Sateri Stops 25 Shots in 5-0 Win Over Pirates
Published on January 8, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
WORCESTER, MA - Rookie Harri Sateri made 25 saves for his first professional shutout and rookie Brodie Reid scored his first two professional power play goals as the Sharks broke a four game (0-3-0-1) skid in a 5-0 victory over the Portland Pirates at the DCU Center on Sunday afternoon.
John McCarthy, Mike Connolly, and James Livingston also scored for Worcester as the two teams combined for 72 penalty minutes and three fights. The shutout was the first of the season for Worcester and the second straight game the Pirates were shutout.
Despite each team playing their third game in three days, both teams came out with a good jump to their step in the opening period. Jimmy Bonneau (14th FM) and Mike Hoffman (3rd FM) fought for the third time this season with a long scrap at 1:38 to extend Worcester's fighting major streak to 21 games. Rookie Brodie Reid (6th) struck on the power play after a great entry into the Pirates zone and zipped the puck past the blocker of Justin Pogge from 45 feet at 6:49 to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead. The Sharks led 1-0 after 20 minutes and outshot the Pirates 10-7.
The Sharks charged out to a 3-0 lead in the second period led by John McCarthy and Brodie Reid, but first, Nathan Moon picked up his 7th fighting major of the season vs. Ethan Werek at 13:58 after a scrum in front of the Pirates net. John McCarthy (10th) scored from on top of the crease after a great feed from behind the net by Mike Connolly at 15:12 to give the Sharks a 2-0 lead. On the power play, Alex Bourret grabbed his first point a Shark, as he found Brodie Reid (7th) alone at the side of the net at 17:55. Harri Sateri had 15 saves through 40 minutes of play in net for the Sharks.
Worcester did not sit back in the third period as Mike Connolly (7th) finished off a beautiful 2-on-1 rush with Jack Combs to put Worcester ahead 4-0 at 13:54. James Livingston broke a personal 30 game goalless drought with a nice breakaway goal at 18:18 to close out the scoring for a 5-0 Sharks win. Taylor Doherty (2nd FM) scraped with Ryan Hollweg (7th FM) at 10:45 for the third and final fight of the afternoon.
Worcester's record improves to 17-11-3-4 (41pts in 35gp) and 9-7-0-1 at the DCU Center
Notes: FIVE GUYS BURGERS Three Stars: 3rd Star Marek Viedensky (strong PK) 2nd star: Brodie Reid (2-0-2) 1st star: Harri Sateri (25 saves, first pro shutout)... Final shots were 25-25... Justin Pogge made 21 saves on 25 shots for Portland; Harri Sateri made 25 saves on 25 shots for Worcester....Worcester went 2-for-3 on the power play while Portland went 0-for-7...Cam MacIntyre (inj), Ben Guite (inj), Brian O'Hanley (scr), Tony Lucia (inj), and Curt Gogol (inj), did not dress for Worcester... with the three fights; Worcester now has 62 through 35 games this season, the most in the AHL and a fight in 21 straight games... the Sharks improved to 24-24-7 all time vs. the Pirates... head coach Roy Sommer is now five wins away from 500 in his AHL career (4th all-time).... Mike Connolly (2-2-4), Sean Sullivan (2-2-4), John McCarthy (2-1-3), and Brodie Reid (3-1-4) are all riding three game point streaks... forward Alex Bourret added two assists for Worcester.
The Sharks head to Providence on Friday for a 7:05pm start against the Bruins.
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