Sharks Show Late Bite But Fall 5-4 in Providence
January 30, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Providence, RI - The Worcester Sharks (22-16-3-2, 49pts) opened up the unofficial second half of the AHL season with 5-4 loss to the Providence Bruins (22-17-5-1, 50pts) in front of 7,924 fans at the Dunkin Donuts Center on Friday evening. The Sharks host the Bruins on PINK in the RINK night to benefit the Cup Crusaders on Saturday at 7pm.
Jeremy Langlois scored his team leading 15th and 16th goals of the season while Freddie Hamilton and Matt Taormina also scored for Worcester. JP Anderson made 37 saves in net in his 5th straight start for Worcester and Taylor Fedun added two assists. On a conditioning assignment from the Boston Bruins, Niklas Svedberg, made 25 saves in net for Providence and Seth Griffith led the way offensively with three points (2-1-3) as the Bruins defeated Worcester for the first time this season.
Jeremy Langlois (15th) gave Worcester an early 1-0 lead after he was sprung free over the middle and broke in on Bruins netminder Niklas Svedberg and fired a snap shot top shelf just 43 seconds in. But the Bruins would score three goals within four minutes to take a 3-1 lead. Zach Trotman (1st) sent a shot from the blue line that went off a Worcester stick and past Anderson at 5:27 to even the score. Alexander Khokhlachev (11th) found the puck alone in front of JP Anderson and slid the puck around a lunging JP at 6:41 to put the Sharks down 2-1. Joe Morrow sent a one-timer past Anderson from 35 feet on the power play at 9:27 for the final score of the opening period. Worcester trailed 3-1 after 20 minutes as the Bruins also held an 18-9 shot advantage.
Providence went ahead 4-1 with a great individual score at 6:03 of the second period as Seth Griffin (4th) snapped a great shot from the left circle past JP Anderson. After Anderson made several great saves to keep the score close, Freddie Hamilton (9th) scored on the power play from in tight at 19:33 to get the Sharks back to within two scores. The Bruins led 4-2 after 40 minutes and held a 32-18 shot advantage after two periods.
Seth Griffith (5th) scored on the power play at 4:36 of the third period to put the Bruins up 5-2. Worcester would score twice late in the game as Jeremy Langlois (16th) scored a rebound power play goal at 17:56 and Matt Taormina (6th) snapped a shot from 60 feet past Svedberg at 18:48 to get the Sharks back within a goal at 5-4. JP Anderson went to the bench for the extra attacker and the Sharks had a few chances late to tie but fell short as the horn sounded.
The Sharks overall record falls to 22-16-3-2, 49pts, and 9-9-2-2, 22pts on the road this season.
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