MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -November 20, 2009 - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Providence Bruins
5-2 on Friday night at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI.  The
Falcons will next head to Hershey to take on the Bears on Saturday night
at the Giant Center.

Trailing 2-1 entering the third period, the Falcons evened the score at
2-2 when Colton Fretter scored on the power play, his fifth goal of the
season, at 4:51 of the final frame.  Springfield's momentum wouldn't last
long as Providence's Kirk MacDonald scored just 34-seconds after Fretter
tied the game giving Providence a 3-2 advantage.  With momentum on their
side, the Bruins expanded their lead to 4-2 at 12:46 of the final stanza
when Guillaume Lefebvre tallied his second marker of the campaign.  Jamie
Arniel added an empty net goal for the Bruins sending Providence home with
a 5-2 win..

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After a scoreless first period, the two teams played an entertaining
second period with a variety of scoring chances and the frame also
featured the game's first altercation  Providence opened the scoring at
3:14 of the middle period when Andy Wozniewski scored on the power play,
followed by Jeff LoVecchio scoring his eigth marker of the year at 14:30
of the second period giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead.  Just 15-seconds after
LoVecchio's goal, the Falcons cut their deficit to 2-1 when Ryan O'Marra
tallied his fourth goal of the year assisted by Colin McDonald and Johan
Motin.

Midway through the second period, Sprngfield's Jamie Bates and
Providence's Lane MacDermid dropped the gloves with the two players
exchanging a handful of punches.

In the opening period, the Falcons used a strong penalty kill early
defending a five-on-three disadvantage.  The Falcons were outshot 11-6 in
the opening frame with neither time having many quality scoring chances.
Springfield's Bryan Lerg hit the goal post midway through the opening
period.

GAME NOTES

Colton Fretter extended his scoring streak to six straight games
collecting three goals and six assists in that span.

Chad Wiseman extended his scoring streak to six straight games collecting
five goals and five assists in that span.

Springfield is now winless in their last seven games in Providence going
0-6-1-0 in that span.  The Falcons last win at the Dunkin Donuts Center
was back on March 28, 2008.

Falcons Lineup
Charles Linglet – Chad Wiseman – Colton Fretter
Slava Trukhno – Bryan Lerg – Bill Thomas
Ryan MacMurchy – Ryan O’Marra – Colin McDonald
Kip Brennan – Geoff Paukovich – James Bates

Johan Motin – Jake Taylor
Matt Nickerson – Cody Wild
Theo Peckham – Alex Plante

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