Falcons Claw Sharks
November 4, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Springfield, Mass. - Sharks forward Grant Stevenson had his second multi-point night of the season with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss to the Springfield Falcons on Saturday night at the MassMutual Center. Worcester netminder Nolan Schaefer was superb in net as he turned aside 34 shots in his first loss of the season. The Sharks record dropped to 5-3-0-2 on the season as they could not mount a comeback in the third period.
Mathieu Darche wasted no time putting the Sharks up 1-0 just five minutes into the first period. Darche picked up a loose puck from the right face-off circle and snapped home his 12th goal of the season past Falcons netminder Sean Burke.
Springfield responded at 17:48 though, when Jean Desrochers scored his first of the year from the doorstep to make it 1-1.
With forward Lukas Kaspar off for hooking, Grant Stevenson put Worcester back up 2-1 when he chipped home his second of the year on a beautiful individual effort with just 38 ticks left on the first period clock. Stevenson stripped the puck from a Falcons defenseman in the defensive zone and raced down ice on a breakaway for the Sharks second shorthanded tally of the year.
At 7:34 of the second period, Springfield knotted the game back up at two apiece when Desrochers picked up his second of the night off a feed from linemate Zdenek Blatny from behind the net.
The Falcons stole the lead right before the two teams headed into the locker room for the second intermission when forward Norm Milley scored his fifth of the season with just 58 seconds left. Milley was parked to left of Schaefer and redirected a Doug O'Brien slapper from the point for the 3-2 lead.
The Sharks came out hard in the third period, but found themselves in a bind when Springfield was granted a two-man advantage for over two minutes midway through the period. Darche and rookie forward Joe Pavelski were both whistled off for elbowing and hooking, respectively. The Sharks stayed resilient though, and Schaefer was near perfect in the net for the duration of the penalty kill.
Unfortunately, the Worcester offense could not mount a comeback and suffered their third regulation loss of the season.
The Sharks will head home for back-to-back games next weekend at the DCU Center on November 10th and 11th. The Sharks first play host to the San Antonio Rampage on Friday night and then the Providence Bruins come to town on Saturday. Both games are set to face off at 7:00 p.m. For information on tickets or promotions to the two games, please visit www.sharksahl.com or call the Sharks offices at 508.929.0500.
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