Devils' Third Period Push Comes up Short
Published on December 26, 2016 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
DEVILS' THIRD PERIOD PUSH COMES UP SHORT Providence Bruins 4, Albany Devils 2
ALBANY, NY -- Max Novak and Brian Gibbons both scored, but the Albany Devils suffered a 4-2 loss against the Providence Bruins Monday at Times Union Center. The loss came during the teams' first game back from the Holiday Break and the Devils move to 16-13-0-1, while the Bruins improve to 16-7-4-3.
Novak opened the scoring at 1:09 of the second with the Devils' third shorthanded goal of the season. Kevin Rooney made his way into the offensive zone, forced a turnover and found an open Novak in front for his third tally.
Justin Hickman put the Bruins on the board at 4:46 of the second period and Jake DeBrusk followed with a power-play goal at 11:42.
Gibbons tied the game with a wrister past Bruins' goaltender Zane McIntyre at 3:48 of the third period. However, later in the period Tommy Cross scored the decisive goal for the Bruins at 11:02.
Colby Cave added an empty-net goal at 19:03 for good measure.
In between the pipes, Ken Appleby made 29 saves and McIntyre turned aside 24 shots to stay perfect at 9-0-0-0.
The Devils return to Times Union Center for a 7 pm puck drop Friday against the Toronto Marlies.
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