Hamilton Scores Twice Shorthanded Late in 4-2 Win
April 19, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, PA - The Worcester Sharks (31-34-4-6, 72pts) defeated the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (42-29-2-2, 88pts) by the count of 4-2 on Friday evening in front of 7,995 fans at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The Sharks close out their regular season schedule on Saturday with a 7:30pm start vs. the Crunch in Syracuse, NY.
Alex Stalock made 20 saves in net in his 17th victory of the season as Worcester dressed 12 rookies and seven players on ATO's. Adam Comrie (1-2-3) recorded three points and Rylan Schwartz (Colorado College) scored his first professional goal before Freddie Hamilton scored twice shorthanded in the final two minutes of the game that featured 105 penalty minutes.
Each team scored in a feisty first period of play. Adam Payerl (3rd) put home his own rebound try past Alex Stalock at 3:08 to put the Penguins ahead 1-0. The Sharks would tie the score at 1-1 at 14:39 after a great rush by defenseman Adam Comrie as he skated down the left wall and was able to wrap around a shot on net that allowed Rylan Schwartz(1st) to score his 1st professional goal after he roofed a back hander past Jeff Zatkoff. Worcester outshot the Penguins 9-6 in the first period.
Neither team found the back of the net in the middle frame with each team firing seven shots on goal and each team 0-1 on the power play as we headed to the third period tied 1-1.
All sorts of action occurred in the third period with four total goals and 89 combined penalty minutes. Adam Comrie (3rd) gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with a power play blast from 40 feet at 6:00 of the third period. On the next shift, chaos broke out after Bobby Farnum received a major penalty for boarding Eriah Hayes in the Sharks zone. Several fights broke out with Taylor Doherty and Nick Petrecki ejected for fighting and Farnum and Alex Grant ejected for the Penguins at 6:19. Wilkes-Barre tied the score at 2-2 at 2:56 as Riley Holzapfel (21st) slammed home a rebound to even the score. With the Sharks shorthanded late, Freddie Hamilton (12th) broke down the left wing and used Adam Comrie as a decoy and fired a wicked shot past Zatkoff at 18:06 to put Worcester ahead 3-2. Hamilton (13th) fired the puck into an empty net at 19:02 to secure a 4-2 Sharks victory.
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