Hellberg, Admirals Blank Barons 4-0
December 12, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Oklahoma City Barons News Release
Milwaukee goaltender Magnus Hellberg stopped all 41 Oklahoma City shots for his first shutout of the season as the Admirals blanked the Barons 4-0 on Thursday at BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wis.
Hellberg, now 4-9-1, keyed the Admiral's third straight win with his seventh career AHL shutout. It was Milwaukee's second win over the Barons in less than a week, as they also toppled the Barons 5-2 on Friday. Oklahoma City (10-13-0-4) falls to 1-2-0-1 on this six-game road trip. The Admirals improve to 12-5-4-1.
Oklahoma City, which was blanked for the third time this season, out-shot Milwaukee 41-37. It was the Barons' highest shot output of the season. Richard Bachman, playing his first game as a Baron since Oct. 25, allowed three goals (the last was into an empty net) to fall to 3-5-1.
Milwaukee tallied the only goal of the first period, a session where they out-shot the Barons 17-9. Austin Watson re-directed a centering pass from Miikka Salomaki on the power play at 11:35.
The Barons out-shot the Admirals 15-6 in the second period, but again allowed a power play goal to fall behind 2-0 after two. Anthony Bitetto snapped home a high glove-side shot from the right circle at 12:51 to put the Admirals up 2-0.
Colton Sissons added insurance with a steep-angle goal at even strength at 4:05 of the third. Vinny Saponari completed the scoring with an empty-netter at 17:26 as the Admirals recorded their second shutout of the season.
The Barons visit the Rockford IceHogs on Friday and Saturday at 7 pm (CST) to conclude this trip. The next home game is Dec. 20 against Texas at the Cox Center.
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