Falcons Fall To Monarchs 5-2
Published on February 24, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
February 24, 2010 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Manchester Monarchs 5-2 on Wednesday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH. Manchester received goals from Kevin Westgarth and David Meckler in the opening period. The Falcons outshot Manchester 21-11 in the opening period, but Manchester goaltender Jonathan Bernier made all 21 saves.
Jake Taylor and Westgarth dropped the gloves midway through the opening frame with Taylor scoring the knockdown.
In the second period, Meckler scored his second goal of the game at 1:41, followed by Bud Holloway giving Manchester a 4-0 lead at 10:10 of the middle frame. Chris Minard cut Springfield's deficit to 4-1 at 16:16 of the second period.
In the third period, Charles Linglet pulled the Falcons to within 4-2 wirh a power play goal at 1:08, but Corey Elins gave Manchester a 5-2 advantage at 3:41 of the final frame.
Springfield Falcons Lineup
Charles Linglet (7) - Chad Wiseman (15) - Chris Minard (14) Liam Reddox (9) - Rob Hisey (13) - Colton Fretter (19) Ryan MacMurchy (10) - Ryan O'Marra (22) - Colin McDonald (18) Slava Trukhno (11) - Bryan Lerg (16) - Jason Pitton (39)
Chris Armstrong (32) - Taylor Chorney (4) Theo Peckham (24) - Johan Motin (8) Dean Arsene (29) - Jake Taylor (25)
Devan Dubnyk (40) Bryon Lewis (1)
FALCONS SCRATCHES - J.F. David (Healthy), Matt Nickerson (Healthy), Geoff Paukovich (Healthy), Alex Plante (Injured), Kip Brennan (Injured)
Game Night Notes...
The Springfield Falcons signed goaltender Bryon Lewis to an Amateur Tryout Agreement on Wednesday afternoon after J.P. Levasseur was reassigned by the Anaheim Ducks back to the Central Hockey League's Laredo Bucks.
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