Dennis McCauley's field goal leads Sharks over Falcons 8-4
February 3, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
SPRINGFIELD, MA - Dennis McCauley doubled his season goal total with his first professional hat trick as the Sharks won a wild affair against the Springfield Falcons 8-4 at the Mass Mutual Center on Wednesday night.
Danny Groulx extended his point streak to seven games with two goals and two assists, Benn Ferriero had a goal and two assists and Kevin Henderson and Steven Zalewski each had two assists in the Sharks 30th victory of the season.
Both teams got off to a sloppy start in the opening period with several whistles for icing and off-sides. At 2:33, Frazer McLaren and Kip Brennan threw down for the third time this season as the two tangled at center ice and each received major penalties for fighting. After the Sharks came up empty on two power play chances, Dennis McCauley (4th), stationed in front of the Springfield net, deflected a Louis Liotti shot from the point past J.P. Levasseur at 16:18. Just 31 second later on a delayed penalty call, Nick Petrecki's (2nd) tough angle shot from in tight down the left side found the back of the net to give Worcester a 2-0 lead. Worcester outshot the Falcons 16-8 after twenty minutes of play.
A wild second period that featured seven goals and 56 penalty minutes began with a brawl at 3:21 with Frazer McLaren and Kip Brennan dropping the mitts for a second time in a lengthy battle deep in the Falcons zone. After the dust settled, the Sharks were awarded a 5-on-3 power play and Benn Ferriero (14th) scored from the left slot to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead. At 8:38, the Sharks struck again on a 5-on-3 power play as Danny Groulx's (6th) one timer shot found the twine from 35 feet to give Worcester a 4-0 advantage. The Falcons came storming back with consecutive goals by Jason Pitton (1st) at 14:50 and Liam Reddox (12th) at 16:34 to cut the Sharks lead to 4-2. T.J. Trevelyan (9th) scored glove side from on top of the crease after a nice feed by Cory Quirk from behind the net at 18:17 to give the Sharks a 5-2 advantage. But the Falcons scored two power play goals (Chad Wiseman 14th, and Chris Minard 11th) in the final 67 seconds to close the score to 5-4 Sharks after forty minutes of play. The Falcons scored four goals on eight shots past Alex Stalock in the middle frame as the Sharks led the Falcons in shots 29-16 after two periods.
The Sharks put the game away in the third period with three unanswered goals, including two more by Dennis McCauley for the Sharks first hat trick of the season. Danny Groulx (7th) scored his second power play goal of the game at 6:00 with a screen in front provided by Steven Zalewski to give Worcester a 6-4 lead. Dennis McCauley (5th) scored his 2nd of the game with a wrist shot from 45 feet on the rush down the right side to put the Sharks up by three goals. McCauley (6th) capped his evening on a 3-on-2 rush down the left side. Dennis fired the puck towards the net from the left wing and the puck hit a Falcons defenseman and past Levasseur at 16:34 for his first professional hat trick.
The Sharks record improves to 30-14-2-2 and they now sit in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division with 64 points. Worcester now has a seven game point streak (6-0-1-0).
Notes: Three Stars: (3) Liam Reddox (1-1-2) (2) Danny Groulx (2-2-4), (1) Dennis McCauley (3-0-3) ...Ryan Vesce, Joe Callahan, Michael Wilson, and Logan Couture were out of the lineup due to injuries....Alex Stalock had 25 saves in net for Worcester in his AHL leading 27th win of the season... J.P. Levasseur stopped 30 shots for Springfield...Final shots were 38-29 in favor of the Sharks... Benn Ferriero now has points in five straight games (4-5-9)...Danny Groulx played in consecutive game number 156 and has a SEVEN game point streak (3-10-13)... Worcester is now 5-0-1-0 against the Falcons this season outscoring them 30-15. Frazer McLaren now has eight fighting majors in the AHL to go along with eight fights in the NHL... Before tonight, McCauley had non dressed in eight straight games.
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