Jan. 5 Springfield MA
SPRINGFIELD, MA -- Teams go through droughts of all sorts, and the Portland Pirates happen to be experienced a parched power play of late.
Pirates went 0-for-8 against Springfield's PK tonight, and now carry an 0-for-2008. More specifically, they've gone 0-for-25 on man up situations since Brendan Mikkelson scored against Tuukka Rask of Providence back on Dec. 29.
Asked Springfield coach Kelly Buchberger about containing Portland's power play, which had been the seventh best in the AHL. "In our own end, we've been okay," he said. "We've been reading their power play, but they've got some skilled players in Portland. Hats off to our PK tonight. On the five on three (which lasted 1:12 in the second period), you've got to be really sound, and you've got to keep your triangle really tight. If you're moving around and flopping around, it makes it easier for them to find openings. We just wanted to keep it simple."
Said Pirate center Petteri Wirtanen, "we were in a good run, but to keep it up, we've got to play better every night. There are no easy teams in this division."
Dan Hickling
in Hockey, Anaheim Ducks, Portland Pirates, American Hockey League
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