P-Bruins Falls to Monarchs

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P-BRUINS FALL
TO MONARCHS 5-2

Khokhlachev Scores His First Goal Of The Season

 

Providence, RI – The Providence Bruins fell to the Manchester Monarchs 5-2 Friday night at the Dunkin' Donuts
Center.  Alexander Khokhlachev and Matt
Fraser scored the two goals for the P-Bruins, while Niklas Svedberg made 13 saves and Malcolm Subban made 10 saves.

In the first period, aggressive right from the drop of the puck, Manchester scored
25 seconds into the opening period to take a 1-0 lead. Tanner Pearson scored a power play goal, his sixth goal of the season,
while Jordan Weal and Brandon Kozun had the assists.  The P-Bruins tied the game on a power play
goal from Khokhlachev at the 18:08 mark of the period.  It was Khokhlachev's first goal on the season
with Seth Griffith and Jordan Knight getting the assists.  A little over a minute later, with only two
seconds remaining in the period, Manchester struck again.  Weal scored the Monarchs goal, his second goal
of the season, while Vincent LoVerdeNick Deslauriers recorded the
assists.  Manchester led 2-1 going into
the first intermission.

In the second period, Manchester capitalized again at the 3:02 mark of the
period.  The Monarchs forward Nick Shore tallied his second goal of
the season.  Andrew Bodnarchuk and Pearson assisted him on the play.  Later in the period the Monarchs scored on
another power play goal by Andy Andreoff
at the 7:45 mark of the period, his first goal of the season.
 Pearson and Kozun picked up the assists.  The P-Bruins trailed 4-1
going into the
second intermission.

In the third period the scoring continued, but this time the P-Bruins capitalized
first. Only 32 seconds into the period, Fraser
scored on a power play, his sixth goal of the season.  Joe
Morrow and Nick Johnson had the
assists as the goal cut the lead in half.  Manchester added an empty net goal at the
18:55 mark to make it 5-2.  Kozun tallied
his second goal of the season, with Weal and Deslauriers grabbing the assists. Manchester
went onto the 5-2 victory.

Svedberg stopped 13 of 17 shots and Subban stopped all ten shots he faced for
the P-Bruins, while Martin Jones
made 32 saves for the Monarchs. 
Providence went 2-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-4 on the penalty
kill.
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