Shark Attack at the Dunk as P-Bruins Fall to Worcester
Ken Bell
P-Bruins news release…
P-BRUINS FALL TO SHARKS 3-2
Camper and Sauvé Score for Providence
Providence, RI — The Providence Bruins fell to the Worcester Sharks by a score of 3-2 this
evening at The Dunkin' Donuts Center .
Bracken Kearns tallied his second
and third goals of the season while Carter
Camper and Maxime Sauvé tallied the P-Bruins' goals.
After falling to the Connecticut
Whale last Saturday at the XL Center
in Hartford, CT, the P-Bruins returned to a packed house in Providence with the
intent of getting back in the win-column. This was evident from the moment the
puck dropped as the Bruins fed off the momentum of the crowd and came out
flying in hopes of capturing the elusive opening goal. Much to the dismay of
Head Coach Bruce Cassidy, the
P-Bruins failed to convert on an early Danny
Groulx interference-minor. Moments later, Tim Kennedy deflected a Nick
Petrecki blast from the point to give Worcester a 1-0, good for his fourth goal
of the season.
It was no surprise that the P-Bruins were eager to regain
the momentum; their moment came as they headed to a 5-on-3 man advantage after Petrecki (high-sticking) and Groulx (cross-checking) each received
two-minute minors. Camper sent The
Dunk' faithful into a frenzy on his first goal of the season after a beautiful
cross ice-feed from Jamie Tardif
with 6:15 remaining in the first.
An unfortunate mistake proved to be fatal to the P-Bruins prospects
as Kearns tallied a dreaded late-period
goal with less than two-minutes remaining after a Justin Florek tripping minor. Worcester would go on to take their
2-1 lead into the first intermission.
The dropping of the puck on the second period was not much
kinder to the P-Bruins as Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock thwarted nine Bruin goal-scoring opportunities and the
penalties continued to pile. All love was lost between the Sharks and Bruins in
their first of twelve regular-season matchups. A physically-demanding period
was highlighted by a heavyweight bout between Brandon Mashinter and Christian
Hanson.
Even though the fight revved up the crowd, the P-Bruins faltered in their attempts to tie the game
and found themselves entering the second intermission trailing 3-1 after the
Sharks connected on their second power-play goal of the game, with credit going
to Kearns yet again.
With the onset of the third period came a rabid onslaught
of P-Bruins opportunities. The P-Bruins maintained possession throughout and
were finally rewarded as Sauvé cut the Sharks lead to one on his fourth goal of the season with
five minutes remaining in the game. Chris
Bourque and Torey Krug were
credited with assists on the power-play converter. The final horn, however,
would sound with Stalock standing
tall, thus allowing his teammates to escape The Ocean State with a narrow 3-2
victory.
Michael Hutchinson was credited with 18 saves in the defeat. Stalock earned his third win of the
season, stopping 32 of 34 P-Bruin chances. Providence finished 2-for-3 on the
power-play and 4-for-6 on the penalty-kill.
