Devils Flush Royals' Streak With 4-2 Win
February 5, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Trenton Devils News Release
Trenton, NJ - Tony Zancanaro's goal 43 seconds after Reading erased Trenton's 2-0 lead was the difference as the Trenton Devils defeated the Reading Royals, 4-2, Saturday night at Sun National Bank Center.
Snapping their three-game losing streak, Trenton ups its record to 16-24-1-3, winning for the fourth time against Reading. Jeff Prough paced the offense by netting his 17th career two-goal game in a Trenton uniform, on a night he reached the 20-goal mark for the third straight season. Former Royal Shane Connelly earned his second win with the Devils, making 27 saves on 29 shots.
Losing for the first time in regulation since January 19, the Royals sink to 28-12-2-3. Michael Hutchinson was the losing goalie, allowing three goals on 32 shots.
Jeff Prough got the Devils off to a quick start, scoring the game's first two goals. Prough scored his first goal by poking his own rebound past Hutchinson, after the Reading goalie was unable to re-set himself after a collision at the top of his crease. Prough's second tally came after Trenton's leading goal scorer had his off-target shot ricochet into the net off a Royals defenseman.
The Devils carried their two-goal lead through most of a first period in which they didn't surrender a shot-against until the final five minutes. Despite the Devils 19-2 shots advantage in the opening frame, Devin Timberlake beat Connelly to the low glove side with Reading's second shot, with 1:54 remaining in the opening stanza.
Midway through the second period, Dallas Jackson pulled Reading even by scoring a power-play goal, which was assisted by Andrew Sarauer and Tyler Murovich.
Tony Zancanaro restored Trenton's lead by scoring the eventual game-winning goal, just 43 seconds after the Royals had knotted the score, 2-2. Zancanaro's first game-deciding goal this season came after the longest tenured Devils player snuck behind the Reading defense, and blistered a quick snap shot inside the post.
With a lead for the second time, the Devils clamped down defensively in the game's second half. Reading had a chance to claw back into the game when it was handed a power-play opportunity in the game's final minutes, but Trenton's defense stood pat.
In the final minute of the third period, Taylor Vichorek iced the game with an empty-net goal, knocking a shot from his own end into the net off of the side-boards. The goal was Vichorek's fourth this season, and second against Reading.
Winning 4-2, Trenton will attempt to take the rubber game in the three-game weekend series from Reading, when the clubs square off in a matinee affair tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.
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