Sharks Allow Season High Eight Goals in Loss to Bruins
January 5, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Providence, RI - Rookie defenseman Dylan Demelo scored his 1st professional goal but the Worcester Sharks (14-15-2-1, 31pts) closed out their five game road trip with an 8-2 loss to the host Providence Bruins (19-11-1-5, 44pts) in front of 8,692 fans at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI on Sunday afternoon. The Sharks return home for an action packed 3-in-3 weekend at the DCU Center beginning with a 7:30pm start on Friday vs. the Hartford Wolf Pack.
The Sharks ended the five game road trip with a 1-3-1-0 record as Dylan Demelo and Travis Oleksuk scored for Worcester while netminder Harri Sateri allowed eight goals on 39 shots in the loss. Seven different Bruins scored goals and Malcolm Subban made 33 saves in the win and improved to 4-0-0 vs. Worcester this season.
The Bruins scored three quick goals in the first 5:46 of the 1st period to charge out to a 3-0 lead. Nick Johnson (14th) got things rolling at 2:33 after he banked a shot off a skate in the crease as a Sharks penalty came to an end to put Providence ahead 1-0. Carter Camper (8th) fired home a rebound at 4:45 and Anthony Camara (5th) finished off a nice 3-on-2 rush at 5:46 past Harri Sateri to put Worcester down 3-0. Head Coach Roy Sommer would then use his timeout to settle things down as there was no more scoring the rest of the period. Worcester did outshot Providence 11-9.
Providence came out charging again in the middle frame and Craig Cunningham (13th) tapped in a centering feed past Harri Sateri at 6:34 to put the Bruins on top 4-0. Worcester finally broke through at 16:10 as Dylan Demelo (1st) scored his 1st professional goal with a terrific shot from the high left slot over the shoulder of Malcolm Subban on a Worcester 5-on-3 power play. The Bruins got the score right back as defenseman Ben Youds (2nd) snapped a shot from the right circle at 18:58. Worcester was outshot 17-12 in the second period and trailed 5-1 after 40 minutes.
The Bruins outscored the Sharks 3-1 in the third period with a pair of power play goals from Anthony Camara (6th) and Rob Flick (1st) along with a score from the point by Ben Youds (2nd).
Travis Oleksuk (4th) scored the final goal of the game at 16:30 with a shot off the post and past Subban from 47 feet. Providence outshot Worcester 13-12 in the third period as the Sharks tied a franchise record for most goals allowed in a hockey game.
The Sharks overall record falls to 14-15-2-1, 31pts and 8-8-2-0, 18pts on the road this season.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: David Warsofsky (0-2-2) 2nd star: Ben Youds (1-2-3) 1st star: Anthony Camara (2-1-3).... Final shots were 39-35 in favor of Providence...Malcolm Subban made 33 saves on 35 shots for Providence... Harri Sateri made 31 saves on 38 shots for Worcester.... Worcester went 1-for-4 on the power play while Providence went 3-for-8... Lane Scheidl (inj), Matt Pelech (inj), and Konrad Abeltshauser did not dress for Worcester....due to the injuries and call-ups... the Sharks dressed seven defensemen... Daniil Tarasov returned after missing the last two games with a foot injury.... Marek Viedensky added two assists for Worcester.
Coming up...
The Sharks host three games at the DCU Center this upcoming weekend beginning with a 7:30pm start on Friday vs. the Hartford Wolf Pack. The game will be shown live on Charter TV3.
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