Sharks Surge Past Falcons with 4-1 Victory for Fifth Straight
March 29, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Worcester, MA - The Worcester Sharks (37-23-4-2, 80pts) notched their fifth straight win with a 4-1 victory over the Springfield Falcons (34-27-8-0, 76pts) in front of 5,276 fans at the DCU Center on Sunday afternoon. With the victory, the Sharks bump up to the 7th spot in the Eastern Conference with 10 games left. Worcester is now tied in points with the seventh-place Portland Pirates with one game in hand and one point behind the sixth-place Providence Bruins.
Four different players scored goals for Worcester in the 4-1 victory, including Evan Trupp (1-0-1, +1), Karl Stollery (1-0-1, +2), Matt Willows (1-0-1, +1), and Daniel Ciampini (1-1-2, +2). Springfield forward T.J. Tynan (1-0-1, -2) picked up the lone goal for the Falcons. Worcester outshot Springfield 27-23 as Sharks' goaltender Aaron Dell picked up his 12th victory, making 22 saves on 23 shots. The Sharks went 3-1-1-1 against the Falcons this season.
The Sharks came out biting when center Evan Trupp (16th) fired a one-timer from the right circle after a feed from fellow forward Bryan Lerg, giving Worcester the 1-0 advantage at 6:15 of the first period. The Sharks would strike again on a power play at the 12:56 mark, as defenseman Karl Stollery (7th) launched a one-timer from the right point on a feed from fellow blueliner Dylan DeMelo, which snuck past Springfield's netminder Joonas Korpisalo to give the Sharks the 2-0 lead. Worcester had the 11-3 shot advantage and held the two-goal lead through twenty minutes.
With 2:30 left in the second frame, Worcester's new forward Matt Willows (2nd) lit up the lamp on his own rebound in front of the goalie crease to give the Sharks the 3-0 lead. Worcester's goaltender Aaron Dell made 12 saves on 12 shots in the second period as the Sharks had the 3-0 advantage heading into the second intermission.
Springfield center T.J. Tynan (10th) got the Falcons on the board at 4:35 of the third period after ripping the puck from the top of the right circle, beating Aaron Dell to make the score 3-1 Worcester. Aaron Dell stopped Sean Collins on a breakaway bid just minutes later to keep the Sharks up by two goals. The Sharks would tack on another with 1:02 left in the game when Daniel Ciampini (3rd) scored an empty-netter on a breakaway, making the score 4-1. The Sharks outshot the Falcons 27-23 as Aaron Dell picked up his 12th win of the season.
The Sharks overall record improves to 37-23-4-2, 80pts and 22-10-2-1, 47pts at the DCU Center this season.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Evan Trupp (1-0-1, +1) 2nd star: Aaron Dell (22 saves, 12th win) 1st star: Karl Stollery (1-0-1, +2)... Final shots were 27-23 in favor of Worcester... Joonas Korpisalo made 23 saves on 26 shots for Springfield....Aaron Dell made 22 saves on 23 shots for Worcester... Worcester we nt 1-for-5 on the power play while Springfield went 1-for-2... Trevor Parkes (inj.), Pett er Emanuelsson (inj), Jeremy Langlois (inj), Konrad Abeltshauser, Joakim Ryan, and Jimmy Bonneau did not dress for Worcester... Prior to the game, goaltender Joel Rumpel was released from ATO-reported to Allen Americans in Texas...Defenseman Taylor Fedun was recalled to San Jose...Evan Trupp now has a three-game point streak ( 2-2-4)...Matt Willows now has a three-game point streak ( 2-1-3)...Bryan Lerg has eight points in his last six games (5-3-8)... John McCarthy now has a four-game point streak (3-3-6)...Daniel Ciampini has three goals since joining Worcester... The Sharks are now 10-0-0-0 at the DCU Center with crowds over 5,000...The Sharks went in 7-5-0-0 in March.
Coming up....
On Wednesday, the Sharks kick off a five-game road trip in Hershey, PA against the Bears. The road trip continues on Friday when the Sharks take on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins!
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