FALCONS EARN BIG WIN ON THE ROAD

October 25, 2009 - The Springfield Falcons beat the Lowell Devils 4-2 on Sunday afternoon at the Paul Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA.  Chris Minard led the Falcons with a hat trick, and rookie goaltender Aaron Sorochan earned his first AHL/pro win stopping 29 of 31 shots on goal.  The Falcons once again took four of a possible six points this weekend and they have recorded at least a point in three straight games (1-0-1-1). 

LIVE BOX SCORE

For the second time this weekend against Lowell, the Falcons built a 2-0 first period lead as Minard scored a pair of goals in the opening frame giving Springfield a two-goal advantage through 20 minutes of play.

Similar to Friday night, the Devils battled back in the second period as Lowell's Brad Snetsinger cut their deficit to 2-1 at 2:01 of the middle frame.  Just a minute later, Lowell evened the score at 2-2 when Stephen Gionta scored his fourth goal of the year.  The Falcons regained a one-goal lead at 11:33 of the second period when Liam Reddox scored on the power play giving Springfield a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.

Springfield Falcons Lineup

Charles Linglet – Chad Wiseman – Chris Minard
Bryan Lerg – Ryan Potulny – Liam Reddox
Slava Trukhno– Ryan O’Marra – Colton Fretter
Kip Brennan– Geoff Paukovich – Colin McDonald

Chris Armstrong – Matt Nickerson
Dean Arsene – Jake Taylor
Cody Wild – Alex Plante

Aaron Sorochan
Devan Dubnyk

Scratches: Ryan MacMurchy (Healthy) and Johan Motin (Healthy).

 

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