Falcons Beat Devils 7-5

Published on March 6, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release


Springfield and Lowell combined for 12 goals and Chad Wiseman and Chris Minard each scored two goals as the Falcons won a wild one 7-5 during the second annual Pink in the Rink in front of 4,877 at the MassMutual Center.

The Falcons exploded for three goals in the first period. Colin McDonald took a rush behind the goal-line and threw the puck off Devil's Jeff Frazee to put the Falcons on top with the first shot of the game. The Devils answered back with a power-play goal from Matt Halischuk at the 14:20 mark.

Wiseman took the lead back for Springfield with his own power-play goal at 16:31. Colton Fretter, who got the assist on the goal, took the puck into the Devil's zone and Wiseman buried the loose puck and lit the lamp for the 16th time this season.

The Falcons added another tally a minute later with Slava Trukhno's unassisted 10th goal of the year. Trukhno snapped home the goal from the top of the face-off dots with the Falcons on an odd-man rush.

Springfield increased the lead at 3:13 when Minard just tapped in Charles Linglet pass for his 14th goal of the year. Linglet took the puck all the way from the top of the Devils' zone to behind the net where he backhanded a pass to Minard, who slipped behind the napping Lowell D, for the goal.

The Falcons continued to attack the Devils in front of the net but Lowell cut the lead in half with a goal at 6:14. The goal was Halischuk's second of the night. McDonald had his own chance at two with breakaway chance but the puck was poked harmlessly away by Frazee.

The intensity picked up after the second Lowell goal. Linglet was called for roughing when he got into an altercation in front of the Devil's goal. In the ensuing penalty kill the Falcons took the physical play to the Devils, finishing checks and bumping Lowell players in the open ice.

The Devils scored again to make the score 4-3 when Tim Sestito whizzed a wrist shot over Bryan Pitton's glove as he stood wide-open at the top of the slot. Halischuk picked up his third point of the night on the goal that was Sestito's 16th goal of the year.

Wiseman put the Falcons on the board for the first time in the middle frame when he snapped a shot five-hole past a screened Frazee for his second of the game and 17th of the season. Linglet also picked up his second point of the night with the lone assist on the play.

The Devils began the third period with a 1:39 man advantage but could not produce a goal. McDonald had short-handed try but his attempt trickled wide of the cage.

The physical play continued in the third and at the six minute mark Colton Fretter and Brad Snetsinger got into a shoving match in front of the Lowell bench. Fretter went as far as to drop the gloves but Snetsinger skated away to the bench refusing Fretter's invitation to dance. Both parties still received match penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct as a consolation prize.

As the penalties expired, Lowell cut the Falcon lead to one again with a goal from Nathan Perkovich. Pitton stopped a Lowell chance on the doorstep by Michael Swift but Perkovich slipped the second attempt under Pitton's pads.

Minard scored his second goal of the game on a power-play to bring the Springfield lead back to two goals. The Falcons were on the power-play after Sestito was called for high-sticking. An infraction that Arsene took exception to, as both players dropped the gloves. Arsene scored the takedown in a flurry of punches.

The new, two-goal lead was again a brief one as the Devils cut the lead to one when Matt Cohen slapped a shot from the point to give Lowell another power-play goal.

With the lead back down to one the Devils began to pull away in their shot advantage. This mounting number of shots put a lot of pressure on Pitton who stepped up and saved some howling shots. Lowell had one final chance but the pass skipped over the stick after Pitton was caught out of position. MacMurchy put the icing on the cake when he scored the empty netter, sealing the win for Springfield.

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