Falcons Fall Just Short In Preseason Opener
Published on September 23, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
Marlborough, MA - The Springfield Falcons rallied from three goals down in the third period to pull within a single goal, but fell just short losing 3-2 to the Providence Bruins Wednesday night at the New England Sports Complex. The Falcons will host the Worcester Sharks Friday night in their second preseason game.
Trailing 3-0 early in the third period, veteran forward Bryan Lundbohm cut Springfield's deficit to 3-1 with his first goal of the preseason at 6:24 of the final frame. The line of Lundbohm, Adam Henrich and Dylan Stanley would strike again late in the third period when Stanley tallied on the power play at 19:02 of the final stanza.
The Falcons fell behind 2-0 in the first period when Providence's Adam Pineault opened the scoring with a power play goal, followed by Rob Kwiet converting on a five-on-three power play giving the home team a two-goal advantage.
There were a pair of fights within the first eight-minutes of the first period as Springfield's Riley Emmerson and Providence's Brett Clouthier dropped the gloves with Emmerson earning the knockdown, followed by the Falcons Marc Rechlicz and the Bruins Scott Fletcher going toe-to-toe with each player landing a handful of punches.
GAME NOTES
The Falcons split the goaltending duties with Aaron Sorochan starting in net stopping 22 of 24 shots in 32-minutes of action. Andrew Perugini turned aside 13 of 14 shots in 28-minutes of playing time.
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