Growlers Win Final Home Game of the Season 5-2
March 30, 2019 - ECHL (ECHL)
Newfoundland Growlers News Release
The Newfoundland Growlers wrapped up their home portion of their 2018-19 Inaugural Season in style Saturday night at Mile One Centre defeating the Manchester Monarchs 5-2 to sweep the weekend series.
Scott Pooley opened the scoring with 8:39 to play in the opening frame, capitalizing on a bounce off the boards and roofing the puck over Charles Williams giving the Growlers a 1-0 lead. Pooley followed that up just over two minutes later, netting his 29th of the season to double the lead to 2-0. Michael Garteig was solid between the pipes turning aside all 16 shots faced in the first period.
Brady Ferguson extended the lead to 3-0 only 1:23 into the second period, bringing his point streak to seven games.
Marcus Power continued the offensive rout at 4:20 of the second period, re-directing a Brady Ferguson shot in the back of the net for a 4-0 lead, and subsequently ending Williams' night as he was replaced by Cole Kehler after allowing four goals on 12 shots.
The Monarchs showed no quit, as Jack Nevins banged a rebound past Michael Garteig to break his shutout bid and cut the Growlers lead to 4-1 48 seconds into the third period, but Josh Kestner re-stored the four-goal lead at 3:14 on a shot that Kehler got a piece of but the puck trickled behind him for a 5-1 Newfoundland lead.
Sam Kurker continued the back-and-forth third period at 7:49, capitalizing on the powerplay for the second time of the period cutting the lead to 5-2, but that's as close as Manchester would come as the Growlers held on for a 5-2 final.
Michael Garteig made 42 saves in the win.
Quick Hits
Michael Garteig improved to 6-0 against Manchester this season
Gabriel Gagne has four assists in two games since being assigned to the Growlers by the Toronto Marlies
The three stars were 3 - B. Ferguson (NFL), 2 - S. Pooley (NFL) and 1 - M. Garteig (NFL)
What's Next?
The Newfoundland Growlers wrap up their Inaugural Season with a three-game road trip beginning Friday night in Manchester, New Hampshire with a matchup against the Monarchs. Puck drop is 8:30 p.m. Fans can tune into Chris Ballard's call of the game at mixlr.com/nlgrowlers.
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