Falcons Beat Checkers 6-5
Published on January 21, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons needed a win on Friday night and they used a strong team effort earning a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Charlotte Checkers in Charlotte, NC. The Falcons used three point nights from four different players, including two goals each from Tomas Kubalik and Chris D'Alvise.
The night didn't start out perfect for the Falcons as they fell behind 2-0 in the first period when Charlotte used a pair of power play goals to take the lead. Zac Dalpe converted on the man advantage at 13:48 for the Checkers, followed by Zach Boychuk scoring just a minute later giving the home team a two-goal advantage after 20 minutes.
In the second period, the Falcons scored five goals in a period for the second time against Charlotte this month regaining momentum in the contest. D'Alvise cut the Falcons deficit to 2-1 just 1:01 into the middle period, followed by Maksim Mayorov converting on the power play at 3:32 evening the score at 2-2. The Falcons took their first lead of the night at 5:21 of the middle frame when Kubalik scored his 13th goal of the year.
Momentum would swing back in Charlotte's favor at 6:18 of the second period when Jacob Micflikier scored his 18th marker on the campaign, followed by Oskar Osala finding the back of the net at 8:51 of the middle frame and just like that, it was Charlotte back in front 4-3.
The Falcons came right back and tied the score at 4-4 when Ben Guite fresh out of the penalty box ended up on a breakaway and snapped a wrist shot five-hole on Mike Murphy for his seventh goal of the year. D'Alvise added his second goal of the period at 18:56 giving Springfield a 5-4 lead through 40 minutes. What a wild period it was, the Falcons started two goals down to battle back and take a one goal lead. Charlotte came back to take a one goal lead before the Falcons ended the frame in the lead.
Kubalik added his second goal of the night at 15:33 of the third period giving the Falcons some insurance, and they would need it as Osala added his second goal of the night late in regulation, but the Falcons picked up a well deserved two points.
GAME NOTES
There were a few fights and one might assume after these two teams have seen each other three times this month. Nick Tarnasky and Zack FitzGerald dropped the gloves in the first period, as well as Kevin Harvey and Michal Jordan dropping the gloves.
In the second period, Tom Sestito and Brett Bellemore collected fighting majors.
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