S A T U R D A Y
Brampton Beast down 5-4 heading to the third period scored three unanswered goals to come-from-behind and beat the Newfoundland Growlers 7-5 Saturday at Mile One before 3340 fans. Its the second loss in as many nights for the Growlers.
Zach O’Brien opened the scoring firing his 21st over the shoulder of Etienne Marcoux who got the nod between the Beast pipes for the second straight night at 6:51 giving the Growlers an early 1-0 lead.
Scott Pooley followed that up just over a minute later making good on a shorthanded breakaway doubling the lead to 2-0.
Marcus Power kept the offense rolling early into the second period, banking a shot off Marcoux’s pad from behind the net at 2:40 for a 3-0 Growlers lead. Tyler Mayea recorded an assist on the play marking his first professional point in his professional debut.
Matt Petgrave stopped the bleeding at 6:30 one-timing a blast past Eamon McAdam to cut the Growlers lead to two. Francois Beauchemin made it a one-goal game at 9:34 and just 22 seconds later Nathan Tood ripped one past McAdam tying the game at 3-3.
Scott Pooley re-stored the Growlers lead firing home his second of the night at 12:10 of the second period, but the lead didn’t last long as Nathan Todd netted his second of the game only 13 seconds later for a 4-4 game.
Zach O’Brien kept the back-and-forth second period going with 3:10 remaining slapping a big rebound past Marcoux for his second of the night, putting the Growlers up once again 5-4.
Nathan Todd deflected a Matt Petgrave point blast through the five-hole of McAdam to complete the hat trick and tie the game up at 5-5 with 9:02 left in the third period, and just under three minutes later Bo Pieper scored a controversial goal which the Growlers unsuccessfully argued goaltender interference on the play, giving the Beast their first lead of the game at 6-5.
The Growlers pulled Eamon McAdam with a minute remaining in the game for an extra attacker, but David Vallorani buried an empty netter for a 7-5 final, completing the weekend sweep for the Beast.
F R I D A Y
The Newfoundland Growlers point streak was halted at eight games Friday night, suffering a 6-1 loss to the Brampton Beast at Mile One Centre to kick off a seven-game home stand.
David Vallorani opened the scoring by one-timing a feed from Daniel Ciampini past Michael Garteig capitalizing on a funky bounce off the boards at 12:05 of the first period giving the Beast a 1-0 lead. Scott Pooley looked to have evened up the game with 30 seconds left in the first period, but a sprawling Etienne Marcoux dove back to knock the puck away.
David Vallorani doubled the Beast lead at 3:26 of the second period firing home his second power play goal of the game, and followed that up just over five minutes later by finishing off the natural hat-trick for a 3-0 Beast lead. Michael Garteig was chased from the net after allowing three goals on 10 shots and replaced by Eamon McAdam.
Chris Martenet extended the Beast lead to 4-0 1:01 into the final frame, and Francois Beauchemin added another just 44 seconds later for a 5-0 game. Liam Kerins cleaned up a scramble in front of McAdam for a 6-0 Beast lead with 4:21 remaining in the game, but Derian Plouffe broke Marcoux’s shutout bid under a minute later for a 6-1 Beast lead which held up as the final score.
