P-Bruins Hang on to win 5-4
P-Bruins Release
The Providence Bruins improved to
18-13-0-2 with a 5-4 win against the Bridgeport
Sound Tigers this evening at the Dunkin'
Donuts Center. The team scored three goals in the first period Craig Cunningham had his first multi
goal game of the season.
Providence started the game with the upper hand in the first period and
set the tone for the period. Despite the first half of the period being
scoreless, the P-Bruins exploded offensively in the later half. Christian Hanson opened the scoring at
11:43 when he got a shot off from the left faceoff to make it 1-0. Former
Bridgeport Sound Tiger Tyler McNeely,
who signed a pro tryout agreement on Wednesday, had the assist in his
Providence Bruins debut. The P-Bruins continued to put pucks on the net and
extended their lead to 2-0 when Torey
Krug's shot from just inside the zone rang the post as it went in. Less
than a minute later, Craig Cunningham
took a pass from Maxime Sauve just
as he fell to the ice but still managed to knock the puck into the net from the
ice. The last time the P-Bruins scored three goals in the first period was
their 4-3 win over the Manchester Monarchs on October 19th. Niklas Svedberg was flawless in the
first period and played strong when he was most needed within the last minute
of play when a bad bounce prompted him to sprawl out in the crease and cover up
the puck for the save.
The Sound Tigers were not giving up on the game after only the first
period and came out firing in the opening minutes of the middle frame. In just six
and a half minutes the visitors matched their shot total they had for the
entirety of the first period while holding Providence to only one with shots at
16-14. The P-Bruins picked up the pace soon after and would keep Bridgeport
from even registering a shot for almost another 10 minutes of play. Despite
hard play from the Sound Tigers, the P-Bruins made it 4-0 with another goal
from Cunningham to give him his first multi goal game of his career. Sauve
picked up his second point of the night with an assist and an assist to Carter Camper gave him three points as
he had assists on Cunningham's first goal and Krug's goal. Tommy Cross tallied his first goal of the season late in the period
on Providence's third power play chance with a shot from the left face-off
circle. Trent Whitfield and Kevan Miller both had assists on the
goal for their second points of the season. The rest of the period remained
quiet with the P-Bruins wrapping up the period with a commanding 5-0 lead and
lead in shots 24-17.
Just as they had in the second period, Bridgeport came out hard for the
last 20 minutes of play in the third period. Their hard work paid off much to
Providence's dismay with a goal from Travis
Hamonic as 5:42 to opening the scoring and break Svedberg's potential shut
out. The Sound Tigers kept at it and
Aaron Ness pulled his team within three goals at 9:33 of the period and
then David Ullstrom made it 5-3
moments later. McNeely had two of the best chances for the P-Bruins in the
period with a breakaway half way through and leading a 2-on-1 rush with two
minutes to go. Despite the chances for McNeely, the Sound Tigers kept piling on
the goals with a goal from Johan
Sundstrom to make it a one goal game. That would be it for scoring and
Providence hung on to win 5-4, their first victory against the Sound Tigers
this season.
