Senators Roll Past Pirates

March 13, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Portland, Maine - Craig Schira and Zack Smith each scored a goal and an assist to lead the Binghamton Senators to a 6-2 win over the Portland Pirates in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 6,570 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Geoff Kinrade, Jason Bailey, Kaspars Daugavins and Ryan Keller also scored for the Senators while Jonathan Cheechoo collected two assists. Binghamton improved to 27-31-5-3 with the win. Nathan Gerbe and Travis Turnbull replied for the Pirates, now 36-22-5-3 on the season.

Gerbe opened the scoring with a power-play goal 13 minutes into the game but Kinrade answered two minutes later to even the count at one after one. Turnbull connected shorthanded 66 seconds into the second to give the Pirates a one-goal advantage but Schira connected midway through the period to tie things up at two. Four minutes later Daugavins netted what turned out to be the game winner as Binghamton closed out the game with five unanswered goals.

Jhonas Enroth started for the Pirates but left five minutes into the game due to injury. He stopped all five shots he faced. J.P. Lamoureux came off the bench and turned aside 22 of the 28 shots sent in his direction in a losing effort.

Binghamton out shot the Pirates 33-24 in the game. The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were all from the Senators. Kinrade was the first, Schira the second and goaltender Mike Brodeur (22 saves) the third.

The Pirates complete a three-game weekend tomorrow (Sunday) against the Springfield Flacons ion a 4 p.m. start at the Cumberland County Civic Center. It's the second annual Teddy Bear Toss game presented by State Farm. Fans are encouraged to show their support for local charities by bringing teddy bears to the game. As a part of this annual charity event, fans will celebrate the first Pirates goal of the game by tossing their teddies onto the ice. State Farm will also be on hand to pass out 1,000 Bear Print Pamphlets and 500 hackey sacks. All Teddy Bears collected will be donated to local charities, including The Center for Grieving Children and Mid Coast Hospital.

It's also a Sudzie Family Five Pack Game. Five Main Deck tickets, five hot dogs or pizza slices, five sodas, one Daily Scroll game program, and one free Sudzie Minuteman exterior car wash all for only $60. That's less than half the $123 value.

Tickets the game are available by calling (207) 775-3458, visiting the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or going on-line at portlandpirates.com.



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