Falcons Fall To Devils 4-2
February 6, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
February 6, 2009 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Lowell Devils 4-2 on Friday night in front of 3,169 at the MassMutual Center. Lowell's Nicklas Bergfors scored on the power play at 16:41 of the first period giving the Devils a one-goal lead through 20 minutes.
In the second period, Carl Corazzini tied the score at 1-1 with his seventh goal of the year at 2:45, followed by Ryan Potulny's power play goal at 13:24 giving Springfield a 2-1 lead through 40 minutes of play.
The Devils rallied in the third period with Vladimir Zharkov tying the score at 2-2 at 9:41, followed by Matt Halischuk just a minute later giving Lowell a 3-2 lead. Halischuk added a second goal late in the final frame capping off a 4-2 Devils' win.
FALCONS LINEUP
Schremp - Potulny - Jacques
Lefebvre - Spurgeon - McDonald
Lerg - Brule - Trukhno
Stone - O'Marra - Corazzini
Taylor - Wild
Young - Roy
Chorney - Gabinet
Sabourin
Dubnyk
FALCONS SCRATCHES - Tim Sestito (Injured), Stephane Goulet (Healthy), Geoff Paukovich (Healthy), Shane Willis (Healthy), Garet Hunt (Healthy), Hans Benson (Healthy)
GAME NOTES
J.F. Jacques made his 2008-09 season debut after missing almost a year recovering from injuries.
Dany Sabourin made his Falcons debut in goal.
Taylor Chorney returned to the lineup after missing three games due to injury.
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