S U N D A Y
The Growlers regular season came to an end Sunday and they lost 4-3 to Maine in a shootout.
Scott Pooley,Zach O’Brien and Evan Neugold scored for the Growlers. Neugold’s goal at 7:23 forced OT and then the shootout.
S A T U R D A Y
The Growlers fell 4-3 to the Worcester Railers in what would be their final trip to Worcester this season.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev opened the scoring just 1:45 into the first period, the tally would mark his first professional goal in just his second game. J.J. Piccinich added a power play marker for the Growlers just 7 minutes later to put the Newfoundland squad up 2-0 halfway through the first frame.
Worcester responded at 11:47 of the first period as Holmstrom beat Growlers newcomer, Eric Levine over the right pad to cut the Growlers lead in half.
Giorgio Estephan gained back the 2-goal advantage and chased Railers goalie Mitch Gillam from the cage just a minute and twenty seconds after the Holstrom tally. The first period would end with a 3-1 Growlers lead.
Gillam was back in the Railers net to start the second and he put forth a strong performance after getting yanked as he went on to stop every shot for the rest of the game to finish with 27 saves on 30 attempts.
The Railers went on to score three unanswered goals, including the game winner from the stick of Tommy Kelley. The Kellely goal did come with some controversy as the puck appeared to touch off the mesh above the glass in the Growlers zone, which would normally result in a stoppage of play.
F R I D A Y
The Growlers opened their final road trip of the regular season on the winning note Friday night.
Two second period goals helped the Growlers to a 2-1 victory over Manchester Monarchs.
Scott Pooley and Brady Ferguson provided the goals in the second period. Ferguson with the winner at 14:22 of the second.
Michael Garteig in nets for the Growlers made 23 saves to keep the Growlers in this game.
