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April 13, 2007

Providence pulls to within one point of Worcester with 4-3 win over the Sharks.

With goals from David Krejci, Sean Curry, Marco Rosa and Nate DiCasmirro, the P-Bruins went on to defeat the Worcester Sharks 4-3 in Worcester Friday night. Providence remains in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with 90 points, one point behind the third place Sharks and three points ahead of the fifth place Lowell Devils.

Worcester’s Craig Valette scored the only goal of the first period at the 17:30 mark on assists from Torrey Mitchell and Riley Armstrong.

The P-Bruins tied the game on a power play at 5:44 when Sean Bentivoglio worked the puck down the right boards and into the corner for Ben Walter. Krejci waiting at the backdoor took the pass from Walter and put it in the top of the net as goaltender Thomas Greiss was out of position on the wrong side of the net.

Providence took its first lead of the game at the 16:17 mark. Curry took a shot from the right face-off circle and sent the puck between the legs of Greiss and into the net. Bentivoglio picked up his second assist of the game, while Mark Stuart had the other. The P-Bruins went into the second intermission leading 2-1.

In the third period, Worcester tied the game at three at the 10:13 mark. Armstrong scored on a shot from the point with Patrick Traverse and Brennan Evans grabbing the assists. Providence quickly answered back with a goal 18 seconds later. Rosa held the puck in the right face-off circle and put the puck between the legs of Greiss and into the net. Nate Thompson and DiCasmirro had the assists. The Sharks tied the game at three just over two minutes later. At the 13:34 mark, Mike Iggulden tallied with Tom Cavanaugh and Mathieu Darche earning the assists. Providence took the lead for good at the 16:58 mark. Rosa started a 2-on-1 with DiCasmirro, who took the puck and put it into the net. Dennis Packard had the second assist and the P-Bruins held on for the 4-3 victory.

Hannu Toivonen stopped 24 of 27 shots for the P-Bruins, while Greiss made 25 saves for the Sharks. Providence was 1 for 3 on the power play, while Worcester went 0 for 4 on the man-advantage.

The P-Bruins finish the road portion of the regular season schedule on Saturday at the MassMutual Center versus the Springfield Falcons at 7:05p.m. The P-Bruins wrap up the regular season with a home game at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Sunday, April 15 versus the Manchester Monarchs at 4:05 p.m.

Posted by Thom Cahir  at 10:15 PM to P-Bruins | Permalink

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