P-Bruins Fall to River Rats 2-1

Published on December 9, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release

Albany, NY - The Providence Bruins fell to the Albany River Rats 2-1 Saturday evening at the Pepsi Arena. The P-Bruins got their lone goal from Kris Versteeg.

After a scoreless opening period, the River Rats took a 1-0 lead at the 11:31 mark of the second period. Ben Guite took a shot from the right face off circle and the puck went off of Providence netminder Jordan Sigalet and into the net. Pat Dwyer and Kyle Cumiskey had the assists. Albany went up 2-0 at the 14:42 mark. The puck was free right outside the crease and poked into the net by Scott Kelman. Kevin Estrada and Johnny Boychuk tallied the assists. Towards the end of the second period it looked like the River Rats would take the 3-0 lead, but the Albany goal was waved off and instead goaltender interference called against River Rat defenseman Jeff Finger. The P-Bruins Versteeg scored on the power play at the 19:07 mark for his team leading 13th goal of the season, with Pascal Pelletier and David Krejci recording the assists. The P-Bruins went into the second intermission trailing Albany 2-1.

Neither team scored in the third period as the River Rats held on for the 2-1 victory.

Sigalet stopped 18 of 20 shots for the P-Bruins, while Justin Peters made 29 saves for the River Rats. Providence was 1 for 3 on the power play, while Albany went 0 for 4 on the man-advantage.

The Providence Bruins wrap up the weekend Sunday, December 10 at home at the Dunkin' Donuts Center 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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