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Pirates Outlast Admirals for Shootout Victory

October 29, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


NORFOLK, VA - Derek Whitmore scored the shootout game winner for the second time this season and David Leggio turned aside four of the five shots he faced to lift the Portland Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Norfolk Admirals in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 3,480 at Scope.

Luke Adam paced the Pirates in regulation with a goal and two assists while Marc-Andre Gragnani netted two goals. Mark Mancari and Drew Schiestel rounded out the scoring for the Pirates, who posted their first road win of the season to improve to 7-2-0-0 on the season.

Juraj Simek scored twice to lead the Admirals while single goals went to James Wright, Marc-Antoine Pouliot and Ty Wishart. Norfolk dropped to 5-2-0-1 with the loss.

The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Mancari (on the first shot of the game) and Gragnani gave the visitors the advantage 8:49 into the game. The Admirals answered with goals by Wright and Simek in a span of 3:07 to even the count before the end of the opening frame. The offense continued to dominate in the second as the two teams combined for four more goals. Gragnani scored his second of the game on the power play 90 seconds into the period only to see Simek answer with his second of the game 32 seconds later to even things at three. Norfolk struck for their first lead of the game to go up 4-3 two minutes later as Pouliot scored with the man advantage only to see Schiestel draw the Pirates back even at four midway through the second to complete the second-period scoring. Wishart gave the Admirals a 5-4 lead halfway through the third but Adam tied it with 5:17 left in regulation to force overtime and eventually the shootout.

The Admirals outshot the Pirates 41-29 in the game.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the game were 1. Adam; 2. Simek and 3. Pouliot.

The Pirates continue a four-game road trip this tomorrow (Saturday) as they meet the Admirals for the second time in as many nights in a 7:15 p.m. start. Following tomorrow's game the Pirates travel to Charlotte for two games against the Checkers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both games are 7 p.m. starts. All three games can be heard live on News Talk 95.5 WLOB and on-line at portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show 15 minutes prior to the opening face-off.

The Pirates will be back in action at the Civic Center on Friday, November 5th when the Adirondack Phantoms come to town for a 7:30 p.m. faceoff. All fans will receive two free tickets to a future Pirates game with a donation to Goodwill. It's also United Way Night. As part of the pre-game, a check presentation will be made to the United Way of Greater Portland representing funds raised through the Pirates involvement in the current United Way Campaign.

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