Streak snapped at six

Published on November 6, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester IceCats News Release


WORCESTER, MA- The Worcester IceCats rallied back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to force overtime, but ultimately lost 4-3 to the Portland Pirates Saturday night. Worcester's six-game winning-streak and five-game home unbeaten record was snapped with the loss.

Portland used goals by Owen Fussey and Trent Whitfield to take a 2-0 lead into the third period. They were out shot 16-6 in the middle frame but were backboned by the solid goaltending of Maxime Ouellet (33 saves).

Brendan Brooks made it a 2-1 game just 2:45 into the third before Michel Periard reclaimed Portland's two-goal lead at 6:43. Peter Sejna and Jon DiSalvatore scored one minute apart beginning at 8:30 to tie the game and guarantee the ‘Cats a standings point. Portland's Brooks Laich banged home the decisive goal 2:30 into the five minute overtime.

Worcester's Curtis Sanford stopped 20 of 24 shots in his second loss of the season.

The 7-2-1-0 ‘Cats travel to Hartford (Friday night) and Springfield (Saturday night) this coming weekend.

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