Falcons Rally For One Point In Albany
Published on February 6, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons trailed by three goals midway through the third period, but rallied to earn a point in the standings dropping a 7-6 decision in overtime to the Albany River Rats on Saturday night at the Times Union Center. Liam Reddox's goal with three-seconds remaining in regulation sent the contest to the extra session and brought the Falcons all the way back from a 6-3 deficit in the final 10 minutes of play. Reddox scored a pair of third period goals, while Sasha Pokulok ended the evening with three assists.
"Trailing by three with 10 minutes to play, that was a good point to get tonight," said Falcons head coach Rob Daum. "There were a lot of good signs tonight and battling back like we did multiple times in the game was a positive for us."
The scoring started fast and furious on Saturday and didn't seem to stop all night. The Falcons fell behind 2-0 early in the first period when Jerome Samson scored a pair of goals in the first minute of play. The Falcons battled back and cut their deficit to 2-1 at 4:35 of the opening frame when Colton Fretter scored his team-leading 22nd marker of the year. Slava Trukhno tied the score at 2-2 when he scored his eighth goal of the year at 14:19 of the first period sending the contest deadlocked at 2-2 after 20 minutes.
In the second period, the Falcons took their first lead of the night when Bryan Lerg scored his fourth goal of the year at 9:27 of the middle frame. Albany quickly responded just 30-seconds later when Yannick Tifu tied the score at 3-3. Jacob Micflikier gave Albany a 4-3 lead at 12:09 of the second period, followed by his second goal of the game just over a minute later on the power play expanding the Rats' lead to 5-3 through 40 minutes.
In the third period, Albany took a 6-3 advantage at 5:19 when Milan Gajic scored his first of the year. Charles Linglet started the Falcons comeback at 10:03 of the final frame with a power play goal, followed by Reddox's two markers.
The game also got a little chippy in the third period with all 10 players on the ice grabbing a dance partner with Theo Peckham and Johan Motin picking up fighting majors for the Falcons. The scrum appeared to energize the Falcons to their three-goal third period.
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