Monarchs fall to Sound Tigers 5-2
Manchester, New Hampshire - The Manchester Monarchs were defeated by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers who were led by former Monarchs Assistant Coach Scott Pellerin, 5-2, at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday night.
Manchester (6-3-0-1) leads the Atlantic Division with 13 points. Bridgeport (7-3-0-0) are in second place in the Northeast Division with 16 points.
“We were like a lawn mower with a bad spark plug,” said Monarchs Head Coach Mark Morris. “We couldn’t seem to get it going and once we did, just couldn't sustain it. The mental mistakes and miscues we had were extremely costly and credit Bridgeport with a real strong start. They got a ton of shots early on that put us on our heels and made us play catch-up.”
Defenseman Travis Hamonic recorded his first goal of the season four minutes into the third period putting the Sound Tigers up 3-2. Center Brock Nelson took the puck around the net on his backhand toward the left wing corner and dished the puck to left wing Nino Niederreiter at the right wing face-off circle. Niederreiter wristed the puck on goal where Monarchs goaltender Martin Jones made the initial save. Hamonic poked at the loose puck and pushed it through Jones’ five-hole for his first of the season and the eventual game-winning goal.
