FALCONS SEASON CONCLUDES IN WORCESTER

April 13, 2008 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Worcester Sharks 4-2 on Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center in Worcester.  The Sharks opened the scoring at 1:54 of the opening period when Tom Cavanagh scored his 18th goal of the season, but Springfield tied the score at 1-1 when Justin Chwedoruk scored his first AHL goal at 2:17 of the first period.


The Sharks regained their one-goal lead at 18:08 of the opening frame when Brad Staubitz scored his sixth marker of the year giving Worcester a 2-1 advantage.

In the second period, Worcester built a 4-1 lead when Cavanagh and Ashton Rome scored just 31-seconds apart for the Sharks, but T.J. Kemp cut Springfield's deficit to 4-2 at 15:18 of the middle stanza.

GAME NOTES

*  Bryan Lerg collected his first AHL assist and point.

*  Justin Chwedoruk was the game's second star.

FALCONS LINEUP

Potulny - Pouliot - Schremp
Trukhno - Reddox - McDonald
Simon - Sestito - Bodie
Lerg - Chwedoruk

Kemp - Young
Peckham - Anderson
Wild - Henley

Dubnyk
Deslauriers

FALCONS SCRATCHES - T.J. Reynolds (Injured), Rick Berry (Injured), Allan Rourke (Injured), Tyler Spurgeon (Injured)