Pirates Sail Past the IceCats, 3-1

Published on January 22, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Portland, Maine - The Pirates Jakub Klepis, Owen Fussey and Trent Whitfield each scored a goal and Maxime Ouellet made 38 saves as the Pirates beat the Worcester IceCats 3-1 on Saturday night in front of 6,276 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

In the first period, Jakub Klepis gave the Pirates the 1-0 lead on a powerplay goal at the 15:52 mark with his tenth goal of the season. Trent Whitfield took the original shot that ended up underneath Worcester's goaltender Jason Bacashihua. Klepis poked the puck loose on the left side of the net and then fired it to the back of the cage the put the Pirates ahead. For Klepis the goal also extended his point-scoring streak to five games.

The Pirates padded their lead just under two minutes later as Owen Fussey stole the IceCats clearing attempt and went in on a breakaway off the right wing wall. Fussey darted to the net and then roofed the puck to the right corner of the net and scored his second goal in as many nights to give the Pirates the 2-0 lead.

Trent Whitfield started the second period with his tenth goal of the season at the 4:07 mark to give the Pirates the 3-0 advantage. Jared Aulin fed Whitfield the puck from the right wing corner and then Whitfield buried the puck from the top of the right wing circle past Bacashihua.

The IceCats struck back at the 14:28 mark on Konstantin Zakharov's third goal of the season. Maxime Ouellet came up with the save on the original shot off the stick of Eric Boguniecki, but the rebound snuck loose to the left of the net. Zakharov captured the puck on the doorstep and fired the puck past the outstretched glove of Ouellet to cut the Pirates lead down to two.

The Ice Cats had chances in the third and out shot the Pirates 16 to 8 in the final period, but Maxime Ouellet stonewalled the Ice Cats to preserve the 3-1 win.

Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the game: 1. Maxime Ouellet (POR) 2. Trent Whitfield (POR) 3. Owen Fussey (POR)

The Pirates return to action tomorrow afternoon at 4:05 p.m. in Providence at the Dunkin' Donuts Center to take on the Bruins.

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