IceCaps Answer Back with 3-2 Win over Sharks
December 6, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
St. John's, NFLD.- The Worcester Sharks (10-10-2-0, 20pts) four game road trip continued with a 3-2 loss to the host St. John's IceCaps (10-11-4-0, 25pts) in front of 5,747 fans at the Mile One Centre on Saturday night.
Worcester outshot St. John's 43-22 in the contest and received goals from Evan Trupp and Melker Karlsson. Will O'Neill scored twice on the power play for the IceCaps while Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves in net for St. John's in the victory.
After a 1-0 Worcester victory the night before, the two teams each scored twice in a high tempo wide open first period. Evan Trupp (6th) gave the Sharks an early 1-0 lead just 22 seconds in with a quick shot from the right side through the pads of goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. But the IceCaps scored on their first shot after Nick Blanchard from behind the Worcester net found Austen Brassard (1st) alone in front who buried a shot glove side on Aaron Dell at 1:35. Worcester scored just their third road power play goal of the season as Melker Karlsson (5th) fired the puck towards the net from the left corner and the puck banked of Hellebuyck and into the net at 8:41. St. John's tied the score with a power play goal of their own at 11:13 as Will O'Neill's (5th) shot from the point found its way through traffic and into the back of the net to even the score at 2-2. Worcester outshot St. John's 20-11 in the first period.
Salem, MA native Will O'Neill (6th) scored the only goal of the second period with a power play strike at 5:31 with a wrist shot from 50 feet through the pads of Aaron Dell to give St. John's a 3-2 advantage after 40 minutes. JC Lipon and Gus Young (1st FM) had a terrific fight at 7:59 of the period as tempers started to flare. Worcester outshot St. John's 13-9 in the middle frame.
Worcester outshot St. John's 10-2 in the third period but neither team would find the back of the net as the IceCaps held on for the 3-2 victory.
The Sharks overall record falls to 10-10-2-0, 22pts, and 4-6-0-0, 8pts on the road this season.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Evan Trupp (Goal, 7 shots) 2nd star: Connor Hellebuyck (W, 41 saves) 1st star: Will O'Neill (2 goals)....Final shots were 43-22 in favor of Worcester... Connor Hellebuyck (U-Mass Lowell) made 41 saves on 43 shots for St. John's.... Aaron Dell made 19 saves on 22 shots for Worcester.... Worcester went 1-for-4 on the power play while St. John's went 2-for-2...Petter Emanuelsson (inj), Taylor Doherty (inj), Nick Jones, Andrew Blazek, Rylan Schwartz, and Jimmy Bonneau did not dress for Worcester.... the goal by Trupp at 22 seconds into the game was the fastest goal to start a game in Sharks history...Tarasov extended his point streak to four games with an assist (2-2-4) and fired a season high nine shots on goal... Evan Trupp has four goals in his last seven games....Worcester had given up only two power play goals in their first eight games on the road before the IceCaps scored twice tonight with the man advantage...Worcester falls to 9-3-1-0 all-time at the Mile One Centre... the Sharks outshot the IceCaps 85-42 in the weekend series.
Coming up...
The Sharks four game road trip concludes on Friday in Hartford for a 7pm battle vs. the Wolf Pack.
On Saturday, December 13 join us for Worcester IceCats Night presented by RCAP Solutions when the Sharks host the Manchester Monarchs at 7pm.
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