Wolf Pack win over Bruins
Published on November 6, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release
Providence, RI, November 6, 2009 - Brodie Dupont tallied his first two-goal game as a pro, and P.A. Parenteau, Evgeny Grachev and Jordan Owens all had a goal and an assist each, as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated the Providence Bruins 5-3 Friday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence.
Mikko Lehtonen scored two goals for the Bruins and Jeff Penner and Andy Wozniewski had two assists apiece. Corey Locke had a pair of assists for the Wolf Pack.
The win was the Wolf Pack's season-high third straight, and lifted Hartford over the .500 mark for the first time on the season, to 7-6-0-0 for 14 points.
Jamie Arniel got Providence on top at 5:02 of the first period, with his first pro goal. Arniel got by Wolf Pack defenseman Mathieu Dandenault on the right-wing side in center ice and snapped a shot past Wolf Pack goaltender Chad Johnson from just above the faceoff dot.
The Wolf Pack responded only 1:23 later, on Dupont's first of the game. On his off-wing side, Dupont beat Bruin netminder Dany Sabourin from the top of the right circle.
The Bruins regained the lead at 6:48 of the second, with Lehtonen getting behind the Hartford defense and flipping the puck through Johnson's legs, but again the Wolf Pack answered promptly. Just 1:51 thereafter, at 8:39, Owens scored his second goal of the year from in the slot, after a slick pass out of the right-wing corner by Parenteau.
The Wolf Pack took their first lead of the game at 13:40, as Grachev, stationed in the slot, redirected Brent Henley's shot past Sabourin. Only 2:42 later, at 16:22, Dupont would get what would turn out to be the game-winner, with his second of the contest. The Bruins fumbled the puck away near their own net, and after Dale Weise missed on it, Grachev found Dupont in the left-wing circle.
Lehtonen's second of the game, on a power play at 10:52 of the third period, cut the Wolf Pack's lead to 4-3. Johnson held strong the rest of the way, though, and Parenteau put the game out of reach with an empty-net goal, his team-leading ninth marker of the season, with 44 seconds left.
Providence outshot the Wolf Pack 32-27 in the game, including 16-6 in the third frame, but Johnson made 29 saves to up his record to 5-3-0.
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