P-Bruins Suffer Shark Attack at Worcester
P-Bruins news release…
Worcester,
MA – The Providence
Bruins fell to the Worcester Sharks
3-2 Saturday evening. Seth Griffith and
Zach Trotman scored the Providence goals,
while Niklas Svedberg made 32 saves
in net.
In the opening period, both sides had chances and the Sharks
thought they got on the board first on a goal from Freddie Hamilton at the 9:25 mark, but it was waved off. The game went into the first intermission
scoreless.
In the second period the Sharks went on the power play and took a
1-0 lead at the 5:19 mark. Hamilton
backhanded the puck top shelf for his 13th goal of the season. Brodie
Reid and Scott Fleming picked up
the assists.
Providence had a couple
power play chances in the period, but it would be four seconds after a power
play expired when they got on the board at the 14:43 mark. After Nick
Johnson put a shot on net, Griffith
picked up the loose puck to the right of the net and scored his 11th
goal of the season to tie the game at one. David
Warsofsky had the secondary assist as the game went into the second
intermission tied at one.
The P-Bruins took their first lead of the game at the 6:30 mark,
while on the power play. Zach Trotman tallied his fifth goal of
the season with a shot from the point. Johnson
and Justin Florek recorded the
assists.
Less than two minutes later Worcester tied up the game at the 7:52
mark with a goal from Brodie Reid,
his sixth of the season. Hamilton and Yanni Gourde grabbed the assists. Reid scored again at the 15:24 mark to give
the Sharks the lead for good. Hamilton
and Lane Scheidl had the assists as
Worcester held on for the 3-2 victory.
Svedberg stopped 32 of 35 shots for the P-Bruins, while Troy Grosenick made 32 saves for the
Sharks. The P-Bruins were 1-for-5 on the
power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.
The P-Bruins continue a five game road trip Tuesday
against the St. John's IceCaps at 6:00pm. Providence returns to the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Sunday, February 9 at 3:05pm against the Springfield Falcons.
