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Pirates Down Devils

November 13, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Portland, Maine - Jhonas Enroth made 22 saves in his first game back from Buffalo, and five Pirates scored to lead Portland to a 5-2 victory over the Albany Devils in front of 6,003 at the Cumberland County Civic Center Saturday night.

Mark Parrish and Marc-Andre Gragnani each registered a power-play goal and an assist for the Pirates who improved to 12-3-1-0 on the season and 8-0-1-0. Dennis McCauley, Paul Byron and Travis Turnbull also scored for the Pirates in the win.

Matt Anderson and Nathan Perkovich netted the only goals for Albany, losers of five straight and now 6-8-0-0 on the season.

The Devils struck early as Anderson lit the lamp for his sixth goal of the year on a rebound tip-in at the 3:13 mark of the opening period. McCauley began the scoring onslaught for Portland as he capitalized on a cross-ice pass from Jacob Lagace midway through the first period to tie the game at one. The power-play prowess began with Byron adding a goal off the man advantage to cap off the first period scoring and send the Pirates into the locker room up 2-1. Turnbull notched his fourth goal of the season in the second period which turned out to be the game-winning-goal. To establish the final margin, Portland registered a couple of power-play goals in the third period by Parrish and Gragnani, sandwiched with an Albany goal by Perkovich.

Portland out shot Albany by a mark of 32-24.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the game were all from the Pirates. Turnbull was the first, Gragnani the second and Enroth the third.

The Pirates will be rewarded with six-day break from action this week as they take the ice next Saturday against former NHL All-Star Jonathan Cheechoo and the Worcester Sharks for a 7 p.m. faceoff at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Saturday night will be the first of 12 matchups in the renewal of the 5th Annual UNUM Challenge between the two Atlantic Division rivals. It will also be Maine Bureau of Highway Safety Night as State Highway Officers will be on hand to stress the importance of highway safety through fan interaction during the game.

Tickets for the game, as well as each of the remaining Pirates home games, are on sale now at the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or on-line at ticketmaster.com.

There's still plenty of time to cash in on great savings by purchasing discounted ticket plans and advance tickets for the Pirates 2010-11 season. Ticket packages are available to meet all budgets and schedules. Call a Pirates Ticket representative today at 207-828-4665 ext. 350 to see what you've been missing!



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