I expected a loss in game 2; winning game 1 in Hartford was already awesome. Now, if we win our two home games, we'll win the series, I think.

Pack Bounces Back, Shuts Out Pirates 1-0

Hartford, CT - The Hartford Wolf Pack evened their best-of-seven Atlantic Division Semifinal Series with the Portland Pirates, winning 1-0 on Wednesday night at the Hartford Civic Center. The Pack scored an early powerplay goal and hung on thanks to the heroics of goaltender Jason LaBarbera who finished with 25 saves.

The scene now shifts to Portland for games three and four. Game three is Friday, April 23rd at 7:05 p.m. Game four is Sunday, April 25th at 4:05 p.m.

 

GO, PIRATES!

FINAL	Hartford Civic Center    Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 7:05 pm EST
Portland 0 Hartford 1

GAME DETAILS SCORING SHOTS   1 2 3 TOTAL Portland 0 0 0 0 Hartford 1 0 0 1   1 2 3 TOTAL Portland 5 10 10 25 Hartford 13 13 8 34

POWERPLAYS Portland 0 for 5 : Hartford 1 for 6

SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 Hartford - Jozef Balej (powerplay) (Fedor Tyutin, Ken Gernander) 5:07 Period 2 (no scoring) Period 3 (no scoring)

PENALTIES Period 1 Hartford - Jeff Paul - (High Sticking), 2 min, 2:21 Portland - Ivan Ciernik - (Interference), 2 min, 3:35 Hartford - Garth Murray - (Roughing), 2 min, 6:13 Portland - Louis Robitaille - (Roughing), 2 min, 6:13 Hartford - Alexandre Giroux - (Cross Checking), 2 min, 10:20 Hartford - Lawrence Nycholat - (Cross Checking), 2 min, 16:42 Portland - Colin Forbes - (Boarding), 2 min, 19:22 Period 2 Portland - Alexander Semin - (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 3:15 Hartford - Jeff Paul - (Roughing), 2 min, 12:47 Portland - Louis Robitaille - (Roughing), 2 min, 12:47 Hartford - Cory Larose - (Hooking), 2 min, 18:31 Portland - Colin Forbes - (Hooking), 2 min, 19:19 Period 3 Portland - Jared Aulin - (High Sticking), 2 min, 7:17 Hartford - Cory Larose - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 12:37 Portland - Louis Robitaille - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 12:37 Hartford - Craig Weller - (Roughing), 2 min, 13:44 Portland - Chris Hajt - (High Sticking), 2 min, 15:45

Portland  Hartford # NAME G A PTS +/- S PIM 3 Morrisonn, Shaone 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Zinger, Dwayne 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Hajt, Chris 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 Eminger, Steve 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Ulmer, Jason 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 Aulin, Jared 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 Semin, Alexander 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 Robitaille, Louis 0 0 0 0 1 9 16 Fussey, Owen 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 Vigilante, Mike 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 Parsons, Brad 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 Gordon, Boyd 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 Tvrdon, Roman 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 Ciernik, Ivan 0 0 0 0 3 2 30 Stana, Rastislav 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Cutta, Jakub 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Forbes, Colin 0 0 0 0 2 4 41 Podkonicky, Andrej 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Laich, Brooks 0 0 0 0 2 0 # NAME G A PTS +/- S PIM 2 Kinch, Matt 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 Tyutin, Fedor 0 1 1 0 4 0 8 Paul, Jeff 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 Murray, Garth 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 Lawson, Lucas 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 Gernander, Ken 0 1 1 0 1 0 15 Balej, Jozef 1 0 1 0 3 0 17 Moore, Dominic 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 Dusablon, Benoit 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 Giroux, Alexandre 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Wiseman, Chad 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 Ortmeyer, Jed 0 0 0 0 4 0 25 Pushor, Jamie 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 Lampman, Bryce 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 Nycholat, Lawrence 0 0 0 0 4 2 34 Cuthbert, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 LaBarbera, Jason 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 Weller, Craig 0 0 0 0 0 2 39 Larose, Cory 0 0 0 0 7 7  GOALIES NAME DEC MIN SHOTS SAVES 30 Rastislav Stana LOSS 58:59 34 33 NAME DEC MIN SHOTS SAVES 35 Jason LaBarbera WIN 60:00 25 25

PENALTY TOTALS Portland 21 minutes on 9 infraction(s) Hartford 19 minutes on 8 infraction(s)

OTHER FACTS GAME LENGTH: 2:19 ATTENDANCE: 2,182 REFEREE: Dave Hansen (47) LINES 1: Brent Colby (7) LINES 2: Kevin Redding (16) SCOREKEEPER: AHL Scorekeeper AHL GAME NUMBER: A-2

Thanks, Mehdi

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