Devils cant take the heat as Dakers leads Worcester to 2-1 victory
November 30, 2008
Worcester Sharks vs. Lowell Devils
DCU Center – Worcester, MA
November 30, 2008
Devils can’t take the heat as Dakers leads Worcester to 2-1 victory
Joslin and McGinn each score a goal as Worcester wins seven of its last eight
By: Mark Hanoian
WORCESTER—Despite grinding through a grueling three-games-in-three-days stretch, the Sharks picked up their seventh win in the last eight games with a 2-1 victory in a hard-fought, low-scoring battle. Taylor Dakers was impressive between the pipes, stopping 24 Lowell attempts.
On a power play at 6:44 in the second period, the Sharks drew first blood on Jamie McGinn’s earned his seventh goal of the season. When Mike Moore put an initial shot on goal, Lukas Kaspar was able to stick the puck back to Moore amidst congestion around the net. Moore centered the puck to a slashing McGinn, who wristed it into the back of the net in stride.
Lowell, though, would strike back with a power play goal just 1:07 into the third period. When Nicklas Bergfors put a wrist shot on goal from just inside the blue line, Chad Wiseman was able to get his stick on the puck to redirect it into the open top-right corner of the net. The goal was Wiseman’s fifth of the year.
Just under two minutes later the Sharks reclaimed the lead on Derek Joslin’s fourth goal this year. A streaking Joslin took advantage of a long rebound from Ryan Vesce’s shot, immediately firing a shot back past Lowell goalie Dave Caruso from just beyond the faceoff circles.
The game’s lone fight came in the second, when Brad Staubitz and Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond got tangled up. After jockeying for position without throwing any punches, Staubitz got a hold Leblond and was able to slam him to the ice where officials separated the two.
The win brings Worcester’s record to 12-9-0-0, while the loss drops the Devils a 9-8-1-2 record.
NOTES: Three Stars: (3) Caruso (22 saves) (2) Dakers (24 saves) (1) Joslin (game-winner)…Attendance for the contest was 2,587…Claude Lemieux finished with 2 shots on goal…Dakers saved 24 of 25 shots for the Sharks, while Caruso saved 22 of 24 attempts…Worcester went 1/5 on the power play; Springfield went 1/6 on the power play.
The Sharks hope to maintain their recent success on Wednesday when they host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at 7:05p.m. Worcester will travel to Manchester for Friday night’s contest, and will then return home to the DCU Center to take on Portland on Sunday at 4:05p.m.
The Sharks’ Wednesday night contest will mark another edition of “Dollar Dog Wednesdays” at the DCU Center, where fans can enjoy hot dogs for one dollar each.
All games can be heard live on 580 & 94.9 WTAG as well as online through AHL Live by following the link on the Sharks website, www.sharksahl.com.
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