Thunder Silence Monarchs, 4-2
April 16, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. - The Manchester Monarchs will need to dig themselves out of a 3-0 series deficit, as they dropped Game 3, 4-2, to the Adirondack Thunder on Saturday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
The Thunder jumped out to an early lead when Mitchell Heard scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs, :40 seconds into the game. Heard streaked down the right wing and sent a wrister past Monarchs goaltender, Colin Stevens, for the 1-0 Thunder lead.
The Monarchs tied things up when Maxim Kitsyn scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs at 9:51 of the first period. A clean face-off win by Derek Arnold came right to Kitsyn at the top of the left circle, and Kitsyn fired a wrister past Thunder goaltender, Ken Appleby, making the game, 1-1.
The Thunder regained the lead when Heard scored his second goal of the game at 13:59 of the opening period. Heard took a pass from Ben Johnson out of the left corner, and while crossing the net and going to the ice, Heard slide the puck past Stevens, giving Adirondack the 2-1 lead.
Ryan Lomberg put the Thunder ahead by two goals when he netted his first tally of the playoffs on the power play. Lomberg was camped in front of Stevens, and after a scramble in front, Lomberg found the puck, and stuffed it past the Monarchs goaltender, for the 3-1 Thunder advantage.
The Monarchs cut the Thunder lead in half when Matt Fornataro scored his 1st goal of the playoffs at 10:31 of the third period while on the power play. Joey Diamond sent a cross-ice pass to Fornataro who was wide-open, and the captain sent home a snap shot past Appleby who was over-committed to Diamond on the left side of the net, bringing the score to 3-2.
The Thunder sealed the victory when Greg Wolfe scored an empty-netter with 15.2 seconds remaining in the third period.
The Monarchs look to extend the series Monday night (7 p.m.) when they play Game 4 from the Glens Falls Civic Center.
Notes
Matt Fornataro scored the Monarchs first power-play goal of the series
Colin Stevens made his first career playoff start
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