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WorSharks Lose 2-1 To Portland, Playoff Hopes On Life Support

The Worcester Sharks really needed two points Tuesday night but were lucky enough to escape with one after losing a 2-1 shootout final to the Portland Pirates at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts in front of 2,555 fans. The WorSharks now trail the Connecticut Whale by a point with two regular season games remaining for Worcester. Connecticut has both a game in hand and owns the tie breaker over the WorSharks.

This season has been full of ups and downs and oddities, but those faithful in attendance saw nothing odder than the goal lights flashing at both ends of the ice at the same time. The bad news for Worcester fans was the one behind WorSharks netminder Harri Stalock was the one that counted. After a slapshot from Nick Schaus beat Pirates netminder Jeff Jakaitis and rang off the far post the goal judge turned the light on. Referee Terry Koharski emphatically indicated the puck did not cross the goal line as play headed back toward the Worcester end, where Paul Byron banged home a rebound to light the lamp behind Sateri.

To make matters even worse, Schaus hit the post behind Jakaitis again on his next shift.

The shots would be even after two periods, but Portland had the edge in play and scoring chances. The one area the WorSharks did have an edge in was winning fights, as Cam MacIntyre and former WorSharks enforcer Dennis McCauley duked it out for the third time this season. Just like their two previous bouts MacIntyre came out on top, both literally and on the scorecard as MacIntyre landed on McCauley after getting the take down. McCauley went to the penalty box, but after the next stoppage in play left to go to the locker room favoring his right shoulder. He did not return.

The WorSharks would get the equalizer at 8:19 of the third when Matt Irwin blasted a slapshot from the blue line that T.J. Trevelyan tipped past Jakaitis. After the goal Worcester would have several good chances to take the lead but couldn’t get the puck to bounce their way. After a scoreless overtime that included a power play chance for Worcester that can at best be called “pathetic”, Portland’s Mark Parrish would be the only player to connect in the shootout.

GAME NOTES
With Mike Moore added to the injury list with a cut hand that required surgery, rookie Taylor Doherty made his pro debut in his place. Carter Hutton was the back-up netminder.

The three stars of the game were
1. POR – 31 Jeff Jakaitis (36 saves)
2. POR – 13 Mark Parrish (SO game winner)
3. WOR – 35 Harri Sateri (30 saves)

The Sharkspage player of the game, for the third game in a row, was T.J. Trevelyan.

Even strength lines
McGinn/Ferriero/DaSilva
Mashinter/McCarthy/Wingels
Davis/Trevelyan/Henderson
McLaren/Quirk/MacIntyre

Petrecki/Loprieno
Schaus/Irwin
Doherty/Sullivan

Power play lines
McGinn/Wingels/Trevelyan
DaSilva/McCarthy/Mashinter

Irwin/Ferriero
Sullivan/Petrecki

Penalty kill lines
McCarthy(Quirk)/Davis
Ferriero/McGinn

Sullivan/Schaus
Petrecki(Irwin)/Loprieno
Irwin/Doherty

BOXSCORE
Portland 1 0 0 0 – 2
Worcester 0 0 1 0 – 1

1st Period-1, Portland, Byron 22 (Dimmen, Whitmore), 0:57. Penalties-Fienhage Por (interference), 5:57; Wingels Wor (hooking), 6:45; Conboy Por (cross-checking), 14:15; Tropp Por (hooking), 18:36.

2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Petrecki Wor (boarding), 3:16; McCauley Por (fighting), 9:14; MacIntyre Wor (fighting), 9:14; Duffy Por (slashing), 10:43; Lagace Por (slashing), 17:20; Loprieno Wor (roughing), 17:20; Petrecki Wor (slashing), 17:20.

3rd Period-2, Worcester, Trevelyan 19 (Irwin), 8:19. Penalties-Fienhage Por (interference), 1:36; Ferriero Wor (slashing), 15:32.

OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Adam Por (hooking), 3:16.

Shootout – Portland 1 (Parrish G, Tropp NG, Byron NG, Adam NG, Lagace NG), Worcester 0 (Ferriero NG, Trevelyan NG, DaSilva NG, Wingels NG, Mashinter NG).
Shots on Goal-Portland 11-12-5-3-1-32. Worcester 11-12-9-5-0-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Portland 0/4; Worcester 0/6.
Goalies-Portland, Jakaitis 4-3-0 (37 shots-36 saves). Worcester, Sateri 1-2-1 (31 shots-30 saves).
A-2,555
Referees-Terry Koharski (10), Mark Lemelin (84). Linesmen-Ed Boyle (81), Bob Paquette (18).

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