Mike McKenna made 28 saves for the Portland Pirates and became the franchise’s all-time wins leader in a 6-1 victory over the Springfield Falcons on Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena.

McKenna now has 80 career victories for the Pirates, breaking the record by Martin Brochu, who won 79 games with a Pirates from 1995-2000.

Chase Balisy opened the scoring 1:46 into the game and finished with two goals and one assist for the Pirates, who led 3-1 at the end of the first period.

Wayne Simpson added a goal and two assists for the Pirates, and Michael Matheson collected one goal and one assist.


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