Falcons Beat Crunch 6-5
Published on March 10, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons continued their hot play on home ice on Saturday night as the Falcons used a four goal first period to set the tone for a 6-5 win over the Syracuse Crunch in front of 4,788 at the MassMutual Center. The Falcons have now won their last three straight home games and they are 6-2-1-0 in their last nine contests at "The Nest." The Falcons are back at home on Sunday afternoon when they host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at 3 pm.
The Falcons needed a win on Saturday to stay in the playoff hunt and they used a very strong first period in picking up their 28th win of the year. The scoring started fast and furious for the Falcons at 8:42 of the opening period when Tomas Kubalik tipped in an Alexandre Giroux slap shot from the right point on the power play giving the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
Just 23 seconds later, Matt Calvert redirected a Wade MacLeod shot giving the Birds a two goal advantage early in the first period. At 15:09 of the opening frame, Cody Bass poked home a rebound on the man advantage giving Springfield a 3-0 lead. Just 36-seconds after Bass' marker, Syracuse's Troy Bodie tallied a shorthanded marker cutting the Falcons' lead to 3-1, but MacLeod converted on the power play at 16:59 of the first period giving the Falcons a 4-1 lead through 20 minutes.
In the second period, Syracuse battled back and used a goal from Kyle Cumiskey just 21 seconds into the middle frame cutting the Falcons' advantage to 4-2. Kubalik added his second goal of the contest at 4:25 of the second period putting Springfield on top 5-2, but Peter Holland tallied a pair of goals just two minutes apart midway through the second period pulling the Crunch to within one at 5-4.
With Syracuse holding on to the momentum, the Crunch ended up on a later power play in the second frame, but Bass was pulled down while on a breakaway during the penalty kill drawing a penalty shot, which Bass converted at 18:07 giving Springfield a 6-4 cushion heading into the final 20 minutes.
In the third period, Syracuse pulled to within one, but Falcons goaltender Paul Dainton held down the fort and helped the Falcons earn a 6-5 victory.
The win pulled the Falcons to within three points of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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