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Enroth stops 44, Kennedy's streak ends in loss

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Kris Baker
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Jhonas Enroth made a career best 44 saves, yet gave up two goals in the shootout as Portland lost 3-2 at Albany. The Pirates welcomed rookie all-star Nathan Gerbe back to the lineup after the forward missed seven games due to injury.

Mark Mancari scored his 19th of the year on the power play, with assists going to Gerbe and Marc-Andre Gragnani. Gragnani faked a shot and whisked the puck to Mancari who ripped a beam under the crossbar. Marek Zagrapan assisted on the first Portland goal by Colton Fretter at 1:48 of the second period.

Mancari, Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, and Tyler Bouck all struck out in the breakaway round. Kennedy saw his five-game point streak snapped in the loss, while Dylan Hunter missed the game with a bug.

Line combos:

Mathieu Darche-Tim Kennedy-Mark Mancari
Nathan Gerbe-Marek Zagrapan-Colton Fretter
Aaron Slattengren-Derek Whitmore-Jimmy Bonneau
Felix Schutz-Tyler Bouck-Kyle Rank.

Defense pairings: Marc-Andre Gragnani-Mike Kostka
Kenny Macaulay-Matt MacDonald
Cliff Loya-Zach Tarkir.

The Rundown:
Mancari: 1G, -1
Gerbe: 1A, 2 SOG
Zagrapan: 1A, +1, 4 PIM
Gragnani: 1A, 2 SOG
Kennedy: -1, 4 SOG
Whitmore: 1 SOG
Kostka: even
Enroth: 44 saves, L

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3 responses to “Enroth stops 44, Kennedy's streak ends in loss”

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    Anonymous

    where was Mike Card or is he injured again??

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    Anonymous

    Card is out with another concussion suffered on Jan. 19th. It’s not looking too good at this point. He was out with a concussion twice last year, and again earlier this season. He only lasted six games before getting another.

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    Anonymous

    thanks, yeah, he has suffered a couple bad concussions…doubt that buffalo (if anyone?) will sign him again. Too bad in jr. it sure looked like he had a good chance of ‘making it’.

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