AHL Manchester Monarchs

Another Monarchs Overtime Win Means First Place In Division

Published on December 2, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


MANCHESTER, NH - Defenseman Richard Petiot snapped in his third of the season to lift the Manchester Monarchs past the Hartford Wolf Pack, 3-2 in overtime at the Verizon Wireless Arena in front of a crowd of 6,914 on Friday night.

Manchester (15-3-0-3, 33 points) is in sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division. Hartford (10-6-2-3, 25 points) is in third place in the Atlantic Division.

Right wing Ryan Murphy collected his second of the year with a shorthanded goal at 16:45 of the first period. Defenseman Marty Wilford sent a slap shot in on Wolf Pack's goaltender Robert Gherson from the top of the left face-off circle. Gherson made a glove save but the puck slipped through the glove's netting and onto open ice in the crease. Murphy was on the doorstep to give the Monarchs a 1-0 lead. Center Connor James also assisted on the first goal of the game.

Hartford evened the score at 1-1 at 14:12 of the second period with center Jarkko Immonen's eighth of the season. Right wing Craig Weller won the face-off, to the left of Monarchs goaltender Adam Hauser, over to left wing Chad Wiseman who then fed a pass to Immonen in the slot for the one-timer.

Playing the standard four-on-four hockey in overtime, Petiot collected a perfect pass from right wing Konstantin Pushkarev and after a brief pause, snapped a shot past Gherson for the Monarchs fifth overtime win. James earned his second assist of the night on the game-winning goal.

Hauser (10-2-2) earned his fourth straight win stopping 32 shots. Gherson (3-1-1) also stopped 32 shots for his first loss of the season.

Manchester went 0-for-7 on the power play. Hartford was 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

The Springfield Falcons travel to Manchester to face the Monarchs on Saturday, December 3 at the Verizon Wireless Arena at 7:35 p.m. The Cumberland County Civic Center and the Portland Pirates are on the Monarchs schedule for Sunday, December 4 at 4:05 p.m.

Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network (WGIR-AM 610, Manchester; WGIN-AM 930, Rochester; WGIP-AM 1540, Exeter) and at www.monarchshockey.com. Watch the game live on B2 Networks for just $6 per game. Log onto www.monarchshockey.com and click on the link to B2 Networks ten minutes prior to the each Monarchs game to watch the game live!



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