WBS Penguins Fall Into A First Place Tie With Norfolk
By: Mike O'Brien
Updated: November 30, 2011
Norfolk rookie Cory Conacher tallied a pair of goals on the man-advantage to help the Admirals down the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 5-2, on Tuesday at the Norfolk Scope. The loss wrapped up a 6-4-0-3 month of November for the Penguins and allowed the Admirals to pull into a tie for first place in the East Division.
The score was level at 2-2 in the middle period when back-to-back Penguins penalties gave the Admirals a 5-on-3 advantage. They would make the most of their chance with Conacher firing home a cross zone feed at 13:56 that put Norfolk on top.
Conacher added another power play tally and lifted Norfolk to a 4-2 lead at 8:25 of the third with a wrist shot from the hash marks that snuck inside the near post. Norfolk was 2-for-7 on power play opportunities.
Trevor Smith completed the scoring with an empty-netter late in regulation. Scott Munroe finished with 26 saves on 30 shots as his record went to 2-2-2.
The Penguins opened the scoring at 15:36 of the first on a power play opportunity as Nick Petersen left a drop pass that Niko Dimitrakos blasted past Dustin Tokarski to make the score 1-0.
Mike Angelidis tied things up with 1:21 until the intermission as he was the recipient of a faceoff win and a backdoor pass that he knocked over the blocker of Munroe.
Norfolk took its first lead of the match at the 10:31 mark of the second as a scrum in front the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton net pushed the goaltender and the puck across the goal line. Blair Jones was given credit for the goal.
Twenty-two seconds later, Ben Street pulled the Penguins even with a soft wrist shot that ticked off a stick and fluttered through the pads of Tokarski. It was his sixth tally of the season.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins return to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on Friday, December 2 to take on the Portland Pirates at 7:05 PM.
