Falcons Host Devils Tonight
December 8, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons and Lowell Devils meet for the fourth time this season and tonight will be the third time the Falcons and Devils have squared off in just eight days. Springfield is 3-0 against Lowell this year with their most recent victory occurring on Wednesday, December 5 by a score of 4-2 at Paul Tsongas Arena. Jean-Francois Jacques and Fredrik Johansson each tallied a pair of goals in Springfield's triumph on December 5. Goaltender Devan Dubnyk stopped 42 of 44 shots in that contest as well helping guide the Falcons to a win. After tonight's game, Springfield and Lowell will meet again on Saturday, December 29 at the MassMutual Center.
Jean-Francois Jacques leads Springfield in scoring against Lowell this year with three goals and four assists for seven points in three games, while center Marc Pouliot is second with three goals and three assists for six points in three games against the Devils. Goaltender Jeff Deslauriers is 2-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and .954 save percentage in two games against Lowell, while fellow netminder Devan Dubnyk is 1-0 with a .955 save percentage in one game against the Devils this season.
Petr Vrana leads Lowell offensively in the season series against Springfield with five assists in three games, while teammate Noah Clarke has a team-leading three goals against the Falcons this season.
The Falcons head into tonight's action looking to rebound from a 7-2 loss suffered against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday night on home ice. Colin McDonald and T.J. Kemp scored for the Falcons on Friday night. Tonight will be Springfield's second game of a four-game homestand that continues on Tuesday, December 11 against the Binghamton Senators, followed by the Houston Aeros' first visit to "The Nest." The Falcons remain in third place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 13-9-1-3 good for 30 points. Springfield is currently six points behind second place Hartford and 10 points behind first place Providence.
The Devils head into Springfield having lost to the Hartford Wolf Pack last night by a score of 3-1. Lowell took a 1-0 lead when Nicklas Bergfors scored his second goal of the year, but Hartford responded with three unanswered goals to earn the win. Lowell has lost their last two games and currently have a record of 8-13-2-1 good for 19 points.
REDDOX MAKES NHL DEBUT: The Falcons announced Thursday that forward Liam Reddox was recalled by their National Hockey League affiliate, the Edmonton Oilers. Reddox made his NHL debut on Friday night against the St. Louis Blues in his second recall to the Oilers this season. The second-year pro has played in 22 games for the Falcons this season collecting six goals and 13 assists for 19 points. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound native of Whitby, Ontario is currently sixth in the AHL in rookie scoring and tallied his first career AHL goal on October 12 against the Portland Pirates. Reddox spent the entire 2006-07 campaign with the ECHL's Stockton Thunder.
FALCONS PLAYER NOTES: Falcons rookie Liam Reddox has collected points in five straight games for Springfield recording two goals and six assists for eight points in that span. Reddox was the game's first star on Friday, November 30 at Lowell leading Springfield to a 4-1 win with two goals and one assist....Jean-Francois Jacques has collected four goals and three assists for seven points in his last four games, including two goals in Springfield's 4-2 win at Lowell on December 5. Jacques has goals in three of his last four games and is now second on the team in goals for the season with seven, only second to Patrick Thoresen's 12 markers....Left wing Rob Schremp has recorded a point in nine of his last 10 games collecting two goals and 11 assists for 13 points in that span. Schremp had a stretch of four-straight two-assist games from November 17-23....Falcons center Marc Pouliot has two goals and three assists for five points over his last five games. Pouliot recorded a pair of assists in Springfield's 4-2 win at Lowell on December 5.
LOWELL DEVILS GAME RECAP: The Lowell Devils lost 3-1 to the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday at the Hartford Civic Center. It wasn't until 15:38 of the second period that Nicklas Bergfors broke the scoreless tie. Playing in his first game since November 21, Bergfors skated into the Hartford zone and fired a wrist shot from the far circle that Al Montoya inadvertently tipped into his own net. The unassisted tally was Bergfors' second of the season. While the Devils were able to get the first goal of the game, the Wolf Pack would snag two quick ones with under two minutes left in the second period and take a 2-1 lead into the intermission. Hartford tied the score at 18:37 when Artem Anisimov streaked down the left side and found Hugh Jessiman alone in the slot for a bouncing backhand shot that snuck by Jordan Parise. Soon after Jessiman's marker, the Wolf Pack found themselves with a two-man advantage. Nigel Dawes converted with a slapshot from the blueline that tickled the twine with just 7.1 seconds left in the frame.
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