P-Bruins Lose Second Preaseason Game
Ken Bell
P-Bruins news release…
P-BRUINS FALL TO
SOUND TIGERS 3-1
Christian Hanson Scores Lone Goal for
Providence
Marlborough,
MA — The
Providence Bruins fell to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-1 in their second preseason game this evening at the
New England Sports Center. Christian Hanson scored the only goal
for Providence and Niklas Svedberg
and Adam Morrison made a combined 32
saves.
The game got off to an action packed start as
Bobby Robins and Blair Riley dropped the gloves just 24
seconds after the opening faceoff
and less than a minute after they were separated Tyler Randell and Brett
Gallant mixed it up at center
ice. Shortly thereafter Hanson opened the scoring and got the P-Bruins on the
board at 2:44 with a shot past Anders
Nilsson glove side. Justin Florek
got the helper. Kelsey Wilson and
former P-Bruin Nathan McIver
exchanged punches in a heated bout in front of the Sound Tigers bench just over
a minute later. Providence had their first power play opportunity at 4:02 but
were unable to capitalize with the extra man. The Sound Tigers almost tied it
up after Hanson went off for hooking and Bridgeport got one past the goalie
after a scrum in front of the net but it was ruled no goal and that the net was
off. The Sound Tigers did get on the board at 13:45 two seconds after the
P-Bruins killed off a penalty. Bridgeport struck once more with 30 seconds
remaining in the period on the power play.
The second period started off with good
pressure from both sides. Svedberg exited the game midway through the period
with 15 saves and Morrison went in net. Providence struggled with the power
play in the middle frame when they were unable to capitalize on both chances
they got. Bridgeport made it 3-1 when Nino
Niederreiter stripped Morrison of the puck behind the net and sent him
scrambling back where Niederreiter scored one-on-one.
Both teams came out strong at the beginning
of the third period and Morrison stood strong between the pipes under the
pressure including a big save early on in the period. Bridgeport had a two man
advantage for 24 seconds after Florek went to the box for tripping and Matt Bartkowski went off for slashing. Trent Whitfield, Colby Cohen and Kevan Miller
on the kill managed to keep the puck out of the back of the net. When Florek
got back on the ice they killed off the second penalty to return the teams to
full strength. Morrison continued to make big saves and stopped all the pucks
that came at him in the final period for a total of 18 stops. The P-Bruins had
the man advantage for the last minute of play in the game and put a lot of
shots on Nilsson but could not get one past him and fell 3-1.
Providence will travel to the MassMutual Center on Saturday,
October 6 where they will wrap up the preseason in a 7:00 p.m. contest
against the Springfield Falcons.
The P-Bruins' Opening
Night is on Friday, October 12th.
The club faces the Manchester Monarchs at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in a 7:05
p.m. matchup. The P-Bruins' complete season schedule can be found on www.providencebruins.com.
