ICECAPS
St. John’s

3-1

DEVILS
Albany

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]McNally – Scherbak – Holloway
Hudon – Dumont – Friberg
Bozon – MacMillan – Ranger
Scott – Yogan – Gregoire [/one_half]

[one_half_last]Dietz – Lernout
Hanley – Johnston
Brown – Didier[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Pasquale
Fucale

Scratches: Shane Bakker, Angelo Miceli, Mac Bennett, Dalton Thrower, Michael Bournival (concussion), Markus Eisenschmid (undisclosed)
Injured Reserve: Connor Crisp (undisclosed)

Game Report

It had been almost a week since the last time the IceCaps took the ice for a game.  After finally grabbing a win in Syracuse at the end of a disappointing road trip, the team had a few days to rest and practice before welcoming the Albany Devils to the Mile One Centre.

The first period was rather sluggish, with St. John’s only getting four shots on goal.  Only one penalty, against Gabriel Dumont, was called in the opening frame – a quiet 20 minutes to be sure.

The second period, however, was the polar opposite.  Charles Hudon scored his 19th goal of the season during a power play, assisted by Dumont and Nikita Scherbak.  The goals came fast and furious after that, with Alexander Ranger and Brandon McNally both scoring within another minute or so.

Then things got pretty intense.  Five fights were recorded in the period, with Mark MacMillan and John Scott both getting thrown out with game misconducts.  Scherbak was the victim of a dirty hit from behind which tossed him toward the visiting bench and into the stanchion.  Scott took exception and landed a flurry of solid left jabs onto the face and head of Ben Thomson.

The Devils managed to get one goal on the board in the third period, but the IceCaps didn’t let them get any farther in the scoring race.  It was a solid team win to kick off this home stand as they try to make a push toward the playoffs down the stretch.

The Icecaps face the Albany Devils again on Saturday night for the second game of the back-to-back and the final game in the season series.

▲     Bud Holloway, Eddie Pasquale, Charles Hudon, John Scott, Darren Dietz

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1. Gabriel Dumont  STJ
2. Andrew Yogan  STJ
3. Eddie Pasquale  STJ

Quotes courtesy of IceCaps Hockey Report

John Scott gets into the scrap now and absolutely demolishes Thomson. Multiple left jabs connect right to the face/head. @IceCapsReport

— Amy (@FlyersRule) March 5, 2016

Eddie Pasquale looking strong in net as he swallows a redirected tic-tac-toe pass attempt by the Devils. Still scoreless. @IceCapsReport

— Amy (@FlyersRule) March 4, 2016

ROSTER UPDATE | IceCaps Sign Forward Andrew Yogan to PTO https://t.co/EhocI6CijP #IceCaps #GoIceCapsGo #Habs pic.twitter.com/SuYAUIhIqC

— AHL Report (@TheAHLReport) March 3, 2016

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