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Special Teams Help Pirates to 4th Straight Win

November 7, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


Providence, R.I. - The Portland Pirates (6-5-0-0) tallied their fourth straight victory while ending a six-game Providence Bruins (6-3-1-0) win streak with a 4-2 victory at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. on Saturday night. Special teams accounted for three out of the four Portland goals, two of which were short-handed. The Pirates lead the American Hockey League in short-handed goals with six, twice as many as the next team.

It was a two-goal night for Captain Alex Bolduc, while Dylan Reese and Jordan Martinook each picked up 2 assists. Bolduc now leads Portland in goals and assists with five and seven, respectively.

The Pirates drew first blood when Henrik Samuelsson scored a power play goal at 16:29 in the opening period, assisted by Martinook and Reese. Portland was able to successfully kill off three penalties in the period.

Only 20 seconds into the second frame, Bolduc scored his first goal of the game, assisted by Martinook and Andrew Campbell. Nearly ten minutes later, Providence put up their first tally of the night with an unassisted short-handed goal from Justin Florek at 10:07. The Pirates fired back a minute later with a power play goal at 11:12 from Bolduc, assisted by Reese and Lucas Lessio to make it 3-1.

Portland netted a security goal at 9:05 in the third period when Tyler Gaudet picked up his first pro goal, with an assist from Jordan Szwarz. The Bruins attempted an eleventh- hour rally with an 18:34 goal from Ben Youds with assists from Alexander Khokhlachev and Anthony Camara.

It was a good night in net for Pirates goalie Louis Domingue (4-1-0), who saved 24 of 26 total shots. The Bruins gave the start to Malcom Subban (3-1-1), but pulled him after the first Bolduc goal at the beginning of the second period. Subban saved 9 of 11 shots he faced. Jeremy Smith (3-2-0) manned the net for Providence for the remainder of the game, saving 13 of 15 shots.

The Pirates return to Portland for a four-game home stretch starting Saturday, November 8th. Saturday's game is Military Appreciation Night presented by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and will take place at 7:00 p.m. against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the Cross Insurance Arena. The Pirates host the Manchester Monarchs on Tuesday, November 11th at 7 p.m., as part of the VIP Cup Series presented by VIP Tires and Service. For more information and to order tickets, call 207-PIRATES.



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