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Box Score

Sound Tigers' captain Mark Wotton tallied his first goal of the season in overtime to complete the team's come-from behind, 5-4 victory over the Lowell Devils. Patrick Davis and Alexander Vasyunov put the Devils up 2-0 early in the first period, but were unable to hang onto the lead as the Sound Tigers rattled off four straight tallies from Jesse Joensuu, Tyler Haskins, Mike Iggulden and Joe Callahan. Lowell would not go down without a fight as Davis and Vasyunov tied the scored at four with the third period still to play. Nathan Lawson, who came in relief of Sound Tigers starting goalie Peter Mannino in the middle frame, stopped all six shots he faced, opening the door for Wotton in the extra session. Kurtis McLean fired a shot on goal that Wotton was able to tip over the pad of Devils' starting net-minder Jeff Frazee to win the game for the Sound Tigers and give Lawson his first professional win. The Sound Tigers are now 9-3-0-1 and tied with the Hershey Bears for first place in the East Division with 19 points. Hershey is in town tomorrow evening at 4 p.m., as the two teams face-off for the first time this season.

The Devils put the Sound Tigers back on their heals early in the first period when Davis scored his fourth goal of the season just 2:10 into the game. Vladimir Zharkov and Jon DiSalvatore had the assists on the goal to give Lowell the 1-0 lead. It only took 1:14 for the Devils to take a 2-0 lead when Vasyunov walked out in front untouched from behind the net and chipped the puck past Mannino for his second tally of the season.

Joensuu would start the Sound Tigers' come-back attempt just over a minute later when his initial shot on Frazee from the slot was stopped, but the rebound squirted behind him. As Joensuu fought through a check, he saw the puck and pounded it into the open net to cut the lead to 2-1 in favor of the Devils. Haskins and Wotton assisted on Joensuu's fourth marker this season. Before the opening frame would expire, Haskins would even the score at 2-2. Chris Lee sent a dump into the left wing corner where Sean Bentivoglio dug the puck out. Bentivoglio timed his skate from the corner to the side of the net and found Haskins in the slot with a pass where he wristed the puck under Frazee for his third goal of the season.

The Sound Tigers would continue to pour on the pressure when the team's leading scorer, Iggulden scored his seventh marker of the season. Jamie Fraser led the play out of the defensive zone, slapping a pass to the far blue-line where McLean was waiting. As Trevor Smith created space by driving the net, a lane opened for Iggulden in the slot. McLean saucered a pass to Iggulden in the high slot where he snapped the puck through Frazee giving the Sound Tigers the 3-2 lead. Callahan would double the Sound Tigers' lead over Lowell three minutes later when he leaned into a snap shot in the right circle and buried the puck over Frazee's shoulder for his first tally this season. Jeremy Colliton had the lone assist on the goal.

With the Devils reeling after surrendering four straight goals, Davis was able to pull them closer scoring his second goal of the game and fifth on the year. Former Sound Tiger, Matthew Spiller had the initial assist on the goal and Tyler Eckford also had a helper making the score 4-3. Vasyunov would tie the score at four with his second goal of the game and third this season coming at 13:23 of the second period. Chad Wiseman and Eckford had the assists.

Lawson would only face four shots in the final period of regulation but was able to stop them all as did Frazee, who turned aside 10 in the third.

As the overtime began, the Sound Tigers were sending the puck deep into the zone and pressuring the Devils' defensemen. Fraser sent the puck deep into the Lowell zone where Colliton beat a man to the puck and fed a pass to McLean at the top of the circle. McLean fired a slap shot on goal that Wotton tipped as he skated past Frazee to clinch the win for the Sound Tigers 5-.4.

Lawson earned the win, his first in the AHL, stopping all six shots he face while Frazee suffered the loss making 28 saves on 33 shots. Mannino who was replaced in the middle frame had 10 saves on 14 shots. The Sound Tigers were 0-for-4 on the power-play and 3-for-3 on the penalty-kill.

Tomorrow night, the Sound Tigers will take on the Bears at 4 p.m. Both teams are currently tied for first place in the East Division with 19 points.

3 Stars:

1. Kurtis McLean - 2 assists
2. Alexander Vasyunov - 2 goals
3. Tyler Haskins - 1 goal and 1 assist
Honorable Mention: Mark Wotton - McLean was initially credited with the game-winner making him the 1st star but replays showed Wotton tipped the puck to give him the game-winner. Wotton also had an assist in the game.

Green or Blue: Nathan Lawson replaced Sound Tigers' starting goalie, Peter Mannino in the second period and showed how solid the organization's goaltending is. Yann Danis was the Sound Tigers' starting goalie at the start of the season, but due to Rick DiPietro's injury, was recalled by the Islanders making Mannino the starter. Mannino has been on a tear as of late but got off to a rocky start tonight. His teammates bailed him out of the loss column and behind Lawson's play in the second half of the game, the Sound Tigers were able to pull out the win. Lawson came to the Sound Tigers after starting the season with the organization's ECHL affiliate, the Utah Grizzlies. When Danis joined the Islanders Mannino became the starter and Lawson, the new backup. Lawson changed his pads from Utah green to Sound Tiger blue this week and received a new helmet today so that all of his equipment is matching the team's colors.

Game Ops: During both of tonight's intermissions, the Greenwich Skating Club took part in mini-games. Also, the Milford Elk's Pop Warner Cheerleaders were in attendance, raising money for their trip to Disney World in the coming months.

The Rotation: Andrew MacDonald was the odd man out tonight in the Sound Tigers' defense rotation. A big difference in the attitude of the team that differs from last season is that no player is upset when their turn comes to sit. They take it in stride, rest and make sure that they are ready to play in their next opportunity. For MacDonald, who leads the team's defensemen in scoring, that game comes tomorrow in the biggest match-up this year for the Sound Tigers, against the Hershey Bears.

LINEUPS

SOUND TIGERS

Forwards
23 Trevor Smith - 71 Kurtis McLean - 37 Mike Iggulden
21 Jeremy Colliton - 9 Ben Walter - 57 Blake Comeau
14 Sean Bentivoglio - 10 Tyler Haskins - 6 Jesse Joensuu
17 Jason Pitton - 8 Tomas Marcinko - 29 Mitch Fritz

Defensemen
38 Jack Hillen - 25 Joe Callahan
24 Chris Lee - 3 Jamie Fraser
5 Dustin Kohn - 4 Mark Wotton

Goalies
1 Peter Mannino (starter)
52 Nathan Lawson

DEVILS

Forwards
15 Chad Wiseman - 21 Pascal Rheaume - 9 Alexander Vasyunov
20 Ryan Murphy - 23 Michael Swift - 10 Barry Tallackson
17 Vladimir Zharkov - 14 Jon DiSalvatore - 25 Patrick Davis
29 Rosario Ruggeri - 16 Benoit Mondou - 36 Thomas Harrison

Defensemen
5 Matthew Spiller - 7 Tyler Eckford
6 Mark Fraser - 26 Olivier Magnan
2 Jay Leach - 8 Matthew Corrente

Goalies
31 Jeff Frazee (starter)
1 Dave Caruso

Contributions from Pat Luongo