Monarchs win

By Rich Hammond on April 20, 2007 8:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) |

John Zeiler scored with 48 seconds left in the second overtime and Manchester beat Worcester 4-3 to a take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series. Jason LaBarbera, in his first game back after a knee injury, made up for lost time as he saved 44 of 47 shots in 99 minutes, 12 seconds on the ice. The Monarchs also got goals from Tim Jackman, Patrick O'Sullivan and Matt Ryan. Oleg Tverdovsky had three assists, including one on the game winner. Game 3 is Saturday night in Worcester.

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Dee said:

Thanks Rich, we'll take any tidbits of info you happen across!

April 23, 2007 11:10 AM

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