Monarchs Defeat Pirates 8-2

December 17, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Portland, Me.- The Portland Pirates (14-14-0-0) fell to .500 on the season in a 8-2 loss to the Manchester Monarchs (18-6-1-1) on Wednesday night at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. It was the Pirates fifth straight loss. Top contributors in the Manchester victory were Andy Andreoff with a hat trick and Brian O'Neill with 5 assists.

Manchester started their rout in the first period with a goal at 12:00 scored by Sean Backman and assisted by Nic Dowd and Michael Mersch. Josh Gratton made the score 2-0 with an unassisted goal at 15:08. The Pirates answered back with their first of the night at 16:50 with Justin Hodgman found the back of the net, assisted by Philip Samuelsson with his first point as a Pirate and Greg Carey. Manchester put up one more in the first with a goal from Andreoff at 17:15 assisted by Nick Shore and O'Neill.

The second period saw four Manchester goals, the first of which came at 6:36, scored by Andreoff and assisted by Shore and O'Neill. Kevin Gravel added to the Monarchs' tally, assisted by O'Neill and Andreoff at 13:04. Eleven seconds later, Shore put up another Monarchs goal, assisted by O'Neill and Nick Ebert. The Pirates answered with a rebuttal at 13:39 with Darian Dziurzynski scored, assisted by Evan Oberg and Greg Miller. Andreoff got his hat trick at 16:38 in the period when he scored his third goal, with help from Shore and O'Neill.

The Monarchs scored one last goal in the final frame to make the score 8-2, when Justin Auger scored at 8:39, assisted by David Van der Gulik and Jordan Weal.

The Monarchs outshot the Pirates by a tally of 44-27. Mike McKenna (9-11-0) recorded the loss, saving 23 of 29 shots faced before being taken out in the second period. Peter Mannino (0-1-0) came in and saved 13 of the 15 shots he faced. Jean-Francois Berube manned the net for Manchester and saved 25 of 27 shots faced.

The Pirates play a pair of home games at the Cross Insurance Arena this weekend. They will host the Providence Bruins on Friday, December 19, at 7 p.m. and the Worcester Sharks on Saturday at 7 p.m. Pirates Holiday Packs are on sale now and make great gifts for everyone on your list! Call 207-PIRATES for tickets and more information.



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