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WHEELING, W. Va., (March 1, 2009) -- The Trenton Devils continued to be frustrated by the Wheeling Nailers as they lost 4-3 Sunday afternoon at WesBanco Arena.

Wheeling struck first on the power play as a result of a fluke carom of the far corner boards, resulting in a loose puck in the slot and an easy goal for Mitch Ganzak 4:54 into the game.

Just over a minute later, the Nailers doubled their lead as Kelly Miller took advantage of a Dave Leaderer turnover and fired the puck from the slot for his fifth goal of the season.

Leaderer atoned for his mistake at 10:51 with his 10^th goal of the season. Jeremy Akeson picked up a loose puck behind the net and dished it to Leaderer, who blasted the shot from the near circle.

The Nailers re-gained their two-goal advantage at 6:31 as Billy Ryan lifted a backhander past Gerald Coleman for his third goal of the season.

Trenton returned to the scoreboard at 16:14 after Matt Radoslovich deked out a Nailers defender at the far circle and feathered a pass to Akeson in front of the net. Akeson put home the puck for his 14^th goal of the season.

In the third period, the teams traded power play goals, as Andrew Lord scored at 3:58 and Jim Henkel pulled the Devils to within one at 14:01. As was the case with their last four games, the last ditch efforts to tie the game proved futile, as the Devils lost four in a row for the first time since mid-November.

The Devils outshot the Nailers, 34-21, and went 1-for-5 on the power play. Akeson and Leaderer each had a goal and an assist for the Devils, who lost their seventh game in 10 tries against the Nailers this season.

The Devils head south Friday night to take on the South Carolina Stingrays, with the puck drop set for 7:05 p.m. Fans can listen to the free online broadcast by logging onto the Devils' official website, www.trentondevils.com.

TRENTON DEVILS  - The Trenton Devils are a member of the ECHL -- North America's Premier "AA" Hockey League.  The Trenton Devils are owned and operated by the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.

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