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Maybe the Rampage still have some life left after all.
Two nights after coach Pat Conacher called out his players for lacking effort in a third-period meltdown against Milwaukee, the Rampage got revenge Friday with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Admirals.

Joel Perrault and Jeff Taffe each scored in the shootout, while Rampage goaltender David LeNeveu saved four of five shots in front of 5,426 fans at the AT&T Center.

"In one way or another, we heard (Conacher's) comments at practice the next day," said Taffe, who netted the decisive goal in the shootout. "It was a tough skate. It was a wakeup call that if we don't play 100 percent, we're not that good of a team. We had to look at each other in the room and figure out what we wanted to do."

On Wednesday, Milwaukee (18-14-3-4) scored three goals in the third to defeat the Rampage 4-2. Afterward, Conacher said he would "love to get rid of the seven or 10 guys" that weren't giving their all.

San Antonio Express News