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Second Period Surge Lifts Islanders to 3-2 Win

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Battling the Charlotte Checkers with playoff implications on the line for both squads, the Bridgeport Islanders exploded for three goals in the second period and held off a late-game comeback to escape with a 3-2 win and two crucial points in the standings.Second Period Surge Lifts Islanders to 3-2 Win

After a scoreless first period, the Islanders took the first lead of the evening 90 seconds into the middle frame. The puck was dumped into the Checkers’ zone by Luke Rowe before taking a favorable bounce right to the slot, where Matthew Highmore tallied his 12th of the season.

They added to their advantage at 8:56 as Liam Foudy circled the offensive zone and found Adam Beckman crashing the crease, who recorded his career-best 25th goal of the season.

With 17:41 to play in the second, Alex Jefferies’ shot deflected off the pad of Cooper Black and right to Highmore, who netted his second of the game and his 200th AHL point. The Islanders have now scored nine goals in the second periods of their last three games.

Tobias Bjornfot put Charlotte on the board 6:13 into the third period with his fourth goal of the season, followed by a tally from Robert Mastrosimone at 7:28 to cut the Checkers’ deficit to one goal. The Islanders, however, held off the Checkers for the remainder of the contest to emerge victorious.

The Islanders kick off their busy weekend with a home game against the Laval Rocket on Friday at 7 p.m. before making their final trip of the regular season to Providence for a 7:05 p.m. puck drop against the Bruins on Saturday. Tickets for Bridgeport’s game against Laval can be found on www.bridgeportislanders.com.

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Silver Knights trip up Reign, 3-1

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The Henderson Silver Knights defeated the Ontario Reign, 3-1, Wednesday evening at Lee’s Family Forum.55169261444 e9b71ac6ef o

HOW IT WENT DOWN

After a scoreless two periods, the Reign’s Francesco Pinelli got Ontario on the board within the first few minutes of the third period. With two Reign players in the box, Lukas Cormier tied it with his eighth goal of the season.

Trevor Connelly and Raphael Lavoie collected assists on the goal. Jakub Brabenec followed up with a shorthanded goal two minutes later, with assists from Dylan Coghlan and Jaycob Megna.

In the final minute, Tanner Laczynski secured the win for HSK with an empty net goal. The final score was 3-1.

Lavoie’s assist on Cormier’s goal accounted for his 200th AHL point, while Jaycob Megna assist on Brabenec’s goal was his 100th AHL assist.

 

Stars Defeat Barracuda in Historic Win for Remi Poirier

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SAN JOSE, California— The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-2, thanks to a 33 save performance by Remi Poirier, Wednesday at Tech CU Arena. The win was Poirier’s 65th in a Stars uniform, a new franchise record.

The Stars opened the scoring 10:26 into the first period when Jack Becker fired the puck over the glove of Laurent Brossoit from the left faceoff circle. The Barracuda went on the man-advantage almost immediately afterward, and Colin White notched a power play goal to tie the game just 18 seconds later.

Texas killed off two subsequent penalties in the second period and put 11 shots on goal, but with 25 seconds left in the middle frame, Egor Afanasyev ripped a shot from the right circle to put San Jose in the lead for the first time.

The Barracuda led until the midway point in the third, as Texas tied the game when Luke Krys fired a shot from the point past Brossoit. Six minutes later the Stars won a battle behind the net and Becker fed the puck to Kole Lind just in front of the crease. Lind lifted the puck into the top right corner of the net to put the Stars up 3-2 with 3:28 remaining in regulation.

Poirier stopped 33 of 35 to earn the win. The Stars netminder now holds the franchise record for wins (65), previously held by Landon Bow (64). Brossoit gave up three goals on 34 shots in the loss.

The Stars will travel north to face-off against the Bakersfield Condors on Friday. Puck drop is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. CT. Catch all the action on AHL TV on FloHockey!

The Texas Stars are the primary development affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars. For more information, call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit TexasStars.com.

Photo Credit: San Jose Barracuda 

Wild lose to Wolves, 4-3, on penalties

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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild earned a point in a 4-3 loss to the Chicago Wolves at Casey’s Center on Wednesday night. IOWA EARNS POINT IN 4-3 SHOOTOUT LOSS TO CHICAGO

Evan Vierling punched a rebound past William Rousseau (30 saves) 4:29 into the game to open the scoring for Chicago.

Ben Jones tied the contest on a shorthanded breakaway with a wrister over the blocker of Cayden Primeau (32 saves) at 12:21.

Matt Kiersted deflected a turnaround shot from Jones past Primeau with 3:47 remaining in the first period. Oskar Olausson picked up a secondary assist on Kiersted’s goal.

Elliot Desnoyers extended Iowa’s lead to 3-1 with his first goal in a Wild uniform 31 seconds later. After Caedan Bankier sent a pass through the slot, Riley Heidt threw the puck to the top of the net for Desnoyers to tip home.

Ronan Seeley answered for the Wolves at 18:54 with a long-range shot.

Iowa outshot Chicago 12-11 in the first period and 11-7 in a scoreless middle frame.

Seeley struck again with a rebound finish on a shorthanded rush that tied the game at 13:37 of the third period.

After a scoreless overtime, Noel Gunler scored the only goal of the shootout in the fourth round to earn Chicago the extra point.

Iowa outshot Chicago 35-34. The Wild finished 0-for-6 on the man advantage and killed off all three Wolves power plays.

Iowa travels to BMO Center to visit the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday, Mar. 28 at 7 p.m.

Iowa Wild hockey is presented by Kwik Star. For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, visit www.iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2026-27 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365.

Visit http://www.iowawild.com/pressbox for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.

Cranley’s Excellence Not Enough vs. Bruins

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Springfield Thunderbirds (25-29-6-2) got a terrific performance from their rookie goalie, but their offense could not provide the necessary goal support in a 2-1 loss to the Providence Bruins (48-13-1-0) on Wednesday night inside the MassMutual Center.Final 3 25 26

On a night featuring the highly-anticipated debut of Bruins prospect James Hagens, it was Providence’s leading goal scorer Riley Tufte who broke the ice at 11:52 of the first, as he crashed the net to pot a rebound goal from Matej Blumel and Matthew Poitras to open the scoring.

Save for the Tufte goal, Springfield starting goaltender Will Cranley was stellar in the opening period, stopping 17 other Bruins attempts. AHL goaltending wins leader Michael DiPietro stopped 10 Springfield offerings in the first and was integral in a pair of first-period penalty kills for the visiting Bruins.

Providence made generating offense a herculean task for the T-Birds for much of the second period, keeping Springfield from registering a single shot for the first 11 minutes. However, the T-Birds scratched their way to an equalizer when Dylan Peterson kicked a loose puck ahead to Julien Gauthier, who drove the net down the left wing before chipping a forehand past DiPietro, tying the game, 1-1, at 13:57.

The tie score carried into the third, and Cranley’s busy night continued with the Springfield netminder making 14 more saves, many of a high degree of difficulty. Unfortunately for the rookie backstop, one crucial turnover in neutral ice cost the T-Birds, as Jake Schmaltz took a breakaway touch pass from Joey Abate and snapped home the game-winning goal on a breakaway 3:56 into the final period.

Neither team’s power play found success on the night, with each club’s penalty kill going a perfect 4-for-4. Cranley’s fantastic night finished with an AHL career-high 39 stops, while DiPietro became the first AHL goalie to reach 30 wins as he stopped 25 of 26.

The T-Birds next take to the ice in a pivotal matchup in Allentown on Friday against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, who sit two points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot in the Atlantic Division with 10 games remaining.

Marlies romp past Moose, 4-1

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The Manitoba Moose (29-25-5-1) fell 4-1 to the Toronto Marlies (32-21-5-5) at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Wednesday evening. They were coming off a 4-1 loss to the Tucson Roadrunners on Monday.

Despite outshooting the Marlies by a heavy 13-4 edge in the first period, the Moose headed into the locker rooms trailing by one after 20 minutes. Ryan Tverberg hit the back of the net at 7:52 for a power play goal, giving Toronto a 1-0 lead. Artur Akhtyamov made 13 stops in the frame.

The Marlies picked up two more goals in the second. Exactly five minutes into the stanza, Alex Nylander sniped his 20th marker of the season past Thomas Milic, before John Prokop tossed a seeing-eye shot on goal to make it 3-0 at 17:41. Akhtyamov was once again perfect in the period, turning aside seven Moose offerings.

Isaak Phillips made it a two-goal game at 3:57 of the third, walking down the middle of the rink and firing a shot past Akhtyamov. Reese Johnson restored Toronto’s three-goal advantage just over four minutes later, however, spelling the end of Milic’s night. Domenic DiVincentiis stepped between the pipes to make seven saves the rest of the way in the Manitoba goal. Neither side found anything else offensively, as the Marlies took a 4-1 victory.

Quotable

Moose defenceman Sean Larochelle (click for full interview)
“Sad that we lost, but it was a big adjustment. The guys are bigger, faster, stronger, so I had to adjust to the style of play, but I think it went pretty well for my first game.”

Statbook

  • Manitoba’s goal resulted in points for three Ontario-born players (Phillips, Barlow, Di Giuseppe)
  • Phil Di Giuseppe has three points (1G, 2A) over his past four games
  • Mason Shaw recorded five shots for the sixth time this season
  • Sean Larochelle made his AHL debut