IceCaps Snare Two Points from Pirates
Published on February 22, 2015 under American Hockey League (AHL)
St. John's IceCaps News Release
Scott Kosmachuk and JC Lipon each had two points as the St. John's IceCaps defeated the Portland Pirates 5-2 Sunday afternoon at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME.
Jussi Olkinuora made 24 saves for the IceCaps while Chase Balisy added a pair of helpers.
Just 39 seconds in, the IceCaps got on the board on Lipon's second of the season after defenceman Julien Brouillette wound up and blasted a slap shot that was tipped by Lipon past Louis Domingue in the Portland goal.
St. John's added to its lead early in the second. After dumping the puck down low to Balisy, Brassard headed straight to the net and took a great feed from John Albert before snapping a shot past Domingue to make it 2-0.
Julian Melchiori picked up his first goal of the season at 12:07 of the second when he joined the rush and took a feed from Kosmachuk, firing a shot past Domingue to end the Pirates goaltender's night early.
Late in the second on a five-on-three advantage, O'Neill notched his 10th of the season with assists to Brenden Kichton and Balisy to give the IceCaps a commanding 4-0 lead through two periods.
Brendan Shinnimin cut the deficit to three at 1:57 of the third as he cut back and fired a wrister past Olkinuora, then midway through the period Jordan Szwarz scored on a Portland power play to make it a 4-2 game. Just 35 seconds later however, the IceCaps restored the three-goal lead on Kosmachuk's 11th after he got a fortunate bounce off his skate on a feed from Lipon.
The IceCaps and Pirates continue their Eimskip Port-to-Port Challenge Cup Series Wednesday night at Cross Insurance Arena (8:30 p.m.). The IceCaps currently lead the best-of-nine series 4-2. Catch all the action with Brian Rogers at www.stjohnsicecaps.com, 930AM and www.ahllive.com. Pregame show begins at 8:00.
The IceCaps next home action is March 6 and 7 vs. the Albany Devils. Tickets are available at the Mile One Centre Box Office, by phone at 576-7657 or online at www.mileoncentre.com .
Notes | Not dressed: Kris Fredheim, Jason Jaffray, Kyle MacKinnon, Ben Walker, Joel Armia, Ryan Parent, Peter Budaj... St. John's went 1-for-8 on the power play and 4-for-5 on the penalty kill... The IceCaps outshot the Pirates 35-26... Eric O'Dell failed to extend his point streak to four games... Scott Kosmachuk has scored in back-to-back games (2G, 1A)... Molson Canadian Three Stars: 1. Scott Kosmachuk 2. JC Lipon 3. Julian Melchiori... IceCaps Hardest Working Player: Austen Brassard.
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