ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Newfoundland Growlers saw their record-setting home winning streak end at 19 wins as they suffered a 3-1 heartbreak loss on Valentine’s Day Weekend to the Maine Mariners Saturday night at Mile One Centre before a crowd of 4,735.
A scoreless opening period saw the Mariners outshoot the Growlers 11-9, but Colt Conrad had the best chance of the period near the seven-minute mark as he appeared to backhand a shot past Francois Brassard, but after video review, it was deemed no goal.
Michael McNicholas opened the scoring for Maine 1:29 into the second period after his wrister from the slot found its way behind Maksim Zhukov for a power play tally that pulled the visitors ahead 1-0.
Riley Woods put the Growlers on the board with 3:17 to play in the second period after pick-pocketing Mariners defenseman Sean Day and sliding a breakaway goal five-hole for a 1-1 score after 40 minutes of play.
The Mariners went to the power play with 2:40 remaining in the game after the Growlers were nabbed with a delay of game minor, and just over a minute in Morgan Adams-Moisan scored the go-ahead goal, and Greg Chase added an empty netter 59 seconds later to seal the deal for a 3-1 Maine victory.
Quick Hits: Riley Woods extended his point streak to six games… Maksim Zhukov made 31 saves… The three stars were 3 – F. Brassard (MNE), 2 – M. Zhukov (NFL) and 1 – M. Adams-Moisan (MNE)
What’s Next: The Newfoundland Growlers continue their four-game homestand Tuesday night against the Maine Mariners, ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Newfoundland time (5:30 p.m. Eastern time).
Follow us on Twitter @prohockeynews
You must be logged in to post a comment.