ICECAPS
St. John’s

2-5

DEVILS
Albany

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]Hudon-McCarron-Terry
Farnham – De La Rose – Friberg
Eisenschmid – Audette – Scherbak
Broll – MacMillan – Gregoire[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Barberio – Johnston
Hanley – Lernout
Parisi – Didier[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Pitton
Fucale

Scratches: Philip Samuelsson, Jonathan Racine, Connor Crisp, Stefan Matteau (suspension)
Injured Reserve:

Game Report

Less than 24 hours after their season opener in Hartford, the IceCaps were back on the ice with their first tilt of the year against the Albany Devils.  It was a physical, gritty, chippy game that found the St. John’s team trying to battle back once again.

With Bryan Pitton in between the pipes, a recent PTO signed from the Brampton Beast to fill the vacancy left by Charlie Lindgren after his callup to Montreal, the Devils wasted no time in taking advantage of a potential weakness.  They put two pucks past Pitton in the opening ten minutes and both teams combined for eleven penalties just in the opening frame.

Pitton kicked off the revolving door to the penalty box with a bad interference penalty on a Devils player who came in on a breakaway.  Charles Hudon went off for boarding, then Jeremy Gregoire and Mike McCarron each tossed their gloves for fighting penalties.

The second period brought a much more determined St. John’s team, and McCarron connected with Chris Terry less than a minute in to get the IceCaps on the board.  Terry would light the lamp again four minutes later for a power play goal, assisted by Mark Barberio and Nikita Scherbak.

But the scoring for the IceCaps ended there, and the parade to the penalty box would continue.  The teams combined for another nine penalties in the second period, including a ten-minute misconduct for David Broll who doesn’t shy away from scrappy opponents.  Bobby Farnham exchanged blows with Andrew MacWilliam, which earned MacWilliam a game misconduct under a new AHL rule which results in player ejection after either their third major penalty or second fight in any single game.

The penalties stopped in the third period, but by then the damage was done. The IceCaps had some good shots on Scott Wedgewood and had a few opportunities, but couldn’t capitalize.

The IceCaps finish their three-in-three weekend on Sunday with an afternoon matchup in Providence, Rhode Island to take on the Bruins.

▲     Chris Terry, Max Friberg, Josiah Didier, Brett Lernout, Bobby Farnham

▼     Bryan Pitton, Mark Barberio, Ryan Johnston

1. Ben Thomson  ALB
2. Chris Terry  STJ
3. Kevin Rooney  ALB

Post-game interview with Sylvain Lefebvre

Post-game interview with Mike McCarron

Post-game interview with Max Friberg

Audio from interviews conducted by Amy Johnson for AHL Report | Rocket Sports Media.

Quotes courtesy of AHL Report

.@IceCapsAHL penalty box getting a little full. Now Broll takes a 2 min roughing minor. #IceCaps down 2-0 in 1st. @TheAHLReport pic.twitter.com/MNV6khwLsp

— Amy (@FlyersRule) October 15, 2016

Two breakaways today for Hudon. Stopped on both. Usually money.

— Jim Sneddon (@snedjd) October 15, 2016

Barberio has struggled in the first two Ice Caps games. Getting beat, soft, out of position.

— Jim Sneddon (@snedjd) October 15, 2016

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