March 13, 2010

GLENS FALLS, NY – Jeremy Duchesne stopped all 28 shots that he faced to record his first career American Hockey League shutout, leading the Adirondack Phantoms to a convincing 4-0 win over Providence Bruins Saturday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

The Phantoms came out with a purpose and really dictated the play early on. Adirondack held Providence without a shot for the first 9:58 of play, but even though they out-shot the Bruins 9-2, goaltender Kevin Regan kept the game scoreless through twenty minutes.

The play balanced a bit more in the second period as Providence matched Adirondack’s intensity. Phantoms goaltender Jeremy Duchesne, who was not tested in the first period, came up with a dazzling save midway through the frame to keep Yannick Riendeau off the scoreboard. Just after an icing call pinned the home team deep in their own zone, the Bruins won the face off and raced to the net, but Riendeau was robbed at the far post by a quick flash of the catching glove of Duchesne. With six minutes left in the frame David Laliberte opened the scoring with his 16th goal of the year, banging home his own rebound for a power play goal at 14:06, assisted by Jared Ross and Joey Mormina.

Providence upped the pressure even more in the third period as they out-shot the Phantoms 17-10. With Adirondack looking a bit on their heels, Stefan Legein broke their defensive trance by scoring his 25th goal of the season at 10:27, assisted by Logan Stephenson and Kevin Marshall and giving the home side some much needed breathing room. The Bruins kept coming, forcing save after save from Duchesne, who was outstanding. With just over two minutes left in regulation, Providence gambled by pulling Regan for a sixth attacker. The move backfired as Ross scored on the empty net at 19:04, Stephenson tallied his second assist of the game on the captain’s eighth goal of the year. 19 seconds later Mika Pyorala tacked on a little insult to injury as he made it 4-0 Phantoms, beating Regan with a low shot from the right circle; Andreas Nodl and Marc-Andre Bourdon picked up assists on Pyorala’s fifth strike of the year.

The big story of the night was unquestionably goaltender Jeremy Duchesne, who stopped all 28 shots that he faced to record his first career AHL shutout, helping the Phantoms snap a five-game winless streak and improve to 29-32-3-2; it was also Duchesne’s second career AHL victory and his first since the 2007-08 season. Kevin Regan allowed three goals on 31 shots and took the loss in goal for Providence, who dropped to 31-32-3-1 and extended their winless streak to five games (0-4-0-1). Adirondack out-shot the Bruins 32-28 and went 1-for-3 on the power play; Providence was 0-for-5 with the man-advantage.

The Phantoms will complete their Hall of Fame Weekend festivities on Sunday, March 14th with a 3:00 pm face off with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The first 2,000 fans on Sunday will receive a free Hall of Fame Hockey Card Strip provided by Curtis Lumber; the strip features the four members of the inaugural Class of 2010 of the Adirondack Hockey Hall of Fame, presented by Glens Falls National Bank.

There is no better way to watch Phantoms Hockey than by sharing it with a group of your family and friends. Bring a group of 15 or more people to the Glens Falls Civic Center and qualify for incredible discounted ticket prices off the regular box office rates. For more information about group tickets, contact the Phantoms at (518) 480-3355 or online at www.phantomshockey.com. Don’t miss a minute of the exciting action of the Adirondack Phantoms 2009-2010 Season presented by Bud Light.

FINAL BOX SCORE

Providence Bruins 0 At Adirondack Phantoms 4 - Status: Final
Mar 13, 2010 - Glens Falls Civic Center

Providence 0 0 0 - 0
Adirondack 0 1 3 - 4

1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Lehtonen Pro (delay of game), 5:34; MacDonald Pro (roughing), 8:00; Maroon Adk (roughing), 8:00; Laliberte Adk (hooking), 13:33; Penner Pro (slashing), 16:32.

2nd Period-1, Adirondack, Laliberte 16 (Ross, Mormina), 14:06 (pp). Penalties-Clackson Adk (goaltender interference), 6:54; Goulet Pro (holding), 13:30; Stephenson Adk (interference), 15:03.

3rd Period-2, Adirondack, Legein 25 (Stephenson, Marshall), 10:27. 3, Adirondack, Ross 8 (Stephenson), 19:04 (en). 4, Adirondack, Pyorala 5 (Nodl, Bourdon), 19:23. Penalties-Matsumoto Adk (cross-checking), 11:49; Bellamy Adk (high-sticking), 15:04.

Shots on Goal-Providence 2-9-17-28. Adirondack 9-13-10-32.

Power Play Opportunities-Providence 0 of 5; Adirondack 1 of 3.

Goalies-Providence, Regan 8-9-0 (31 shots-28 saves). Adirondack, Duchesne 0-1-0 (28 shots-28 saves).

A-3,787

Referees-Shaun Davis (31).
Linesmen-B.J. Ringrose (10), Bryan Pancich (94).