Rosa's Late Goal Earns Monarchs A Road Point
December 6, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
Albany, NY - Pavel Rosa's goal at 19:12 of the third period earned the Manchester Monarchs a road point, but the euphoria of the late game marker was short-lived as Chris Hartsburg scored 3:42 into overtime to give the Albany River Rats a 4-3 decision over the Monarchs at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY on Friday.
Including the overtime loss, the Monarchs are 4-3-2 in nine overtime games this season. Rosa scored the game-winner for the Monarchs as they beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. He scored Friday's goal after the Monarchs replaced netminder Cristobal Huet with a sixth attacker with 1:06 to play in regulation.
The Monarchs were forced into another third period comeback, their second in three days, after Albany's Jiri Bicek scored at 9:38. The Monarchs trailed the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-0 with less than six minutes left in Wednesday's game before scoring four unanswered goals, including Rosa game-winner 1:05 into overtime.
Rookie Jared Aulin played a part in each of the two second period goals scored by the Monarchs, who took a 2-1 lead after defenseman Mike Pudlick blasted home a shot from high in the slot at 11:07. Aulin assisted on the Pudlick goal. The 20-year-old had put the Monarchs on the board just 35 seconds earlier with a wrist shot from the left wing faceoff circle that goaltender Scott Clemmensen was unable to control. Derek Bekar extended his season-best point streak to eight games with an assist on the score. Jerred Smithson was also awarded an assist on the scoring play.
The Monarchs one-goal lead evaporated just moments before the second period intermission as defenseman Joe Corvo was assessed a tripping penalty for taking down Albany's Scott Cameron at the Monarchs blue line. Cameron was awarded a penalty shot on the play, and he took advantage, lifting his shot past Monarchs Huet at the 20 minute mark.
Albany's Greg Crozier was credited with the only goal of the first period. The goal, his first, was scored at 6:54. The Monarchs (13-5-3-2) return home on Saturday for a first place battle with the Providence Bruins at 7:35 p.m. Only 500 tickets remain for Saturday's game. Both the Monarchs and Bruins are tied for the top spot in the AHL's North Division with 31 points. Providence tied the Lowell Lock Monsters 1-1 Friday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, RI.
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