Sharks drop seesaw battle in WBS

March 19, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, PA- The Sharks led 1-0 and 2-1 but dropped game 2 of a 4 game road trip with a 5-3 loss to the AHL point leading Penguins on Saturday evening at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. To complicate matters, Worcester now trails the Whale for the 3rd and final guaranteed playoff spot in the Atlantic Division by four points with 11 games remaining.

Tommy Wingels extended his point streak (5-1-6) to five games with his 16th goal and John McCarthy extended his point streak to five games (3-3-6) with an assist in the 5-3 loss. Harri Sateri made 21 saves in his first professional start while Dan DaSilva and Cam MacIntyre also scored for Worcester. Binghamton pulled ahead by three points past Worcester for the 4th spot in the division.

The Sharks came out buzzing in the opening period establishing a terrific fore-check and creating several turnovers deep in the offensive zone. Cam MacIntyre (4th) zipped the puck past Brad Thiessen at 10:21 from the left slot to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead after the Sharks went banging deep in the zone. After Worcester had nothing going on their first power play, Zach Sill (9th) banged in a loose rebound past Harri Sateri after the initial shot from the point was stopped at 13:42. Dan DaSilva (15th) struck on the power play as his snap shot from on top of the left circle buzzed by a Cam MacIntyre screen and into the net at 16:44. Worcester led 2-1 after 20 minutes of play while holding an 8-6 shot advantage.

The Penguins grabbed two power play goals in the middle frame to take a 3-2 advantage through 40 minutes. Brett Sterling (23rd) tied the score 2-2 just :39 seconds into the period as he slammed the puck into the empty net after a cross the crease centering pass from the left side by Andrew Hutchinson. Wilkes-Barre Scranton took their first lead of the game on a two man advantage at 10:48 after a faceoff win deep in the Worcester zone. Corey Potter's (4th) blast from the point gave the Penguins their first lead of the evening. Harri Sateri made a terrific stop on Chris Collins shorthanded breakaway rush at the end of the period to keep the score a one goal game. The Sharks trailed 3-2 after two periods and were outshot 16-12 through 40 minutes.

Tommy Wingels (16th) extended his point streak to five games, as he wrapped the puck around the net on the power play and past Thiessen at 3:19 to tie the score 3-3. Keven Veilleux stole the puck away from Dan DaSilva in the Sharks zone and found Tim Wallace (19th) alone in between the circles at 11:16. Wallace sent a laser past the blocker of Sateri to put the Penguins up for good. Tim Wallace (20th) added an empty netter at the final horn to secure the 5-3 Penguins victory over the Sharks

The Sharks record falls to 31-26-4-8 with 74 points and to 13-16-2-4 on the road. Worcester has 11 games remaining on their 80 game AHL regular season schedule (6 home, 5 away)



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