Sharks Stellar in 4-2 Road Win at Syracuse
December 27, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Syracuse, NY. - The Worcester Sharks (12-13-3-1, 28pts) have points in three straight games after a big 4-2 win over the Syracuse Crunch (20-8-3-0, 43pts) in front of 5,789 fans at the War Memorial Arena on Saturday evening.
Matt Taormina, Willie Coetzee, Evan Trupp, and Jeremy Langlois scored goals for Worcester and Troy Grosenick made 23 saves in net for his 8th win of the season as the Sharks snapped Syracuse's ten game winning streak. Bryan Lerg added two assists for his third consecutive multipoint game as the Sharks extend their point streak to three games (1-0-1-1).
Neither team scored in a fast paced first period that saw the Crunch outshoot the Sharks 7-4. Sharks captain Bryan Lerg had a penalty shot opportunity at 3:07 but his backhand shot went over the cross bar past goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis. Syracuse went 0-for-2 on the power play in the opening twenty minutes with goaltender Troy Grosenick standing tall for Worcester.
The Sharks would score twice in the second period to take a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes. Former Crunch defensemen Matt Taormina (4th) fired a one-timer from on top of the right circle on the power play that got through the Crunch netminder at 8:43. Worcester tabbed a 2-0 lead as goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis kicked out a rebound on a shot by Konrad Abeltshauser that came from the left wall and Willie Coetzee (1st) tapped in the loose puck at 17:07. Syracuse held a 17-13 advantage through 40 minutes.
Evan Trupp (7th) gave Worcester a 3-0 lead after a great individual effort by Jeremy Langlois at 3:31 of the third period. Syracuse would score the next two as Yanni Gourde (13th) struck on the power play at 9:45 and Dalton Smith (8th) finished off a 2-on-1 at 17:17 to cut the Worcester lead to 3-2. But Jeremy Langlois (8th) finished the Crunch off with an empty net tally at 18:29 as the Sharks picked up the 4-2 road victory.
The Sharks overall record improves to 12-13-3-1, 28pts, and 5-8-1-0, 11pts on the road this season.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Matt Taormina (1-0-1) 2nd star: Yanni Gourde (1-0-1) 1st star: Jeremy Langlois (1-1-2 +2)... Final shots were 25-23 in favor of Syracuse... Kristers Gudlevskis made 19 saves on 22 shots for Syracuse.... Troy Grosenick made 23 saves on 25 shots for Worcester.... Worcester went 1-for-1 on the power play while Syracuse went 1-for-3... Petter Emanuelsson (inj), Taylor Doherty (inj), Eriah Hayes (inj), and Andrew Blazek did not dress for Worcester.... Micheal Haley, Matt Tennyson, Chris Tierney, and Melker Karlsson are all still currently on recall with the SJ Sharks.... before the game the Sharks signed forward Riley Brace (Wheeling Nailers) to a PTO and he wore #40, Brace added an assist on the Coetzee goal.... Bryan Lerg has six points in his last three games (2-4-6)...Taylor Fedun extended his point streak to three games (0-3-3) with an assist....Jeremy Langlois (3-2-5) has five points in his last two games...the two teams combined for just eight penalty minutes.
Coming up....
The Sharks return home on Tuesday night for a 7pm battle vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Bring your skates and stick around for the annual Hat and Mittens Holiday Skate presented by Price Chopper. Fans are encouraged to bring new hats and mittens to the game and then skate with the Sharks players post game! Call 508-929-0500 to score your tickets.
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