PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates (30-22-3-1) beat the Springfield Falcons (32-20-6-0) by a score of 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena in American Hockey League action.
The game got off to a slow start, but the heat intensified in the second period. Justin Hodgman lit the lamp for the first time of the afternoon at 8:01, assisted by Brendan Shinnimin and Jordan Szwarz to give the Pirates a short-lived 1-0 lead.
Not too long after that the Falcons tied it up at 9:49 with an unassisted goal from Mike Hoeffel.
But, Jordan Martinook scored the go-ahead at 13:12, assisted by Philip Samuelsson and Dylan Reese to stake the Pirates to a 2-1 lead.
Portland goalie Mike McKenna (20-14-2) faced 33 shots from Springfield, saving 32 of them. Falcons netminder Anton Forsburg (20-8-1) stopped 18 of 20 Pirates shots.
The Pirates hit the road this upcoming weekend, visiting Syracuse at 7 p.m. on Friday, Lehigh Valley on Saturday at 7:05 p.m., and Hershey on Sunday at 5 p.m. The Pirates return home to take on the Norfolk Admirals March 13-14.
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