Providence, RI, January 20, 2013 – David Warsofsky had a goal and an assist Sunday for the Providence Bruins, who outshot the Connecticut Whale 38-15 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence on the way to a 4-1 win.

J.T. Miller scored the only Whale goal.  Ryan Spooner and Justin Florek had two assists each for the Bruins.

The Whale led for much of the first period, after Miller scored on Connecticut’s first shot of the game at 4:26.  After Sean Collins lost the puck in the left-wing corner, Brandon Mashinter was able to get it to Miller between the hash marks, and Miller buried a slap shot behind Bruin goaltender Niklas Svedberg (14 saves).  Mashinter picked up his first point in three games with the Whale with the lone assist on the goal.

Providence responded, though, with two goals in a span of 1:25 late in the period.

Bruin goal-scoring leader Jamie Tardif got his 18^th of the year at 16:32.  Spooner found Tardif  unchecked in front of the Whale net, and Tardif pounded a high shot past Whale netminder Jason Missiaen (34 saves).

Then, at 17:57, Warsofsky gave Providence a 2-1 lead with a long snapshot from the middle of the blue line that went through a screen and past Missiaen.

The only goal of the second period was a Bruin power-play score at 7:34.  With Kris Newbury in the penalty box for interference, Warsofsky fed a pass from right to left across the slot, and Carter Camper’s quick shot eluded Missiaen’s diving save attempt.

Providence then put it away with a Kyle MacKinnon goal with 5:11 left in the third.  Graham Mink passed the puck from behind the net to MacKinnon in the slot, and Missiaen had no chance on MacKinnon’s quick shot.

Sunday’s game was the last of six straight on the road for the Whale, who will start a run of six straight and ten out of 12 at home this Wednesday, January 23, with a 7:00 game against the Adirondack Phantoms at the XL Center.  For that and all Whale home games, tickets start as low as $10 each ($12 each when tickets are purchased on the day of the game), at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, through TicketMaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

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Connecticut Whale 1 at Providence Bruins 4
Sunday, January 20, 2013 – Dunkin' Donuts Center

Connecticut 1 0 0 – 1
Providence 2 1 1 – 4

1st Period-1, Connecticut, Miller 7 (Mashinter), 4:26. 2, Providence, Tardif 18 (Spooner, Florek), 16:32. 3, Providence, Warsofsky 3 (Spooner, Bartkowski), 17:57. Penalties-Vernace Ct (interference), 12:29; Mink Pro (hooking), 12:33.

2nd Period-4, Providence, Camper 4 (Warsofsky, Florek), 7:34 (PP). Penalties-Wilson Ct (interference, fighting), 2:26; Randell Pro (fighting), 2:26; Newbury Ct (interference), 6:15; McIlrath Ct (fighting), 9:36; Robins Pro (fighting), 9:36; Hanson Pro (hooking), 18:54.

3rd Period-5, Providence, MacKinnon 4 (Mink, Hanson), 14:49. Penalties-Bourque Ct (fighting), 2:44; Klassen Ct (fighting), 2:44; McIlrath Ct (roughing), 2:44; Button Pro (fighting), 2:44; Cross Pro (fighting), 2:44; Florek Pro (goaltender interference, roughing), 2:44; McIlrath Ct (roughing), 7:39; Hanson Pro (roughing), 7:39; Miller Pro (goaltender interference), 7:39; Haley Ct (cross-checking), 17:10; Button Pro (slashing), 19:55.

Shots on Goal-Connecticut 6-5-4-15. Providence 12-14-12-38.
Power Play Opportunities-Connecticut 0 / 5; Providence 1 / 4.
Goalies-Connecticut, Missiaen 4-4-1 (38 shots-34 saves). Providence, Svedberg 16-6-2 (15 shots-14 saves).
A-7,599
Referees-Geno Binda (22), Ryan Murphy (5).
Linesmen-Bob Bernard (42), Jack Millea (23).

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Portland, ME, January 19, 2013 – Chad Kolarik and Kris Newbury had a goal and an assist apiece, and Jason Missiaen made 32 saves, to lead the Connecticut Whale to a 4-1 win over the Portland Pirates Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Three of the Whale’s goals were on special teams, as the power play was 2/3 and Connecticut also scored a shorthander.

“Huge bounce-back game, we needed those two points, especially after the loss (Friday) night (a 4-2 defeat in Springfield), where we didn’t play very well,” Kolarik said.  “We showed a lot of emotion tonight and we worked their defensemen down low, and the two power-play goals were huge for us, to get the power play going is good.”

The Whale started slowly in the game, as Portland got 11 of the first 13 shots, and the Pirates got on the scoreboard first at 8:49 of the opening period.

Brett Hextall fed a pass across the slot to Ethan Werek on the right-wing side, and Werek was able to cut in and put a shot over Missiaen’s stick-side shoulder.

The Whale replied on their first power play of the game at 13:38, as Newbury scored his fifth goal in three games.  Kolarik sent Newbury down the left side with a pass, and Newbury sent a perfectly-placed snapshot into the top corner on Pirate netminder Mark Visentin’s catching-glove side.

Connecticut then took its first lead of the game 1:21 into the second period, scoring on a four-on-three power-play.

Logan Pyett sent a feed from the blue line to Newbury, stationed in the right-wing circle, and Newbury one-touched it to the front of the net to Kolarik, who deflected it perfectly through Visentin (21 saves).  The goal was Kolarik’s team-high 16^th of the season.

Shayne Wiebe scored his first career AHL goal, a shorthander, at 4:32 of the third period to make it a 3-1 Whale lead.  A Portland pass got through defenseman Michael Stone near the blue line, and Wiebe beat Visentin to it at the bottom of the left faceoff circle and flicked it into the far side of the net.

The shorthanded goal was the Whale’s third in two games in Portland on the week, as the Connecticut penalty-kill scored twice in a 6-1 win over the Pirates on Tuesday night.

Kelsey Tessier completed the scoring at 8:26, finishing a partial breakaway with a move to the backhand after taking a long feed from Blake Parlett.

The Whale are back in action Sunday, traveling to Providence for a 3:05 PM game against the Bruins.  All of the action of that game can be heard live on “Beethoven Radio” AM 1290 and on-line at www.ctwhale.com.  Video streaming is available at www.ahllive.com. 

Sunday’s game is the last of six straight on the road for the Whale, who will start a run of six straight and ten out of 12 at home this Wednesday, January 23, with a 7:00 game against the Adirondack Phantoms at the XL Center.  For that and all Whale home games, tickets start as low as $10 each ($12 each when tickets are purchased on the day of the game), at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, through TicketMaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

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Connecticut Whale 4 at Portland Pirates 1
Saturday, January 19, 2013 – Cumberland County Civic Center

Connecticut 1 1 2 – 4
Portland 1 0 0 – 1

1st Period-1, Portland, Werek 7 (Hextall, Dziurzynski), 8:49. 2, Connecticut, Newbury 15 (Kolarik, Parlett), 13:38 (PP). Penalties-Klassen Ct (boarding), 1:23; Newbury Ct (cross-checking), 5:01; Parlett Ct (elbowing), 5:01; Szwarz Por (goaltender interference), 11:59; Mashinter Ct (roughing), 20:00; Klinkhammer Por (cross-checking), 20:00.

2nd Period-3, Connecticut, Kolarik 16 (Newbury, Pyett), 1:21 (PP). Penalties-Conner Por (tripping), 0:40; McIlrath Ct (tripping), 2:49; Pyett Ct (interference), 12:26; Mashinter Ct (fighting), 16:08; Brown Por (fighting), 16:08.

3rd Period-4, Connecticut, Wiebe 1 4:32 (SH). 5, Connecticut, Tessier 6 (Parlett, Pyett), 8:26. Penalties-Haley Ct (boarding), 0:45; Parlett Ct (kneeing), 3:27; Shinnimin Por (boarding), 4:53; McIlrath Ct (roughing), 14:58; Hextall Por (roughing), 14:58.

Shots on Goal-Connecticut 8-10-7-25. Portland 13-9-11-33.
Power Play Opportunities-Connecticut 2 / 3; Portland 0 / 7.
Goalies-Connecticut, Missiaen 4-3-1 (33 shots-32 saves). Portland, Visentin 9-8-1 (25 shots-21 saves).
A-6,944
Referees-Dave Lewis (46).
Linesmen-Joe Andrews (32), Landon Bathe (80).