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| The Bridgeport Sound Tigers took a 2-1 lead into the third period, but dropped a 3-2 decision to the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday. (Photo courtesy SoundTigers.com) |
After a scoreless first period, the
Sound Tigers broke the ice midway through the middle frame. Following a delay
of game penalty against blueliner Reid McNeill, Travis St. Denis won a faceoff
in the left circle and scored his 11th goal of the season all in the same
motion—swatting at the puck and it past the glove of Syracuse netminder Eddie
Pasquale at 12:21.
The Crunch, however, evened the
score less than three minutes later. After center Mitchell Stephens won a
faceoff in the left circle, he fed a pass back to defenseman Dominik Masin at
the point. Masin immediately fired a slap shot that beat Bridgeport goalie Christopher
Gibson’s glove to knot the score, 1-1, at the 14:55 mark of the second stanza.
Just over two minutes later, the
Sound Tigers regained the lead with their second score with their second power
play tally. After Masin was sent to the box for cross-checking, Kyle Burroughs
sent a wrist shot from above the circle that was deflected by Steve Bernier in front
of the net. The redirected puck ended up with second-year left wing Michael Dal
Colle who found the back of the net to give the Sound Tigers a 2-1 advantage at
the 16:52 mark.
But Syracuse ultimately would not
be denied. The resilient Crunch registered the contests’ only two third-period
tallies. After Stephens took a pass from Alexander Volkov and lifted a wrister
over Gibson’s left shoulder, left wing Dennis Yan delivered the winner on a
backhanded wraparound off a pass from Erik Cernack from behind the net with
just under 12 minutes left in the contest. Masin also picked up a helper on Yan’s
ninth goal of the campaign.
Yan put Syracuse on top for good at
the 8:01 mark when he received the puck from Erik Cernak, curled behind the
net, and converted on a backhanded wraparound for his ninth goal of the year.
Cernak and Masin logged the assists.
The Sound Tigers finished 2-for-6
with a man advantage, and killed off all four power play opportunities by the
Crunch. Bridgeport also outshot Syracuse, 29-26, for the game, although the
Crunch dominated play in the third period with a 12-8 shots-on-goal advantage
in the final frame.
The Tigers return to action on
Tuesday when they will entertain the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Specials will include
$1 hot dogs, compliments of Hummel Bros., and $5 draft beers, courtesy of
Budweiser. First puck drops at 7 p.m., and fans unable to attending on to the Sound
Tigers Radio Network or AHL Live
beginning with the pregame show at 6:45 p.m. For more information, call (203)
345-2300, e-mail info@soundtigers.com,
or follow the Sound Tigers on Facebook,
Twitter,
and soundtigers.com.
—Staff Reports
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