AHL Providence Bruins

P-Bruins Defeat Phantoms in Shootout 4-3

Published on December 29, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


Philadelphia, PA - The Providence Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Phantoms 4-3 in a shootout Friday evening at The Wachovia Spectrum. The P-Bruins got goals from T.J. Trevelyan, Dwayne Zinger and Martins Karsums. In the shootout Kris Versteeg had a goal and David Krejci two.

In the opening period, the Phantoms took the 1-0 lead only 1:08 into the game. The P-Bruins turned the puck over in their own end and Denis Tolpeko scored from the high slot unassisted. Philadelphia went into the first intermission with a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, the P-Bruins answered back. At the 1:51 mark Ben Walter sent a centering pass to Trevelyan parked in between the circles. He pushed the puck past Philadelphia netminder Martin Houle and into the net to tie the game at one. Karsums had the second assist. The P-Bruins went on top, while the Phantoms were on the power play at the 8:15 mark. The P-Bruins Jeremy Reich made a steal and worked the puck to Marco Rosa down the left wing. Rosa sent a cross-ice pass to Zinger and he put the puck under the crossbar to give the P-Bruins a 2-1 lead, which stood through the end of the second period.

The P-Bruins took a two goal lead at the 7:18 mark of the third period. The P-Bruins cleared the puck out of their zone and it was a foot race after the loose puck. Karsums got to the puck first and while in full stride lifted the puck over the shoulder of Houle and into the net. Zinger had the lone assist. The Phantoms battled back to tie the game at three and send it into overtime. At the 17:26 Tolpeko netted his second goal of the game with Matt Davis and Niko Dimitrakos getting the assists. With 53.3 seconds left in regulation Dimitrakos tied the game at three with assists recorded by Nolan Baumgartner and Jussi Timonen.

After overtime went scoreless the game headed into a shootout. The P-Bruins scored in the first two rounds with Krejci and Versteeg tallying the goals. The Phantoms tied the shootout at two with a goal in the third round from Petr Nedved and fifth round by Matt Ellison. In the sixth round P-Bruins netminder Philippe Sauve stopped Nedved, while Krejci scored his second goal of the shootout to give the P-Bruins a 4-3 victory.

Brian Finley stopped 6 of 7 shots and Sauve stopped 9 of 11 shots for the P-Bruins, while Houle made 38 saves for the Phantoms. Providence was 0 for 5 on the power play, while Philadelphia went 0 for 3 on the man-advantage.

The P-Bruins continue their eight game road trip Saturday, December 30 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Wachovia Arena at 7:05 p.m. The P-Bruins return home to the Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday, January 5 to take on the Worcester Sharks at 4:05 p.m. For tickets call the team ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or log onto the team website at www.providencebruins.com.

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