P-Bruins Fall to Pirates 4-2
December 8, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release
Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins fell to the Portland Pirates 4-2 Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. Carter Camper and Nick Johnson had the goals for Providence, while Niklas Svedberg made 24 saves.
Providence came out strong to start the first period despite the absence of Ryan Spooner and Matt Fraser, who were both called up to Boston, however, Portland scored first at the 17:01 mark. Brandon Gormley ripped a slap shot top-shelf into the net from the point for his first goal of the season. Gilbert Brule and Keven Veilleux recorded the assists. Portland led 1-0 going into the first intermission.
In the second period, Portland made it 2-0 at the 10:19 mark. Darian Dziurzynski found a way to put the puck into the net for his first goal of the season. Mathieu Brisebois picked up the lone assist. The P-Bruins retaliated quickly when they capitalized on a power play goal by Camper at the 11:32 mark, his fourth goal of the season. Johnson and Ben Youds grabbed the assists. Providence tied the game at two with just under six minutes left in the period. Joe Morrow made a pass to Johnson who backhanded a shot from the circle that found its way into the back of the net. It was Johnson's eleventh goal of the season, while Youds had the second assist. The game went into the intermission tied at two.
In the third period, Portland retook the lead at the 8:06 mark, when Andy Miele buried his seventh goal of the season on a wrap around that was assisted by Chris Brown and Brisebois. The Pirates finished off the scoring with an empty net goal scored by Tobias Rieder at the 19:59 mark, his eighth goal of the season. Miele had the lone assist as Portland went onto the 4-2 victory.
Svedberg stopped 24 of 27 shots for the P-Bruins, while Louis Domingue made 31 saves for the Pirates. Providence went 1-for-2 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.
The P-Bruins travel to Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday to face the Pirates before returning to Providence at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday, December 13 at 7:05pm against the Portland. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a cinch bag courtesy of Uncle Bobs Self Storage. For tickets to this game or any other P-Bruins home games visit www.providencebruins.com .
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