Bruins Slip Past Pirates

Published on April 8, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


PROVIDENCE, RI - Jordan Caron scored a pair of goals to lead the Providence Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Portland Pirates in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 8,871 at the Dunkin' Donut Center.

Jordan Lavalle-Smotherman, Zach Hamill and Stefan Chaput also scored for the Bruins, who improved to 36-36-3-3 on the season.

Paul Byron paced the Pirates with a goal and two assists while Luke Adam and Mark Parrish collected a goal and an assist each. Portland saw their two-game winning streak end and are now 46-24-6-2 on the season.

The two teams played through a scoreless opening period. The Pirates grabbed the lead early in the second with goals by Parrish and Biega (featuring assists from Eric Baier and Joe Whitney for their first AHL points) in the span of 50 seconds. The Bruins responded with the final three goals of the period to carry a 3-2 lead into third. Smotherman got the Bruins rolling just 1:13 after the Biega goal and Caron netted back-to-back goals to put the home side up by one. Hamill and Chaput struck in the opening seven minutes of the third to build the Bruins lead to 5-2 before Adam and Byron connected to make for an exciting finish.

The Bruins out shot the Pirates 37-30 in the game as David Leggio took the loss.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were 1. Caron; 2. Hamill and 3. Byron.

Portland continues a two-game trip tomorrow night in Albany against the Devils at 7 p.m. The game can be heard live on News Talk 95.5 WLOB and on-line at portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m.

The Pirates will be back in action at the Civic Center on Sunday for the regular season finale when the Springfield Falcons come to town for a 4 p.m. faceoff. The first 2,500 through the gate will receive a free Pirates T-shirt courtesy of Five County Credit Union. The Shirts Off Their Backs promotion will come to a conclusion on Sunday, as a select number of lucky fans will win a player's jersey right off their back at the end of the game. In addition, players will be recognized at the end of the game in the Creative Awards Team Awards Ceremony. Fans can also take advantage of the final Sunday Family Five Pack game where they can purchase five Main Deck Tickets, five Daily Scrolls, and five Chuck-a-Pies for only $60 (valued at $100 if purchased individually).

Tickets for the game, as well as each of the remaining Pirates home games, are on sale now by calling 207-775-3458, visiting the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or on-line at ticketmaster.com.

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