Falcons Rebound and Beat Bruins 4-1
Published on December 12, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Springfield Falcons News Release
The Springfield Falcons got back on the winning track on Sunday afternoon beating the Providence Bruins 4-1 at the Dunkin Donuts Center and earning a split of their home and home series with the Bruins. Matt Calvert scored a pair of goals for the Falcons, while goaltender David LeNeveu stopped 35 of 36 shots on goal.
For the second straight night, the Falcons built a lead on Providence as defenseman Cody Goloubef opened the scoring with a power play goal at 5:25 into the first period assisted by David Savard and Nikita Filatov.
The Falcons carried a 1-0 lead into the second period, but Providence tied the score at 2:05 of the middle period when Jamie Arniel scored his team-leading 11th marker of the year. Springfield regained their advantage at 9:45 of the second period when Calvert scored his 12th goal of the year, followed by Mike Ratchuk netting his first goal of the season at 16:28 of the middle frame expanding the Falcons lead to 3-1 after 40 minutes of play.
Calvert added his 13th goal of the season in the third period ending the scoring for the night.
GAME NOTES
Matt Calvert leads the Falcons in goals with 13.
The road team has won every game in the season series between the Falcons and Bruins with Springfield now posting a record of 3-2 against Providence this year.
The Falcons had 10 different players record a point. John Moore added two assists on the night.
Nick Holden now has a point in three straight games.
Nikita Filatov picked up his first point in two games with Springfield adding an assist.
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