Sharks Stay Teal Hot with 5-2 Win in Binghamton
December 17, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
BINGHAMTON, NY - Teal hot Tommy Wingels extended his goal scoring streak to five games with a second period tally, and it turned out to be his 4th game winner in five games, to lead the Sharks to a 5-2 victory over the Binghamton Senators at the Broom County Veterans Memorial Arena on Saturday night. The Sharks improved to 5-0-0-1 on their season long seven game road trip which concludes Sunday afternoon in Manchester at 3pm.
Sean Sullivan scored a shorthanded penalty shot goal and the line of Benn Ferriero, John McCarthy, and Tommy Wingels all extended their point streaks to five games in the win. Tyson Sexsmith made 31 saves for his 7th win of the season. The Sharks tied a franchise record with their fifth straight road win and points in eight straight games (7-0-0-1).
Both teams came out of the gate with crisp skating but neither team could capitalize early in the first period. Mike Bartlett (2nd) had a perfect deflection past Tyson Sexsmith from the side of the net after a hard drive by Mark Borowiecki from the point at 15:28 to give the Senators a 1-0 lead. Worcester outshot Binghamton 16-10 through twenty minutes of play.
Worcester picked up things offensively in the second period scoring four goals against Senators netminder Mike McKenna. Brodie Reid (3rd) finished off a 2-on-1 rush with Jack Combs with a terrific shot off the crossbar and into the net form the right circle at 5:05 to ties the score. John McCarthy (5th) gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead after he found a blocked Tommy Wingels shot ten feet on top of the blue paint and fired it home at 6:25. Tommy Wingels (11th) scored in his 5th straight game with a wicked low shot from the left side at the end of the power play at 10:08 to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead. The Senators got one back on the power play at 12:16 with a terrific shot by veteran Mark Parrish (9th) after tic-tac-toe passing down low to cut the Worcester lead to 3-2. Sean Sullivan was tripped up from behind on a shorthanded rush and was awarded a penalty shot at 16:50. Sullivan (3rd) skated straight up the middle and snapped the puck past the glove hand of McKenna for a 4-2 Sharks lead after two periods.
Nathan Moon (4th)scored a late power play goal at 19:03 of the third period to seal the Sharks road win by the count of 5-2.
The Sharks record improves to 13-6-3-3 with 32 points through 25 games and now 6-1-3-2 on the road.
Notes: FIVE GUYS BURGERS Three Stars: 3rd Star: Mike Bartlett (1-0-1) 2nd star: Sean Sullivan (1-1-2) 1st star: Tommy Wingels (GWG, Assist)... Final shots were 39-33 in favor of Worcester... Mike McKenna made 34 saves on 39 shots for Binghamton; Tyson Sexsmith made 31 saves on 33 shots for Worcester...Worcester went 1-for-4 on the power play while Binghamton went 1-for-4... Cam MacIntyre (inj), Mike Connolly (inj), Brandon Mashinter (inj), Ben Guite (inj), Taylor Doherty (scr), and Antero Niittymaki (scr) did not dress for Worcester... with the one fight; Worcester now has 41 through 25 games this season, the most in the AHL... Benn Ferriero (3-4-7), John McCarthy (2-6-8), and Tommy Wingels (7-2-9) each have a five game point streak... the penalty shot goal by Sean Sullivan was the first road penalty shot score by Worcester in franchise history.
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