RECAP : Growlers Fall 7-5 to the Beast

Brampton Beast (2-2-0-0) at Newfoundland Growlers (3-2-0-0)Saturday, October 19th – Mile One Centre – St. John’s, NL Goal Summary

V-H	#	Per	Team	Time	Goals	Assists	Type
0 - 1	1	1st	NFL	3:09	B. Ferguson (3)	S. Pooley
1 - 1	2	1st	BRM	11:36	F. Beauchemin (1)	C. Clapperton, T. Bourque
1 - 2	3	1st	NFL	13:06	J. Brazeau (2)	R. Woods, C. Conrad
2 - 2	4	1st	BRM	18:15	D. Vallorani (1)	M. Gendron, M. Petgrave	SH
2 - 3	5	2nd	NFL	1:40	R. Woods (2)	M. Hollowell
3 - 3	6	2nd	BRM	8:54	C. Martenet (1)	D. Vallorani
4 - 3	7	2nd	BRM	10:00	A. Sturtz (1)	N. Todd, M. Petgrave	SH
4 - 4	8	2nd	NFL	17:30	G. Estephan (4)	B. Ferguson, T. Bradley	PP
4 - 5	9	3rd	NFL	2:20	G. Estephan (5)	M. Hollowell, T. Bradley	PP
5 - 5	10	3rd	BRM	7:26	F. Beauchemin (2)
6 - 5	11	3rd	BRM	12:04	N. Todd (3)	T. Melancon, L. Sparks
7 - 5	12	3rd	BRM	19:38	M. Petgrave (1)

Game Story The Newfoundland Growlers saw their winning streak end at three games as they suffered a 7-5 defeat to the Brampton Beast Saturday night at Mile One Centre. Brady Ferguson opened the scoring at 3:09 of the first period after taking a nice pass from Scott Pooley to spring a partial breakaway and squeaked it past Alex Dubeau to give the Growlers an early 1-0 lead. Francois Beauchemin tied the game after re-directing a Nathan Todd shot behind Patrick Munson at 11:36 of the first period, but Justin Brazeau needed only a minute and a half to slap home a big rebound and re-store the Growlers lead. The back-and-forth opening period continued when David Vallorani made good on a shorthanded breakaway with 1:45 to play in the first, making it a 2-2 game. Riley Woods pulled the Growlers ahead once again beating Dubeau blocker side on a two-on-one rush for a 3-2 lead just 1:40 into the second period, but Brampton replied once again as Chris Martenet’s point blast trickled past Munson at the 8:54 mark for a 3-3 game. The Beast took their first lead of the game at the mid-way mark of the second period as Andrew Sturtz capitalized on a shorthanded breakaway, giving the visitors their second shorthanded goal of the game. Giorgio Estephan responded with 2:30 remaining in the second period after going hard to the net and banging a loose puck in the Beast net on the powerplay to extend his point streak to five games, and for a 4-4 game after 40 minutes Giorgio Estephan re-stored the Growlers lead 2:20 into the third period, firing home his second powerplay goal of the game and giving the Growlers a 5-4 lead, but five minutes later Francois Beauchemin netted his second of the game to tie the game once again at 5-5. Nathan Todd gave Brampton their second lead of the game after batting a loose puck behind Munson for a 6-5 game. Head Coach John Snowden pulled Patrick Munson with 2:15 remaining in the third period for an extra attacker, but the gamble didn’t pay off as Matt Petgrave fired the puck into an empty cage for a 7-5 final score. Quick Hits

Zach O’Brien was recalled to the Toronto Marlies prior to puckdrop
Matt Bradley wore an “A”
The three stars were 3 – M. Hollowell (NFL), 2 – T. Bradley (NFL) and 1 – T. Melancon (BRM)

What’s Next?The Newfoundland Growlers embark on a five-game road trip beginning Friday night against the Maine Mariners, ECHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. Puck drop is 8:45 p.m. Newfoundland time. Fans can tune in to Chris Ballard’s call of the game at mixlr.com/nlgrowlers.