Portland Pirates Double Up Wolf Pack 6-3

Published on October 16, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release


Portland, ME, October 16, 2009 - A Portland Pirate line of Tyler Ennis, Nathan Gerbe and Jeff Cowan combined for six goals and five assists Friday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center, as the Pirates defeated the Hartford Wolf Pack, 6-3.

Ennis scored a hat trick and had an assist, Gerbe had a goal and three assists, and Cowan scored twice and added an assist.

A Pirate power play that had been 1/25 in four games coming into the night went 3/6.

Bobby Sanguinetti had a goal and an assist for the Wolf Pack. T.J. Brennan also had two assists for Portland

The loss dropped the Wolf Pack to 2-3-0-0 overall and 1-3-0-0 on the road.

Portland got the only goal of the first period, and it was Ennis' first of the night, and first pro point. Ennis took a cross-slot feed from Gerbe and snuck a shot past Hartford goaltender Chad Johnson at 3:56.

The Pirates then broke it open in the second period, scoring three goals against Johnson on six shots.

It started off the opening faceoff, with Gerbe and Ennis breaking on a two-on-one and Gerbe converting Ennis' pass at the 10-second mark. Penalty trouble struck the Wolf Pack shortly thereafter, and Cowan made it 3-0 with a goal on a two-man advantage at 5:31. A shot by Gerbe went off the underside of the crossbar behind Johnson, and Cowan swept in the rebound. Another power play led to Ennis' second goal of the game at 14:48, as Ennis banged in a rebound, again off a shot by Gerbe.

It was the Wolf Pack who scored early in the third period, with Paul Crowder getting Hartford on the scoreboard at the 2:41 mark. Crowder threw the puck toward the front of the net from the left-wing side and it struck a Portland defender, before eluding Pirate goaltender Jhonas Enroth.

Ennis completed his hat trick 3:02 later at 5:43, making it a 5-1 lead on Portland's third power-play goal of the game. Johnson stopped Brennan's point shot, but Ennis shoved the rebound just over the goal line.

Sanguinetti's wrist shot through traffic found its way past Enroth at 9:09, for Sanguinetti;s first goal of the year, but Cowan restored the four-goal margin at 15:23, with an unassisted backhander that hit the post to Johnson's left and landed in the net.

The final margin of 6-3 was created by Andres Ambuhl's first North American pro goal, which came with 1:57 left and was on a deflection of a Sanguinetti shot.

The Wolf Pack outshot Portland 30-24 in the game, including 15-8 in the third period. Enroth made 27 saves in the winning effort, while Johnson stopped 18 shots in the Hartford net.

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