Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mancari, Zagrapan score as Pirates come up short
Mark Mancari and Marek Zagrapan scored for Portland in their 3-2 loss to Manchester. The goals brought the Pirates back after trailing 2-0, but the Monarchs secured the W with a Scott Parse tally with less than 4:00 to play.
Portland was playing without Tim Kennedy, Chris Butler, and Nathan Gerbe (IR) who are all up with Buffalo.
Mancari pounded a one-timer while on a 5-3 advantage with help from Felix Schutz and Marc-Andre Gragnani before executing a nice give-and-go with Zagrapan for the other Portland goal.
Jhonas Enroth made 29 saves to move to 10-5-2 on the year.
The Rundown:
Mancari: 1G, 1A, 3 SOG
Zagrapan: 1G, -1, 4 SOG
Schutz: 1A
Gragnani: 1A, -1, 3 SOG
Kostka: -1
Whitmore: 3 SOG
Weber: -2
Hunter: -1
Enroth: 29 saves