P Bruins Fall On Sunday
P Bruins Release
The Providence Bruins fell to the Springfield Falcons 4-1 this afternoon at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. The P-Bruins
outshot the Falcons 47-24 and Jamie
Tardif got his 16th goal of the season.
The teams wasted no time making an impact on the game. Just 30 seconds
in, Bobby Robins took a boarding
penalty testing the P-Bruins penalty kill. The Falcons took advantage of their
extra skater and got on the board at 1:24. A lapse in the P-Bruins defense allowed Springfield to get the puck and pass
it to Jonathan Audy-Marchessault who
set up right in front of the net and got the puck past Hutchinson to make it
1-0. Providence would not get their own chance on the power play until 15:34
when Will Weber was sent off for
holding. The P-Bruins had a couple good chances but could not hit the back of
the net with the man advantage. Time ticked down on the period without another
goal or penalty and both teams went to their dressing rooms with shots even at
nine a piece and the score 1-0 in favor of Springfield.
Providence dominated the middle frame in all areas of the ice holding
Springfield without a shot until 13 seconds shy of the 10 minute mark and
success in the face-off circle. Jamie
Tardif had the first great shot of the period early in the period when Ryan Spooner fed the puck across the
crease but Tardif was seconds late to bury it. Tardif redeemed himself moments
later on Providence's first power play chance of the period. Spooner fed Tardif
another pass and this time the pass connected and Tardif beat Curtis McElhinney five-hole to even the
score 1-1. Hutchinson was flawless in
the second period saving all four shots he faced from the Falcons. While the
Falcons only had four shots, the P-Bruins shot 21 pucks at McElhinney bringing
the shot total after two periods to 30-13.
Both teams came into the third looking to get the go ahead goal first.
Providence faced a bit of a challenge when they were called for too many men on
the ice just 1:31 into the period and less than two minutes later Kevan Miller was called for a high
stick giving the Falcons a 5-on-3 for 16 seconds. Upon killing both penalties,
Miller left the box and took possession of the puck. Miller was hooked on his
breakaway by Michael Chaput and
awarded a penalty shot which hit the crossbar and bounced out. Luck ran out
there because midway through the period Providence turned the puck over and
allowed Springfield to rush into the zone and beat Hutchinson. The Falcons
added to their lead just over a minute later when Audy-Marchessault got his
second of the game to make it 3-1 and again in the last minute of the play when
Ryan Craig hit an empty net.
Providence kept playing with effort
despite having to play from behind for most of the last period which was
proven by the shots as they put up another 18 shots to bring the total to 47.
