Monarchs Spooked by Swamp Rabbits
October 28, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
Monarchs Spooked by Swamp Rabbits
(Manchester Monarchs)
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Manchester Monarchs couldn't make it two in a row and fell, 4-1, to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Saturday night at the SNHU Arena.
The Monarchs (3-3-0-1) outshot the Swamp Rabbits (2-3-1-0), 51-32, in their second meeting of the weekend but couldn't pull off the win.
Greenville opened the scoring when Adam Chapie netted his 4th goal of the season at 14:44 of the second period. Chapie set up a tic-tac-toe passing play when he sent the puck to Branden Troock at the blue line who passed it over to Brenden Kotyk. Kotyk returned the puck to Chapie who took a shot from the top of the left-wing circle that beat Monarchs goalie, Evan Cowley, to give the Swamp Rabbits the 1-0 lead.
Sam Kurker tied it up for the Monarchs at 2:29 of the third period when he and Cory Ward converted on a 2-on-1 rush. Ward fired a wrister from the top of the left-wing circle and Kurker grabbed the rebound and put it past Swamp Rabbits goaltender, Ty Rimmer, to make the score, 1-1.
Greenville's Austin McKay quickly struck back at 2:48 of the third period to reclaim Swamp Rabbits lead :19 seconds after the Monarchs tied it up. Jack Nevins passed the puck towards the Monarchs net and McKay tapped it in to give him his 1st goal of the season.
Allan McPherson put the Swamp Rabbits up, 3-1, at 6:57 of the third period when he scored his 3rd goal of the season. McPherson blocked a shot in his own end, rushed into the offensive zone on a breakaway and beat Cowley glove side to give Greenville their two-goal lead back.
The final goal of the game came from Swamp Rabbits forward, Curt Gogol, who tallied a power-play goal at 10:06 in the third period. Joe Houk fired a shot that ricocheted off a Monarchs glove and Gogol found the rebound and buried it, securing Greenville's 4-1 win on his 2nd goal of the year.
The Monarchs are back on the ice Wednesday, Nov. 1 (7 p.m.), when they travel to Norfolk, Va., to take on the Norfolk Admirals.
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