LOVELAND, CO — Spencer Martin made 43 saves to lead the Abbotsford Canucks to a franchise record sixth straight win in a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Eagles Saturday night at the Budweiser Events Center.
Both Ashton Sautner and Phil Di Giuseppe scored for the red-hot Canucks, as the win improved Abbotsford’s overall record to 21-15-3-1 this season.
The Canucks have now won 10 of the past 13 games dating back to January 17th, 2022.
Martin, a former Colorado Eagle during the 2018.19 season, picked up his fifth consecutive win. The victory improves his personal record to an impressive 10-1-2 this season.
Colorado had the first prime opportunity of the game at the midway mark of the first, but Martin stood tall in the Canucks’ crease on a two-on-one to keep things scoreless.
While Abby was outshot 12-6 through the opening 20, the Canucks entered the first intermission in a scoreless tie.
Abbotsford opened the second frame with a pair of two-minute powerplay opportunities, but the league’s third-best team on the man-advantage was ultimately unable to convert. The Canucks seemingly built momentum off their pair of powerplay chances, however, and were rewarded at the 5:12 mark of the second period courtesy of a Sautner point shot. Will Lockwood and Carson Focht picked up the helpers on Sautner’s second goal of the season.
After outshooting the Eagles through the opening half of the period, Colorado found new life in by returning the favour on a 12-5 shooting run. Martin continued his hot play in the crease to keep the home team scoreless and the Canucks in the driver’s seat.
Abby then extended its lead late in the second frame, with Dries capitalizing off a turnover behind the Eagles’ net before a spin-o-rama pass found Phil Di Giuseppe in the slot to extend the Abby lead to 2-0. The goal was Di Giuseppe’s 11th of the season.
Colorado continued throwing everything it could at Martin into the third period, finally capitalizing on a rebound at the 15:08 mark to pull to within one goal. Despite being outshot 19-1 in the final frame, Martin and the Canucks pulled through for the 2-1 win.
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