Devils Win Fifth Straight, Sink Pirates, 5-1
November 29, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release
PORTLAND, Maine - The Lowell Devils won their fifth consecutive game with a 5-1 defeat of the Portland Pirates on Saturday at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Nicklas Bergfors scored a pair of goals and goalie Jeff Frazee made 40 saves for the second straight game for his fourth win in a row.
Bergfors' third goal in as many games put the Devils up, 1-0, just 1:57 into the contest. Bergfors cut to the slot and took a pass from Chad Wiseman before skating toward the net and lifting a backhand into the top of the net. Bergfors would strike again at 15:25 on a solo end-to-end rush that he capped off with a tuck shot through the pads of Adam Dennis for his sixth goal of the season.
The Devils would push their lead to 3-0 on a Pirates scoring chance in the Lowell zone. A Portland slapshot gone wide kicked out to center ice where Ryan Murphy began a 2-on-1 break. Faking the pass, Murphy took the shot himself, sniping the puck into the top corner with one second remaining until the intermission.
Portland cut into Lowell's lead at 12:43 of the second as Colin Murphy came crashing into the crease to bang a loose puck past Jeff Frazee, making it 3-1. The goal ended a Frazee's scoreless streak at 119:09, spanning three starts.
The Devils needed only 25 seconds to regain their three-goal cushion when Wiseman put back the rebound from Bergfors' snapshot. Alexander Vasyunov added to Lowell' goal total, scoring on his only power play chance at 2:51 of the third period.
Lowell completes its weekend on the road versus the Worcester Sharks on Sunday, November 30 at 4:05 p.m. The Devils return home to take on the Springfield Falcons on Wednesday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. Listen to all of the action live on 980AM-WCAP and ahllive.com as Ryan Johnston brings you all of the play-by-play. Individual tickets are on sale now for the 2008-09 season. Contact the Devils at (978) 458-PUCK (7825) for more information or log on to www.lowelldevilshockey.com.
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