GLENS FALLS, NY – The Manchester Monarchs took a commanding lead in the North Division Semifinals with a 2-1 win against the Adirondack Thunder on Thursday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
The Monarchs (3-1) will look to clinch the series against the Thunder (1-3) on Saturday night in Glens Falls, N.Y.
The Monarchs opened the scoring at 4:28 of the first period when Ashton Rome scored his second goal of the playoffs. While on the power play, Rome tipped a Thomas Schemitsch shot from the middle of the blue line through Thunder goaltender, J.P. Anderson, to make the score 1-0 in favor of Manchester.
The Thunder tied things up at 15:46 of the opening period when Cullen Bradshaw scored his first goal of the playoffs. Like the Rome goal, Bradshaw tipped a shot from the line off the stick of Kevin Lough in the slot, and beat Monarchs goaltender Sam Brittain to make the score 1-1.
After a scoreless second period, Zac Lynch put the Monarchs up 2-1 when he scored his first goal of the playoffs. Lynch grabbed the puck on the left dot after a Thunder turnover and buried a wrist shot past the glove of Anderson to give the Monarchs their second lead of the game.
The Thunder would pull Anderson for an extra skater with 1:08 remaining in the game, but could not find the equalizer.
The Monarchs will play Game 5 of the North Division Semifinals against the Adirondack Thunder on Saturday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
Notes: David Kolomatis played in the 50th playoff game of his career… Ashton Rome played in his 30th professional playoff game… Matt Leitner recorded his fifth point of the playoffs… Thomas Schemitsch made his 2017 Kelly Cup Playoff debut… Zac Lynch scored the first playoff point of his career… The Monarchs have killed 16 consecutive penalties.
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