Birch Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Congrats L-Devs! Game write up from the website: "Saturday, April 10, 2010 Devils Put Away Pirates, 5-2 Lowell clinches first-ever playoff berth with victory PORTLAND, Maine – The Lowell Devils punched their first-ever trip to the Calder Cup Playoffs by virtue of a 5-2 win over the Portland Pirates on Saturday at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Lowell broke open a 1-1 game with three goals in the middle period including a pair of tallies 53 seconds apart. Nathan Perkovich gave the Devils their second lead of the match with a power play marker at 3:07 as he cut to the front of the net to knock Matt Taormina’s point shot past J.P. Lamoureux. During a delayed penalty less than a minute later, Cory Murphy made it 3-1 whens he got piece of Tim Sestito’s one-timer from the high slot for his fifth goal of the year. Ben Walter then gave the Devils a three-goal cushion at 11:31, sweeping in a rebound after Lamoureux had trouble handling Stephen Gionta’s snapshot from the near circle. The Devils were able to break a scoreless tie at 11:01 of the first with the help of their third shorthanded goal of the season. Matt Halischuk worked past Portland defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani before shifting the puck to his forehand and tucking his 11th goal of the season inside the right post. Alexander Vasyunov added his 15th of the season at 6:32 of the third, while the Pirates’ Marc-Andre Gragnani completed the scoring with less than five minutes remaining in regulation. Jeff Cowan knotted the score, 1-1, with 26.9 seconds left until the first intermission, setting up camp to the left of McKenna and swatting a loose puck across the goal line. McKenna made 32 saves for his 24th win of the season, matching his AHL-career best. Lamoureux took the loss with 14 saves on 18 shots over two periods of work. Beau Erickson stopped 6-of-7 in the third in his AHL debut." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 congrats to lowell, it was a tough slide at the end there. nice to have the AHL franchise in the playoffs for the first time in forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs26 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Good for Johnny Mac, especially with all the players we had to take off their roster early in the season due to our injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Devil Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 woot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Crash Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 It's a good feeling knowing that our minor league team is doing well again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 We either face Worcester Sharks, Hershey Bears or Albany River Rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Awesome news, well done Lowell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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