19 0 1 CHRIS PHILLIPS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 14:40 0 0 BRAD RICHARDS 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 24 12:27 0 2 MARTIN RUCINSKY 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 25 13:52 0 2 JOE SAKIC 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 33 18:25 0 4 SCOTT STEVENS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 34 20:24 0 0 TIM TAYLOR -1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6-4 24 14:45 0 0 STEPHANE YELLE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 17 10:19 1 0 STEVE YZERMAN 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8-5 35 19:17 2 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 4 48 4 8 8 2 1 25-18 6 20 Goalie Stats For Seattle Rainiers PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS J-S GIGUERE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VESA TOSKALA 60 48 4 0 9 7 105 Goalie Stats For Topeka Scarecrows PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS JOHN GRAHAME 60 22 1 0 4 3 105 TOMMY SALO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 POWER PLAY OPP GOALS Seattle Rainiers 3 0 Topeka Scarecrows 8 2