Falcons Earn Point at Hershey
Published on March 4, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons concluded their weekend road trip in Hershey, PA on Sunday and earned a point on the road as they dropped a 2-1 decision to the Bears in overtime. Former Falcon Ryan Potulny netted the game-winner on the power play just 22 seconds into overtime, while Falcons forward Alexandre Giroux scored for the Falcons, his 100th career goal at the Giant Center.
Sunday's game was a return to Hershey for Giroux, Andrew Joudrey and Greg Amadio, all three players helped the Bears to Calder Cup Championships from 2008-2010. All three players were greeted with a very nice welcome from the hometown fans before the game.
"It was very humbling receiving the nice ovation," said Joudrey. "It was nice to see a lot of the people, but at the end of the day we wanted to win a hockey game and I thought we competed very hard tonight."
The Falcons opened the game strong as Giroux netted his 21st marker of the year at 17:45 of the first period giving Springfield a 1-0 lead.
The Falcons held their lead into the second period, but at 2:29 of the middle frame, Hershey's Matt Pope converted evening the score at 1-1.
The game remained deadlocked into the third period where each team had power play chances to net the go-ahead goal. In the extra frame, Potulny one-timed a Chris Bourque pass behind Paul Dainton sending the Falcons home with one point.
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