Monarchs Dropped by Sharks, 3-1
January 13, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
WORCESTER, MA - The Monarchs suffered their first loss of the season in seven games against the Sharks, falling 3-1 on Tuesday night at the DCU Center. They are now winless in their last three road games.
David Van der Gulik scored Manchester's (25-9-3-1) only goal of the game in the first period. The win was Worcester's (17-14-3-2) fourth in its last five games.
Daniil Tarasov gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 7:56 in the opening period.
Manchester answered with the tying goal just nine seconds later when Van der Gulik took a feed from Nic Dowd and beat Troy Grosenick 8:05 into the first. It marked Van der Gulik's seventh goal of the season.
Neither team scored in the second period, with Worcester outshooting the Monarchs in the frame, 13-10.
Micheal Haley broke the 1-1 tie at 2:21 in the third period with his 11th goal of the season.
Worcester iced the game with an empty-net goal from Freddie Hamilton at 19:31 in the third.
The Monarchs return to the Verizon Wireless Arena on Saturday when they host Providence on LA Kings Night. Alec Martinez "bobble-hands" will be given out to the first 2,500 fans in attendance.
Notes:
Patrik Bartosak made his sixth consecutive start for the Monarchs, making 28 saves. Manchester has scored two goals or less in five of its last six games beginning on Jan. 2, going 2-2-2-0 in those six games. After going 5-for-11 on the power play against Binghamton on Saturday, the Monarchs went 0-for-4 on the man advantage tonight.
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