FALCONS BEAT MONARCHS 4-1
October 16, 2009 - The Springfield Falcons beat the Manchester Monarchs 4-1 on Friday night in front of 2,235 at the MassMutual Center. The Falcons snapped a three-game losing streak and Springfield is now a perfect 2-0 on home ice this year as they prepare to host Hartford on Saturday.
After a scoreless opening 20 minutes, the Falcons offense exploded in the second 20 minutes of play. In the second period, after falling behind 1-0 when Manchester's Oscar Moller scored at 10:11, the Falcons responded with three goals in 57-seconds taking a 3-1 lead. Chad Wiseman, who was making his Falcons debut, evened the score at 1-1 when he converted at 15:22 of the middle period, followed by Colton Fretter scoring his first goal of the year at 15:51, followed by Geoff Paukovich tucking one home at 16:19 of the second frame.
The Falcons' wave of goals occurred after Springfield goaltender Devan Dubnyk robbed Manchester's Brandon Segal midway through the second period keeping the game at the time, a one-goal Falcons' deficit.
Late in the middle stanza, Springfield's Theo Peckham and Manchester's Drew Bagnall dropped the gloves with each player landing a few good punches.
Colin McDonald closed out the scoring with an empty net goal late in the third period giving Springfield a 4-1 win.
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS LINEUP
Viacheslav Trukhno – Ryan Potulny – Colton Fretter
Charles Linglet – Chad Wiseman – Chris Minard
Kip Brennan – Ryan O’Marra – Colin McDonald
Bryan Lerg – Geoff Paukovich – Ryan MacMurchy
Theo Peckham – Alex Plante
Dean Arsene – Jake Taylor
Chris Armstrong – Johan Motin
Devan Dubnyk
Aaron Sorochan
Falcons Scratches - Matt Nickerson (Healthy), Liam Reddox (AHL Suspension), Cody Wild (Healthy)
