Pirates Bitten by River Rats

Published on October 9, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


ALBANY, NY - Zach Boychuk collected a goal and two assists to lead the Albany River Rats to a 5-2 win over the Portland Pirates in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 2, 162 at the Times Union Center.

Brandon Sutter, Drayson Bowman, Jerome Samson and Chris Terry also scored for Albany, who evened their early season record at 1-1-0-0.

Nathan Gerbe paced the Pirates with a goal and an assist. Cody McCormick struck for the other Pirates.

Portland dropped to 0-2-0-0 to start the season.

The two teams were tied at one after one. The River Rats carried a 3-1 advantage into the third and built a 5-1 advantage before Gerbe struck to complete the scoring.

Albany out shot the Pirates 34-26 in the game as Jhonas Enroth took the loss for Portland.

The three stars of the game were all from the River Rats. Boychuk was the first, Jerome Samson the second and Brandon Sutter the third.

The Pirates return home for the 2009-2010 home opener tomorrow (Saturday) when the Providence Bruins visit the Cumberland County Civic Center for a 7 p.m. start. The first ever Treasure Chest contest, Magnetic schedule giveaway and USA Hockey Member Night highlight the beginning of the home portion of the Pirates 2009-10 regular season schedule. Tickets for the home opener, as well as all other Pirates home games at the Cumberland County Civic Center, are now on sale by calling (207) 775-3458, visiting the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or going on-line at www.portlandpirates.com . If you can't make it to the game you can hear it live on News Talk WLOB 95.5FM and on-line at www.portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m.

The Pirates will complete the weekend Sunday at 4 p.m. when they travel to Lowell to face the Devils. The game can be heard live on News Talk WLOB 95.5FM and on-line at www.portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show at 3:45 p.m.

Ticket plans for the 2009-2010 season are still available at the Pirates office, located at 94 Free Street in Portland. The Pirates office is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For all the information about the Pirates 2009-2010 ticket plans and 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic visit www.portlandpirates.com or call (207) 828-4665 Ext. 350 to speak with one of the Pirates account executives.

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