FALCONS FALL TO BRUINS 5-1
March 18, 2012 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Providence Bruins 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI. The Bruins used a stretch of three minutes in the first period in building a 3-0 lead and they never looked back handing the Falcons their first loss of the weekend. The Falcons took 4 of a possible 6 points on the weekend and they will next host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday night at the MassMutual Center.
Nathan McIver, Kirk MacDonald and Trent Whitfield scored for Providence in a span of three minutes late in the first period building momentum for the Bruins and giving the B's a three goal advantage after 20 minutes of play.
Providence continued their scoring just one minute into the second period when Kyle MacKinnon tallied his 12th marker of the year giving the Bruins a 4-0 lead.
The Falcons used the power play to cut into their deficit at 9:51 of the second period when Nick Drazenovic scored for the third straight contest. Providence regained a four-goal cushion when MacDonald scored his second goal of the game at 13:06 of the middle frame.
Springfield Falcons 1 at Providence Bruins 5 - Status: Final
Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Springfield 0 1 0 - 1
Providence 3 2 0 - 5
1st Period-1, Providence, McIver 1 (Camper, Tremblay), 14:54. 2, Providence, MacDonald 7 (Whitfield), 15:47. 3, Providence, Whitfield 7 (Miller), 17:34 (SH). Penalties-Hamill Pro (holding), 3:05; Tremblay Pro (hooking), 17:25; McIver Pro (slashing), 18:08.
2nd Period-4, Providence, MacKinnon 12 (Ridderwall, Hamill), 1:00. 5, Springfield, Drazenovic 9 (Calvert, Regner), 9:51 (PP). 6, Providence, MacDonald 8 (Miller, MacKinnon), 13:06. Penalties-Calvert Spr (roughing), 2:08; Whitfield Pro (slashing), 7:54.
3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Mair Spr (cross-checking), 6:43; MacDermid Pro (high-sticking), 13:38; MacDonald Pro (hooking), 20:00.
Shots on Goal-Springfield 13-18-13-44. Providence 8-8-6-22.
Power Play Opportunities-Springfield 1 / 6; Providence 0 / 2.
Goalies-Springfield, Dainton 10-9-1 (9 shots-5 saves); Clemente 2-0-0 (13 shots-12 saves). Providence, Hutchinson 8-13-1 (44 shots-43 saves).
A-7,828
Referees-Keith Kaval (40), Marcus Vinnerborg (45).
Linesmen-Bob Bernard (42), Ed Boyle (81).
SUNDAY'S LINEUP
Alexandre Giroux - Martin St. Pierre - Tomas Kubalik
Matt Calvert - Nick Drazenovic - Wade MacLeod
Andrew Joudrey - Nate Longpre - Maksim Mayorov
Adam Mair - Ryan Garlock - Jake Morley
Patrick Cullity - David Savard
Cody Goloubef - Greg Amadio
Brent Regner- Dalton Prout
Paul Dainton
Mike Clemente
Not dressed: Anton Blomqvist, Nick Holden (Injured), Mark Dekanich (Injured), Aaron Bogosian, Tim Spencer, Theo Ruth, Cody Bass (Injured), Manny Legace (Injured), Allen York
The Springfield Falcons have 11 games remaining in the regular season as they post a record of 30-29-3-3 through 65 games. The following is a breakdown of opponents for the Falcons’ remaining 12 regular season contests: St. John’s (3), Bridgeport (3), Providence (1), Adirondack (2), Wilkes-Barre (1), Worcester (1).
The Falcons are one point out of the 8th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Eastern Conference Standings
1. Norfolk – 93 pts – 10 games remaining
2. St. John’s – 83 pts – 13 games remaining
3. CT Whale – 76 pts – 12 games remaining
4. Wilkes-Barre – 83 pts – 11 games remaining
5. Hershey – 78 pts – 12 games remaining
6. Bridgeport – 72 pts – 13 games remaining
7. Manchester – 69 pts – 11 games remaining
8. Worcester – 67 pts – 13 games remaining
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9. Syracuse – 66 pts – 12 games remaining
10. Springfield – 66 pts – 11 games remaining
11. Albany – 65 pts – 12 games remaining
12. Portland – 65 pts – 12 games remaining
13. Adirondack – 63 pts – 12 games remaining
14. Providence – 63 pts – 11 games remaining
15. Binghamton – 55 pts – 11 games remaining
