Dowd Wins It for Monarchs in OT, 4-3
April 3, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
PORTLAND, ME - Nic Dowd scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime, lifting the Monarchs to a 4-3 win over Portland at the Cross Insurance Arena on Friday night.
For Dowd, it was the first multi-goal game of his pro career and marked the second time this season he scored a game-winning goal in overtime (also, Nov. 28 vs. BRI).
Brian O'Neill had a team-high three points on three assists.
The Monarchs (45-16-6-2) improved to 7-2-0-1 in VIP Cup action against Portland (37-24-6-1) this season. Manchester has won its last three straight and 10 of its last 12 games overall beginning on Mar. 8 (10-1-1-0).
Portland took a 1-0 lead at 6:55 in the first when Brendan Shinnimin scored a shorthanded goal. Jordan Weal would tie the score nine seconds later with a power-play strike at 7:04, his 19th goal of the season.
Dowd gave the Monarchs a 2-1 lead when he collected a loose puck in front of Mike McKenna and slipped a backhander past him at 13:41 in the first.
The Pirates scored two power-play goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. Shinnimin scored his second of the game on the man advantage at 11:20 to tie the score and Philip Samuelsson gave Portland the lead at 13:27.
Justin Auger knotted the game at 3-3, scoring his 12th goal of the season at 10:55 in the third period. O'Neill and Weal assisted on the goal.
Dowd ended the game during three-on-three play in the extra frame when he stole a pass in the Portland end and beat Mike McKenna at 3:28.
The Monarchs play again tomorrow night with a 7 p.m. game at Hartford. Manchester returns to the Verizon Wireless Arena on Apr. 10 when they host the Pirates at 7 p.m.
Notes:
Brian O'Neill (3 assists) collected his 20th multi-point game of the season. It marked his most points in a game since another three-point effort on Mar. 13 at STJ. Jordan Weal (goal, assist) is now tied with Michael Cammalleri (168 points) for the fourth-most points in Monarchs team history. He also scored the 21st power-play goal of his career, tied for the seventh-most PP goals in club history with Gabe Gauthier. The Monarchs have gone to overtime 16 times this season. They have seven wins, six losses, one shootout win and two shootout losses in those games.
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