Friday, January 30, 2009

Sharks Take a Bite Out of the Falcons 3-1

WORCESTER, MA - The Worcester Sharks began the second half of their 2008-09 season with an easy win over the Springfield Falcons at the DCU Center Friday night.

Both teams skated strong in this fast paced game. Sharks Steven Zalewski scored his 9th goal of the season at 3:25 in the first period with Cory Larose and Lukas Kaspar assisting. The 54th fight of the Sharks season broke our shortly after when Brad Staubitz took on Springfield's Mathieu Roy. After this the gloves were off for the balance of the game. The Sharks outshot Springfield 14-4 in the first period and ended with a score of 1-0.

As the second period began the tempers carried over from the first and the Sharks Matt Jones was called for a fighting major penalty along with Spiringfield's Gilbert Brule. Both the Sharks and Springfield were unable to score when each had the 5-3 advantage over the other and the period ended 1-0 Sharks.

The Sharks Lukas Kaspar began the third period with his 11th goal of the season and the Sharks extended their lead 2-0. The gloves were off again as Riley Armstrong and Viacheslav Trukhno took each other on in front of the Springfield Bench. Soon after Springfield's Guillaume Lefebvre scored with an assist from Tyler Spurgeon and Jake Taylor. The Sharks victory was sealed with Riley Armstrong's open net goal just before the 3rd period ended.

The win brings the Sharks' record to (25-10-02) with 52 points, while the Falcons dropped to (16-23-6-1) with 39 points. The Sharks are now just one point behind the first place Providence Bruins.

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