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		Stealth close home season with one-goal defeat By Ralph A. Gora April 10, 2005

	SAN JOSE - Friday night at HP Pavilion marked the San Jose Stealth's last home game for the 2005 season. This one went into the record books as a 8-7 loss at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks. The Stealth, who have suffered at home all year and racked up only two home victories, dropped their season record to 4-11, out of the playoffs in the second year of the franchise. Stealth captain Cam Woods scored a hat trick and rookie Ryan Boyle found the back of the net twice. The Knighthawks' eight goals were the smallest total the Stealth had surrendered in a losing effort. Rochester improved to 9-6 with their win and clinched a postseason berth in front of 5,120 fans at HP Pavilon. San Jose had a 3-2 lead, but saw the Knighthawks answer back with three consecutive goals. Former Stealth Steve Toll, John Grant and Ryan O'Connor got Rochester the lead at 5-3. Grant added two more goals in the third quarter to increase the K-Hawks lead to three before Spencer Martin scored the final goal of the third quarter to pull the Stealth within 7-5. Boyle made it 7-6 at 1:01 in the fourth period, but the Knighthawks Mat Giles scored nine minutes into the final stanza for the final goal of the night for Rochester. Cam Woods scored San Jose's final goal at 14:54, but it wasnt enough. Coming up: The Stealth hit the road for their final game of the season in Buffalo. Face off is at 4:30 PDT in Buffalo next Saturday, Apr. 16. There will be no radio and TV as usual. Next Stealth piece: Watch for our season wrap up about what's really wrong within the San Jose Stealth orgainization. Their lack of reaching out to the community and their ignoring certain groups and sections in the San Jose community to culturally diversify. Tim Collins and Paul Malolot will join Ralph Gora for that feature. Join Ralph Gora, Paul Malolot, and Tim Collins on KVVN 1430 San Jose and 1110 KLIB Sacramento for their radio version of what went wrong with the Stealth's season and their marketing plan which turned out an average of 5,000 customers per game for the weekend broadcast.