MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -LOWELL, MA – Devils goaltender Dave Caruso made 43 saves as the Norfolk Admirals (5-10-1-3) fell to the Lowell Devils (6-7-1-2) 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Tsongas Arena.

The teams exchanged five-on-three power play goals in the opening period. Nicklas Bergfors opened scoring at 3:49 when he one-timed a Jon DiSalvatore feed through the legs of Norfolk netminder Karri Ramo.

The Admirals struck back ten minutes later with a one-timer of their own. Blair Jones sent a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Lowell goaltender Dave Caruso at 14:43.

Lowell took a 2-1 lead midway through the second period. Matthew Corrente sent a shot from the right point through a screen that beat Ramo five-hole at 12:44.

Rod Pelley doubled Lowell's lead midway through the final frame as his snap shot from the left faceoff dot went over Ramo's shoulder at 11:04. Pelley added an empty-net goal with 23 seconds remaining for a 4-1 final score.

Karri Ramo (23 shots, 20 saves) got the loss. Dave Caruso (44 shots, 43 saves) earned the win.

Norfolk was 1-5 on the power play. Lowell was 1-4

The Admirals will return to Scope with three games next week centered around Thanksgiving: Wednesday versus the Springfield Falcons, and Friday and Saturday versus the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Three Stars: 1. Rod Pelley – LOW 2. Nicklas Bergfors – LOW 3. Dave Caruso – LOW

Notes ... Norfolk finished its season-long seven-game road trip at 2-4-0-1 after starting with two wins and a shootout loss ... The three-goal margin ended a stretch of six consecutive one-goal games for the Admirals ... Andrew Hutchinson now has points and assists in four consecutive games (0G, 5A) ... Wyatt Smith has points in three straight games (1G, 3A) ... Scratches: F Pete Zingoni, D Jamie Heward and D Vladimir Mihalik ... F Steve Downie served the second game of a three-game suspension levied by the American Hockey League yesterday ... Attendance: 1,445.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Karri Ramo: KAHR-ee RAH-moh

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