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April 14, 2011 - American Hockey
League (AHL) - Binghamton Senators News Release
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Binghamton Senators opened the first
round of the 2011 Calder Cup Playoffs tonight at the Verizon
Wireless Arena. Unfortunately the series got off to a less
than perfect start for Binghamton as the Manchester Monarchs
took game one of the Atlantic Division Semifinal series,
besting Binghamton 2-1.
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| Barry Brust saved 27 of 29
shots in the game 1 loss. |
Corey Elkins scored the first goal of the best-of seven
series, putting the Monarchs on the board just 2:19 into the
second period. Patrick Mullen went streaking in on Barry
Brust, faking a shot on goal to force the B-Sens netminder
out of position. He then fed the puck to Elkins who was left
to take advantage of a wide open net.
With Colin
Greening off serving a hooking call late in the third, the
Monarchs added to their lead as defenseman David Kolomatis
beat Brust from the doorstep on the ensuing power play with
just 3:35 remaining in regulation.
Brust was called
to the bench in the waning minutes of regulation in favor of
an extra skater. The B-Sens capitalized on the opportunity
with 38.4 seconds remaining in the third as Ryan Potulny
tipped a Derek Smith shot past Jeff Zatkoff to pull
Binghamton within one. Manchester however would hold on for
the victory, much to the delight of the crowd of 2,006 on
hand.
Binghamton seeks to even the series tomorrow
night as they return to the ice in Manchester for game two.
Puck drops at 7 p.m. Fans can listen live on 680 WINR-AM or
Team 1200 (Ottawa) beginning 30 minutes before the game for
Countdown to Face Off with Grady Whittenburg, voice of the
B-Sens.
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