Falcons Dominate Bruins 8-2
Published on February 12, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons bounced back in a big way on Saturday night beating the Providence Bruins 8-2 at the MassMutual Center. The Falcons used two-goal efforts from Maksim Mayorov and Trevor Smith on their way to their 24th victory of the season.
Both the Falcons and Bruins were in search of a win on Saturday and it took just one-second into the game to realize this would be a physical and intense battle as Tom Sestito and Lane MacDermid dropped the gloves right off the opening faceoff.
The Falcons and Bruins exchanged goals in the opening period as Mayorov scored on the power play at 13:40, followed by Providence's Trent Whitfield converting on the man advantage at 19:04 of the opening frame.
In the second period, it was all Falcons as they exploded for four second period markers, including three goals in a span of 1:30. Smith gave the Falcons a 2-1 lead at 1:03 of the second period, followed by Mayorov scoring his second goal of the night just one-minute later. Ben Guite gave the Falcons a 4-1 advantage at 2:33 of the second period, followed by Steven Goertzen scoring a shorthanded marker at 15:09 of the middle period providing the Falcons with a 5-1 cushion through 40 minutes.
In the third period, the Falcons didn't take their foot off the gas pedal as Smith added his second marker of the game just 23-seconds into the final stanza. Providence's Jamie Arniel cut the Bruins deficit to 6-2, but Trevor Frischmon and Tomas Kubalik added insurance goals late in the game for the Falcons to earn a 8-2 victory.
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