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B-Sens
Force Game Six With 5-4 OT Win
April 20, 2011 Posted by: Bob Howard
Credit:
Binghamton Senators |
April 20, 2011 - American Hockey
League (AHL) - Binghamton Senators News Release
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| Kaspars Daugavins scored the
game winner in OT to escape elimination. |
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Kaspars Daugavins scored on a power play
just 6:38 into overtime to help the Binghamton Senators
stave off elimination in the Atlantic Division Semifinals
with a 5-4 victory over the Manchester Monarchs in Game 5 at
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on Wednesday night.
Manchester still holds a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven
first round series as it shifts back to New Hampshire for
Game 6 on Friday at 7 p.m. and Game 7, if necessary, on
Saturday.
Ryan Potulny scored twice in the third
period for the B-Sens, netting his team-leading sixth and
seventh goals of the playoffs.
Cody Bass and Bobby
Butler also scored for Binghamton, while Andre Benoit
notched three assists.
Manchester's Ray Kaunisto
netted a pair of goals for the Monarchs, while Viatcheslav
Voynov and David Meckler also found the net.
Robin
Lehner made his series debut in goal for Binghamton,
appearing in his first professional playoff game. Lehner
turned away 30 of 34 shots faced en route to the victory.
His counterpart Jeff Zatkoff stopped 37 of 42 shots faced,
falling to a record of 1-2 in the series.
Game 6 is
set for Friday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena in
Manchester, N.H. The 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. Online streaming of the
games can be accessed at www.1430theteam.com and at
www.team1200.com.
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