ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Newfoundland Growlers extended their winning streak to a franchise-high 10 games and their home winning streak to 15 games in a 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Mavericks Tuesday night at Mile One Centre.
Giorgio Estephan opened the scoring with a power play tally 9:06 into the game after sliding a wrister five-hole on Mavericks netminder Tyler Parsons for his 16th of the season and to give the Growlers a 1-0 lead. Matt Bradley squeaked another five-hole shot past Parsons with 3:06 remaining in the period to send the Growlers to the dressing room up 2-0 after 20 minutes of play.
The Mavericks put themselves on the board at the 6:42 mark of the second period when Bryan Lemos completed a tap-in in front of Angus Redmond for a power play tally that cut the Growlers lead to 2-1, and it stood as the only offense in a low-event second period that saw the Mavericks outshoot the Growlers 8-4.
Marcus Power continued his hot play as of late and re-stored the two-goal lead for the Growlers after rifling a cross-ice pass from Garrett Johnston top shelf on Parsons for his team-leading 17th of the season at 4:02 of the third period.
The Mavericks pulled their netminder for an extra attacker with 1:55 remaining in the game and Johnston fired his first of the season into the empty net with 51 seconds remaining to seal the deal for a 4-1 final score.
Quick Hits: Joseph Duszak was recalled to the Toronto Marlies prior to puck drop… Angus Redmond improved to 9-0 this season… The three stars were 3 – A. Luchuk (NFL), 2 – M. Bradley (NFL) and 1 – G. Estephan (NFL)
What’s Next: The Newfoundland Growlers face off against the Kansas City Mavericks, ECHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames again Wednesday night before embarking on the ECHL All-Star break. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Newfoundland time (5:30 p.m. Eastern time).
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