Worcester Sharks Drop 4-1 Decision to Monarchs
October 23, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Worcester, MA - Daniil Tarasov scored for the second game in a row for Worcester, but it wasn't enough as the Worcester Sharks (1-3-0-0, 2pts) fell 4-1 to the Manchester Monarchs (5-0-1-2, 13pts) at the DCU Center on Wednesday night. The Sharks closed out their three game home stand with a 1-2-0-0 record and travel to Springfield on Saturday at 7pm to battle the Falcons.
Harri Sateri made 28 saves in goal while Bracken Kearns (2-5-7) extended his point streak to four games with an assist in the loss. Tyler Toffoli lead the way with three points (2-1-3) for Manchester and Martin Jones was sharp in net with 32 saves.
Goaltending stole the show in the first period as both teams were unable to find the back of the net. Worcester starting goaltender Harri Sateri had 15 saves and Manchester goaltender Martin Jones had 16. Only one player was sent to the penalty box in the period, making for a fast-paced twenty minutes.
Manchester came out of the gate strong in the middle period, as Tanner Pearson (4th) rocketed a shot past Sateri from the top of the right circle at the :32 mark putting the Monarchs up 1-0. After that, both goaltenders shut it down, with Sateri going 7-8 and Jones going 9-9. The Sharks trailed 1-0 after 40 minutes of play.
Despite only being outshot 10-9 in the final period, the Sharks were outscored 3-1 as the Monarchs pulled away. Tyler Toffoli (4th) got one by Sateri on a pass from behind the net at 4:29. Worcester's lone goal came on a power play from Daniil Tarasov (2nd), who put the puck right in the net after a perfectly placed pass from Dylan DeMelo. Manchester began to pull away at the 18:30 when Nicolas Deslauriers (2nd) capitalized on a breakaway opportunity and put Manchester up 3-1. The Monarchs sealed the victory on an empty-net goal at 19:11 from Tyler Toffoli (5th), his second of the night, giving Manchester 4-1 lead that they would hold on to for the rest of the game.
The Sharks overall record falls to 1-3-0-0, 2pts and 1-2-0-0 2pts at the DCU Center.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Dylan Demelo (0-1-1) 2nd star: Martin Jones (32 saves, W) 1st star: Tanner Pearson (1-1-2, +2)... Final shots were 33-32 in favor of Worcester ... Martin Jones made 32 saves on 33 shots for Manchester... Harri Sateri made 28 saves on 31 shots for Worcester... Worcester went 1-for-5 on the power play while Manchester went 0-for-3... Lane Scheidl (inj), Adam Comrie, Jimmy Bonneau, Marek Viedensky (inj), Collin Bowman (inj), and Nick Petrecki did not dress for Worcester... forward Matt Pelech played his first AHL game of the season for Worcester after appearing in three games for the SJ Sharks.... SJ Sharks GM Doug Wilson, SJ Sharks head coach Todd McLellan and other SJ Sharks staff attended the game as the SJ Sharks are in town to play the Bruins on Thursday....this is the first time the Sharks lost by more than a goal this season...the Sharks played three straight 1-goal games to open up the season...only the second game the Monarchs have played this season that has not gone into overtime.
Coming up...
On Saturday, the Sharks travel to Springfield to battle the Falcons at 7pm.
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