Falcons Fall Short To Bears
December 31, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
December 31, 2008 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Hershey Bears 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon at the MassMutual Center. The Falcons are now winless in their last seven games (0-6-1-0) and they will next next host Manchester on Friday night at the MassMutual Center.
The Falcons fell into some penalty trouble in the opening frame as Hershey used a power play goal from Mathieu Perreault at 12:10 of the first period to take a 1-0 lead through 20 minutes of play.
The game remained a one-goal contest into the third period until Hershey's Steve Pinizzotto converted on an Andrew Joudrey rebound at 7:53 of the final frame giving the Bears a 2-0 advantage. Despite outshooting the Bears in the game 30-27, the Falcons came up short in finding the equalizer.
Hershey goaltender Simeon Varlamov posted the shutout making 31 saves, while Falcons netminder Jeff Deslauriers stopped 25 of 27 shots in his 2008-09 Falcons debut.
FALCONS LINEUP
Lerg - Potulny - Corazzini
Bekar - Schremp - Goulet
Lefebvre - Spurgeon - O'Marra
Huxley - Sestito - McDonald
Young - Roy
Peckham - Wild
Gabinet - Bisaillon
Deslauriers Dubnyk
GAME NOTES
Gilbert Brule was recalled by the Edmonton Oilers prior to Wednesday's game.
Mike Gabinet returned to the lineup on Wednesday after missing 29 games due to injury.
Adam Huxley and Dean Arsene dropped the gloves in the first period with Huxley recording the knock down.
A special thank you to WTM Youth Hockey who braved the snowy conditions on Wednesday and had more than 100 kids in attendance.
FALCONS SCRATCHES - Taylor Chorney (Healthy), Jake Taylor (Injured), Viacheslav Trukhno (Injured), Gilbert Brule (Edmonton), Geoff Paukovich (Healthy), Josef Hrabal (Healthy), Hans Benson (Healthy)
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