Pirates Beat Bruins 5-2
January 11, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release
Providence, R.I.- The Portland Pirates (21-16-1-0) appeared to have gotten their groove back in a 5-2 victory over the Providence Bruins (17-16-4-1) on Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. It was the first game of a four-game road trip for the Pirates.
Brendan Shinnimin kicked things off for Portland at 11:03, assisted by Joel Hanley and Jordan Szwarz. With time running out in the first period, Darian Dziurzynski added to the score at 18:49 with some help from Greg Miller and Tyler Gaudet.
The Pirates came into the second period on the power play, and Henrik Samuelsson opened things up with a 1:38 goal from Henrik Samuelsson and assisted by Alex Bolduc and Hanley.
The Bruins finally answered with a goal at 12:02 in the third period when Wayne Simpson got past Portland net minder Louis Domingue (6-2-0) with a power play goal assisted by Justin Florek and Matt Lindblad. They put up a second tally 55 seconds later at 12:58, when Colin Stuart acored, assisted by Seth Griffith. Three minutes later, Greg Miller made it 4-2 pirates with a 15:58 goal, assisted by Eric Selleck and Francis Wathier. Alex Bolduc locked the game up for the Pirates with an empty-netter from Szwarz and Selleck at 19:39.
Domingue got his first AHL start since November and had a great outing in net, saving 30 of 32 Bruin shots. The Bruins had Malcolm Subban in net, who allowed 4 goals on 33 shots.
The Pirates will now travel to St. John's, Newfoundland, for three games against the IceCaps on Wednesday, January 14, Friday the 16th, and Saturday the 17th. All games are at 6 p.m., eastern. They return home with a game against the Worcester Sharks on Wednesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. Call 207-PIRATES for tickets and more information.
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