Sens hold first place with shootout win
April 1, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Binghamton Senators News Release
The Senators rallied from a 2-0 deficit and defeated the Worcester IceCats 3-2 in a shootout before 4,394 people at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night.
Worcester got on the board first, needing only 28 seconds to do so, when Jay McClement put the puck past Binghamton goaltender Billy Thompson. Brendan Brooks and Jeff Hoggan were credited with assists on the goal.
Aaron MacKenzie extended the IceCats lead to 2-0 at the 17:47 mark of the opening frame giving Worcester the lead at the first intermission for the first time in 33 games. D.J. King was given an assist on the goal and Brooks picked up his second helper of the game as well.
Josh Langfeld started the comeback with his 26th tally of the year at the 3:08 mark of the middle period. Antoine Vermette and defenseman Brian Pothier each picked up an assist on the play.
The Sens pulled even at two 12:45 into the third period as Denis Hamel picked up his team leading 34th goal of the season. Anton Volchenkov and Jason Spezza were given assists on the goal. With the assist, Spezza set a new Senators franchise record by recording at least one point in each of his last 12 games while Hamel tied a professional career high with 34 goals on the season.
After a scoreless overtime the game headed for a shootout; the first for Worcester in 42 games. Jason Spezza scored the lone shootout goal lifting the Senators to their first home shootout victory of the season.
Binghamton was 1 for 8 on the power play while Worcester finished the game 0 for 8.
Billy Thompson stopped 39 of 41 shots for the Sens while Jason Bacashihua made 28 saves on 30 shots.
Binghamton is back in action on Saturday night as they welcome the Manitoba Moose to town for a 7:05 p.m. tilt. Catch the action live with the voice of the Senators, Grady Whittenburg, on 680-WINR beginning with Countdown to Face Off at 6:35 p.m.
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