Falcons Beat Pirates 4-2
Published on January 14, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons extended their points streak to five straight games beating the Portland Pirates 4-2 on Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. The Falcons are now 4-0-0-1 in their last five contests heading into Sunday's matinee against the Providence Bruins at the MassMutual Center starting at 3 pm.
The Falcons used four different goal scorers and for the second straight night they scored a pair of shorthanded goals. Springfield now leads the American Hockey League in shorthanded goals this year with 11.
The Falcons faced back-to-back penalty kills early in the first period and for the second straight night, they used the shorthanded situation to open the scoring. Cam Atkinson and Matt Calvert executed a perfect two-on-one situation with Calvert feeding Atkinson for his 21st goal of the year at 5:57 of the first period. Atkinson now has goals in four straight games collecting six markers in that span.
The Falcons expanded their lead to 2-0 at 13:26 of the first period when Martin St. Pierre scored his eigth goal of the year. Portland cut their deficit to 2-1 at 17:47 of the opening frame when David Rundbland scored his first goal of the year.
In the second period, the Falcons used the penalty kill again to expand their lead as Alexandre Giroux dangled his way through a couple Portland defenders and slid the puck past Portland goaltender Justin Pogge at 3:48 giving Springfield a 3-1 advantage. The Falcons expanded their lead to 4-1 at 8:06 of the middle stanza when Wade MacLeod tipped in a Dalton Prout slap shot from the point.
Springfield's Tim Spencer and Portland's Ryan Hollweg dropped the gloves late in the second period with Spencer scoring the knockdown.
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