Falcons Beat IceCaps 6-3
Published on April 7, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons traveled to St. John's, Newfoundland and turned in a dominating performance on the road beating the St. John's IceCaps 6-3 at the Mile One Centre on Saturday night. Andrew Joudrey and Nate Longpre each scored twice in leading the Falcons to their 34th win of the season. The Falcons and IceCaps will meet again on Sunday starting at 4 pm local time, 2:30 eastern standard time.
"Obvioulsy a really good win tonight on the road," said Falcons head coach Rob Riley. "The guys played hard and we collected a well-deserved two points."
After falling behind 1-0 just 1:37 into the game, the Falcons responded in a big way and used the power play to get momentum back on their side. Martin St. Pierre converted on the man advantage at 11:09 of the first period evening the score at 1-1 and opening the floodgates for Springfield's offense. Just 56-seconds after St. Pierre tied the score, Joudrey tipped home a Greg Amadio shot from the left point give Springfield a 2-1 edge.
The Falcons carried a 2-1 lead into the second period and it was in the middle frame in which Springfield extended their lead and never looked back. The Falcons used their second power play marker of the night at 3:12 of the middle period when Longpre gave Springfield a 3-1 lead. Longpre added his second goal of the game at 10:56 of the second period building a 4-1 advantage. Joudrey tacked on his second goal of the night at 13:06 of the second period giving Springfield a 5-1 lead through 40 minutes.
Cody Goloubef netted his first goal of the year in the third period and Paul Dainton earned the win between the pipes stopping 26 shots. Nick Drazenovic concluded the night with three assists.
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