Pirates Fall Apart Late Against Falcons

Published on November 11, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Springfield, Massachusetts - Nine different Springfield skaters registered a point and three third period goals helped lead the Falcons to a 4-1 victory over the Portland Pirates in front of 3,505 at the MassMutual Center.

Cam Atkinson, Martin St. Pierre, Ryan Russell and Andrew Joudrey each found the back of the net for Springfield as they raised their record to 7-6-0-0 on the season.

Michael Stone earned the lone tally, breaking a personal eight-game pointless streak, for Portland as they dropped to 4-7-0-1.

The Falcons got on the board first just over four minutes into the opening frame, when Atkinson beat McElhinney top-shelf while all alone in front of the crease. While on a power play with three minutes remaining in the first, Stone blasted a shot from the right circle past Springfield goaltender Danny Taylor to even the score at one. During the second period, Portland's penalty killing unit killed off 10 minutes worth of penalties to keep the game even heading into the third frame. In the final frame Springfield made the most of their time skating at even strength and while a man down, with St. Pierre giving the hosts their second lead of the game with a high stick-side wrist-shot at the 4:07 mark and Russell knocking in his fifth of the season just over a minute later on a rebound to extend the Falcons to two. With less than seven minutes remaining in the game, Joudrey raced down the ice and notched an unassisted shorthanded tally to seal the victory.

The Falcons out-shot the Pirates by a 30-20 margin as Taylor received the victory in net for Springfield, improving his record to 5-2-0 on the season. McElhinney dropped his third straight start and is now 2-6-0.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were all from Springfield: 1. Russell; 2. Joudrey; 3. Atkinson.

Pirates hockey will return to the Civic Center tomorrow night (Saturday, November 12) at 7 p.m. when the Providence Bruins come to town for the third of 10 meetings this season on U.S. Family Health Plan Veteran Appreciation Night. The Pirates are hosting this special Veteran's Day Weekend game, presented by U.S. Family Health Plan, to recognize all of the men and women who have served, or are currently serving, as members of the United States Armed Forces. To find out how you can donate tickets to veterans or members of the active military, contact the Pirates ticket office at 207-828-4665 x306. In addition for this special Veterans Appreciation Night, Veterans or their family members will go head to head compete on-ice in the first ever Summit Adventures Hamster Ball competition. Be there tomorrow night to cheer on military competitors as they "bounce and battle" inside the Summit Adventures inflatable Hamster Balls! To see Hamster Balls in action, visit Summit Adventures at their Maine Mall location.

The four-game home-stand will continue on Tuesday, November 15 when the Adirondack Phantoms visit Portland for the second of four meetings in a 6:30 p.m. faceoff, on Friday, November 18 against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Saturday, and will conclude on Saturday, November 19 against the P-Bruins - both 7 p.m. starts. Featured during Friday's game against the Penguins will be a free Portland Pirates newspaper poster giveaway, courtesy of the Portland Press Herald, as well as another Dollar Desert Dog Night where fans can purchase their "Dollar Desert Dog" hot dogs for a single dollar at any of the Civic Center concession locations on the concourse from an hour before faceoff until 10 minutes after the second period begins.

Now is the time to cash in on great savings by purchasing discounted ticket plans and advance tickets for the Pirates 2011-12 season. Ticket packages are available to meet all budgets and schedules. Call a Pirates ticket representative today at 207-828-4665 x350 to reserve your seats for any combination of games that Pirates hockey, "Coyotes Style", has to offer. Individual tickets for the each of the remaining 33 home games of the Pirates 2011-12 regular season schedule are on sale and fans can purchase their tickets by visiting the Pirates ticket office, Cumberland County Civic Center box office (open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

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