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Pirates Fly Away with Road Win against Falcons

February 21, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Springfield, MA.- The Portland Pirates (28-21-3) captured a road win on Saturday night as they beat the Springfield Falcons 3-2 at the Mass Mutual center in Springfield Massachusetts on their Pink in the Rink night. The last and only other meeting this year between the two teams happened on January 2nd when the Pirates won 5-3.

The first period ended up scoreless as both teams totaled 9 shots on goal each. The first and only penalty in the first frame came at 5:49 when the Falcons' Hubert Labrie was called for slashing.

The second period started off slow with no penalties through the first few minutes of play. The Springfield Falcons drew first blood when Michael Chaput scored at 4:40, assisted by Domenic Monardo. The Pirates quickly responded as Darian Dzuirzynski netted one 11 seconds later at 4:51 with the help of Francis Wathier. After two failed power play attempts for the Pirates, the Falcons came back strong and scored their second goal of the game at 12:37 by Corey Cowick, assisted by Luke Adam and Brett Ponich. The Pirates retaliated once again when Jordan Szwarz netted a goal at 18:37, assisted by Justin Hodgman and Brendan Shinnimin.

The third period started off slow but heated up when Darian Dzuirzynski netted his second goal of the night and thirteenth of the season at 9:48. Eric Selleck assisted on the goal as Pirates took their first lead of the night. Springfield picked up their first power play of the night as Portland's Chris Summers was called for interference at 10:56. The Pirates were able to kill off that penalty and continue to defend the net as they ended up victorious at the end of the third period.

The Pirates return home tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, February 22, when they host the St. John's Ice Caps at 3:00 p.m in another Eimskip Port-to-Port Challenge game. They host the Ice Caps for a second game on Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 p.m. The Pirates will host their annual Pink in the Rink game on Saturday, February 28, when they face off against the Manchester Monarchs at 7:00 p.m in a VIP Cup Matchup presented by VIP Tires and Service. For tickets and more information, call 207-PIRATES.



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