Sharks WINgels Again in St. John's

Published on December 11, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


ST. JOHN'S, NFLD - Tommy Wingels scored twice in a wild third period comeback for the Sharks in a 5-3 victory over the first place St. John's IceCaps at the Mile One Centre on Sunday afternoon. The Sharks improved to 2-0-0-1 on their season long seven game road trip after sweeping the IceCaps in back-to-back games in St. John's.

John McCarthy, Ben Guite, and Marek Viedenski also scored for Worcester while Harri Sateri picked up his 5th win with 24 saves in goal. Tony Lucia extended his point streak to five games (2-3-5) with an assist on the game winning goal late in the third period in a game that featured five fights and 70 penalty minutes.

Harri Sateri was busy early in net for Worcester and held down the fort for the Sharks making 11 saves in the first period. Ryan Del Monte (1st) fought Tyler Ramsey (1st FM) behind the St. John's net after a scrum in front of the crease at 10:35. Jimmy Bonneau (6th FM) rocked Tommy Maxwell (2nd FM) for a 2nd straight game at center ice at 11:48 to get the Sharks bench energized. The Sharks had a late power play to end the opening period and John McCarthy (4th) scored just to beat the buzzer with a wicked shot from 15 feet on top of the crease at 19:59 after a great set up by Ben Guite and Benn Ferriero to give the Worcester a 1-0 edge through 20 minutes.

The IceCaps broke out to a 3-1 lead with three strikes in a 2nd frame that featured three sets of fighting majors. Spencer Machecek (8th) tied the score at 1-1 after he poked in a loose puck in front of the Sharks net after an icing against Worcester at 4:18. Paul Postma (5th) sent a laser from on top of the left circle over the shoulder of Harri Sateri at 6:55 to give St. John's a 2-1 lead. Three separate fights broke out in the next minute as Nathan Moon (4th FM) and Eric O'Dell (1st FM) dropped the mitts at 6:57 followed by Matt Pelech (3rd FM) and Tyler Ramsey (2nd FM) at 6:59. Curt Gogol (6th FM) and Garth Murray (5th FM) finished off the rough stuff with a rematch from their fight on Friday at 7:40. Aaron Gagnon (6th) put the IceCaps ahead 3-1 with a tap in at the side of the net on the power play after a terrific feed by Kevin Clark at 17:57. Worcester trailed 3-1 after 40 minutes of play.

Worcester scored four unanswered goals in the third period outshooting the IceCaps 17-3 in the frame. Ben Guite (2nd) fired the puck into an empty net on the left side after a perfect cross the top of the crease pass by John McCarthy on a 5-on-3 power play at 37 seconds. Tommy Wingels (6th) scored a breakaway goal at 3:51 after a great feed out of the zone by Sean Sullivan. Wingels missed the net on the shot; but the puck then came off the end glass, hit the crossbar, and then off the back of a stunned Peter Mannino to tie the score at 3-3. Just when it looked like the two teams were headed to OT, Tony Lucia intercepted a pass inside the IceCaps blue line and found Tommy Wingels (7th) all alone down low in the right circle. Tommy roofed the puck past the St. John's netminder for the eventual game winner at 18:35. Marek Viedensky (1st) scored his first pro goal with a 75 foot shot into an empty net to seal the stunning 5-3 victory for the Sharks at 19:52.

The Sharks record improves to 10-6-3-3 with 26 points through 22 games and now 3-1-3-2 on the road.

Notes: FIVE GUYS BURGERS Three Stars: 3rd Star: John McCarthy (1-1-2) 2nd star: Ben Maxwell (0-2-2) 1st star: Tommy Wingels (2-0-2)... Final shots were 41-27 in favor of Worcester... Peter Mannino made 36 saves on 40 shots for St. John's; Harri Sateri made 24 saves on 27 shots for Worcester...Worcester went 1-for-4 on the power play while St. John's went 1-for-4... Mike Moore (inj), Cam MacIntyre (inj), Mike Connolly (inj), and Brandon Mashinter (inj) did not dress for Worcester... Tony Lucia has a five game point streak for Worcester (2-3-5)... John McCarthy grabbed one more assist and now has 12 helpers this season to lead all Sharks players... with the five fights; Worcester now has 36 through 22 games this season, the 2nd most in the AHL... before the game defenseman Matt Irwin was recalled by the San Jose Sharks... Ben Guite recorded three points (2-1-3) in the victory.

The Sharks seven game road trip continues in Springfield with a 6pm start at the Mass Mutual Center on Tuesday.

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