Sharks Drop 5-2 Decision in St. John's
February 8, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
St. John's NFLD - The Worcester Sharks (22-19-3-1, 48pts) fell to the St. John's IceCaps (28-17-1-2, 59pts) by the score of 5-2 in front of the 100th consecutive sellout of 6,287 at the Mile One Centre on Saturday night in the first of the two games this weekend north of the border in St. John's. The two teams will battle again on Sunday at 2:30pm (EST).
Konrad Abeltshauser and Rylan Schwartz scored for Worcester while Harri Sateri made 22 saves in the loss. John Albert scored twice for the IceCaps and Michael Hutchinson made 31 saves as St. John's won for the 8th time in their last nine games.
Rookie defenseman Konrad Abeltshauser (3rd) gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead just 35 seconds into the contest after his shot from the left wall point found its way through a screen and past goaltender Michael Hutchinson. The IceCaps would score twice within a 16 seconds span after a pair of turnovers found the back of the Worcester net. Kael Mouillierat (13th) snapped a shot from the right circle past Harri Sateri at 14:07 and John Albert (7th) pounced on a loose puck on top of the crease at 14:23 to put St. John's ahead 2-1. Nick Petrecki had a goal called off late in the period (player in the crease) as Worcester outshot St. John's 12-8 through 20 minutes.
Each team found the back of the net in the middle frame as Jerome Samson (17th) fired home a cross the crease pass from Andrew Gordon at 5:54 to put the IceCaps ahead 3-1. Rylan Schwartz (4th) got the Sharks back within a goal with a wicked shot from the right slot at 12:12 with an unassisted tally. Worcester held a 24-15 shot advantage through 40 minutes as the Sharks trailed 3-2 after two periods.
After getting denied on a breakaway by Harri Sateri, John Albert (8th) was awarded a penalty shot and he converted at 2:22 to put the IceCaps ahead 4-2 early in the third period. Rookie Adam Lowry (12th) scored in his 5th straight game to put the game away at 8:20 as the Sharks fell 5-2.
The Sharks overall record falls to 22-19-3-1, 48pts and 10-10-3-0, 23pts on the road.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Dan DaSilva (0-0-0) 2nd star: Adam Lowry (1-0-1) 1st star: John Albert (2-0-2)... Final shots were 33-27 in favor of Worcester...Michael Hutchinson made 31 saves on 33 shots for St. John's ... Harri Sateri made 22 saves on 27 shots for Worcester.... Worcester went 0-for-2 on the power play while St. John's went 0-for-3... Matt Tennyson, John McCarthy, Daniil Tarasov (inj), Matt Pelech (inj), Scott Fleming, Marek Viedensky (inj), and Adam Comrie did not dress for Worcester... The Sharks fell to 7-2-1 at the Mile One Centre and had a six game point streak snapped in the arena.... acquired via a trade on Tuesday from Minnesota, Chad Rau skated in his first game for the Worcester Sharks and wore #20 - it was his 300th career AHL game... Eriah Hayes played his 1st AHL game after 15 games with the SJ Sharks... Yanni Gourde's point streak was snapped in four games (1-6-7)...Brodie Reid now has a three game point streak (3-2-5) with his assist on the Abeltshauser goal in the first.... the goal for Rylan Schwartz broke a 22 game goalless drought.... John Albert's penalty shot goal was the 1st penalty shot scored in IceCaps franchise history... Rob Davison (4th FM) dropped the mitts with Austen Brassard in the second period - the fight was Davison's 1st since Nov 13 at St. John's.
Coming up... The Sharks and IceCaps battle again on Sunday at 2:30pm (EST) before enjoying a four day All-Star break.
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