Manchester flattens Falcons

MANCHESTER, New Hamp. - The Springfield Falcons lost to the Manchester Monarchs 5-1 on Wednesday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena are in Manchester, NH. Matt Moulson opened the scoring for Manchester at 4:52 of the first period with a power play goal.

Springfield's Theo Peckham and Manchester's Marc-Andre Cliche dropped the gloves for the game's first fight late in the opening frame.

In the second period, Manchester built a 3-0 goal lead on goals from Cliche and Alec Martinez taking a three-goal advantage into the final 20 minutes.

In the third period, Gabe Gauthier expanded Manchester's lead to 4-0 at 4:20, but Springfield's Ryan Potulny tallied his 25th marker of the year at 7:39 of the final frame cutting Springfield's deficit to 4-1. Cliche added his second goal of the contest at 8:24 of the final period ending the scoring for the night.

FALCONS LINEUP

Trukhno - Potulny - Willis
Stone - Brule - Linglet
Schremp - O'Marra - Lefebvre
Sestito - Paukovich - McDonald

Gabinet - Bina
Wild - Chorney
Young - Peckham

Dubnyk
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FALCONS SCRATCHES - Jake Taylor (Injured), Bryan Lerg (Injured), Tyler Spurgeon (Injured), Stephane Goulet (Injured), Ryan Constant (Healthy), Mathieu Roy (Injured), Hans Benson (Healthy)