Manchester, NH- The Manchester Monarchs and Adirondack Thunder faced off Saturday night in game two of their Kelly cup playoff matchup. Sam Brittain and J.P. 
Anderson faced off once again in net for their respective teams. The first period started like in game one, with the Thunder all over the Monarchs in the early going.
Brittain was forced to be sharp early to try and survive the early onslaught of the Thunder, standing tall in the Manchester net. But the Thunder finally broke through on an Alex Wall goal set up by Brett Pollock and Stepan Falkovsky. The Monarchs tried to muster some offense, but most of their momentum was snuffed by the Thunder defense.
Late in the first, the Monarchs finally broke through on a Matt Leitner goal assisted by Quentin Shore. The first period ended with both teams tied at one, and the shots 14 to 4 for the Thunder. The Thunder came out firing in the second period catching an unprepared Monarchs team off-guard. Alex Wall pushed the Thunder lead to two goals, assisted by Brett Pollock and Stepan Falkovsky. After that, the Monarchs took over dominating the Thunder for much of the second.
But Anderson stood tall surviving most of the Monarchs attack throughout the second. Alex Wall took a hooking minor late in the second putting the Monarchs on the power play. Quentin Shore capitalized on the power play tying the game assisted by David Kolomatis and Tyler Sikura.
The second period ended tied again at two, with the shots 17 to 13 for the Thunder. Early in the third period Keegan Kanzig took an interference minor putting the Monarchs back on the powerplay. Ashton Rome gave the Monarchs their first lead of the game on a goal assisted by Matt Leitner and Daniel Ciampini.
The Monarchs smoothed the Thunder with a flurry after flurry of offensive chances as time winded down in the third period. Late in the third Tyler Sikura put the Monarchs down a man going off for a cross check. But Matt Leitner was able to score on the empty net to seal the game, assisted by Craig Wyszomirski.
The Monarchs defeated the Thunder 4-2, with the final shots 28 to 24 in favor fo the Monarchs. The Monarchs lead the series 2-0, with game three coming Tuesday night in Adirondack.
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