Pirates Extend Home Winning Streak to Six Games

Published on October 23, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Portland, Maine - David Leggio made 36 saves and Paul Byron assisted on both goals to lead the Portland Pirates to a 2-1 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on the third annual Breast Cancer Awareness Night played this evening in front of a season high 5,505 in attendance at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

T.J. Brennan and Matt Ellis scored for the Pirates, and Mark Mancari added an assist to help Portland run their record to 6-2-0-0 with the victory.

Jesse Joensuu netted the lone goal for Bridgeport, now 2-5-0-0 on the season.

The Pirates struck early as Brennan lit the lamp on a slap shot from the blue line just 22 seconds into the game. Following a balanced and quiet one and a half periods, Portland's emerging power play unit clicked again with crisp passing by Mancari and Byron to find a wide open Ellis in front of the net to give the home team a 2-0 advantage. Midway through the third period, the Sound Tigers trimmed the deficit to one as Joensuu scored his second goal of the season. That was as close as Bridgeport would get as Leggio was rock solid in net to help Portland maintain the lead and extend their franchise record opening home winning streak to six games.

Bridgeport out shot Portland by a mark of 37-31.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the game were Bridgeport goaltender Mikko Koskinen as the third star, Portland's Ellis as the second, and goaltender Leggio as the first.

The Pirates begin a four game road trip this Thursday as they head south to take on the Norfolk Admirals and Charlotte Checkers of the Eastern Division. Norfolk will host the Pirates for a 7:30 p.m. start on Thursday, followed by a 7:15 p.m. contest Friday. Following the stint in Virginia, the Charlotte Checkers will welcome the team for two 7 p.m. games on Tuesday, November 2nd and Wednesday, November 3rd. The game can be heard live on News Talk 95.5 WLOB and on-line at portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show at 7:15 p.m. The Pirates will be back in action at the Civic Center on Friday, November 5th when the Adirondack Phantoms (Philadelphia Flyers) come to town for a 7:30 p.m. face-off. All fans will receive two free tickets to a future Pirates game with a donation to Goodwill. It's also United Way Night and a special 7:30 p.m. game. As part of the pre-game, a check presentation will be made to the United Way of Greater Portland representing funds raised through the Pirates involvement in the current United Way Campaign.

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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