Falcons Fall to Monarchs 5-3
Published on February 13, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons were nine minutes away from a hard-earned two points in Manchester, NH on Sunday, but in the end the Monarchs used a pair of power play goals in the third period to hand the Falcons a 5-3 setback at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Kyle Wilson added a pair of goals for the Falcons, while captain Ben Guite also converted for Springfield.
Deadlocked at 2-2 heading into the third period, the Falcons took a 3-2 lead just 4:35 into the final frame when Wilson tallied on the power play assisted by Tom Sestito and David Savard. The Falcons would hold on to that advantage until midway through the third period when Springfield was whistled for five straight minor penalties, including a pair of calls that placed Manchester on a five-on-three power play. On the two-man advantage, the Monarchs evened the score at 3-3 when Brandon Kozun scored his first goal of the night at 11:53 of the third period.
Following Kozun's equalizer, the Falcons had a chance to regain their lead when Trevor Frischmon ended up on a breakaway, but Manchester goaltender Martin Jones made the save, including another point blank stop on Mike Commodore on the rebound of Frischmon's chance.
A few minutes later, Manchester was awarded another power play and Kozun added his second power play marker of the period giving the Monarchs their first lead of the night at 4-3. David Meckler added an insurance goal late for Manchester in the third period.
The night started out very well for Springfield as they opened the scoring at 2:03 of the first period when Guite scored his 10th goal of the year assisted by Commodore and Maksim Mayorov.
At 8:14 of the opening frame, Dwight King tied the score at 1-1 for Manchester with his 17th marker of the year.
In the second period, the two teams exchanged goals once again with the Falcons taking a lead, but the Monarchs responding with a goal of their own. Wilson gave the Falcons a 2-1 lead at 15:42 of the middle period, but Oscar Moller tallied a shorthanded marker late in the second period tying the score at 2-2 through 40 minutes of play.
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