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DIDIER’S TWO GOALS NOT ENOUGH AS P-BRUINS FALL TO WOLF PACK

Apr 8, 2023

Providence, RI -  Captain Josiah Didier’s two goals on his 30th birthday were not enough as the Providence Bruins fell to the Hartford Wolf Pack 4-3 on Saturday night at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. Luke Toporowski potted the other goal for the P-Bruins. 

 

How It Happened

  • On a 2-on-1, Zac Jones fed the puck across the ice to Turner Elson for a one-timer at the right post, giving Hartford a 1-0 lead 2:42 into the game. 
  • Didier’s one-timer from the point zipped through traffic and past the blocker of the goaltender, tying the game at 1-1 with 13:30 remaining in the first period. Eduards Tralmaks and Mason Lohrei received assists on the goal. 
  • Toporowski caught a pass heading into the offensive zone, skated it down to the left circle, and fired a wrist shot inside the far post, giving the P-Bruins a 2-1 lead with 9:06 left in the first period. Justin Brazeau and Anton Stralman were credited with assists on the tally. 
  • Elson found a rebound above the blue paint off Karl Henriksson’s shot from the right circle and flipped it into the back of the net, tying the game at 2-2 with 3:13 to play in the first period. 
  • Tim Gettinger warped the puck around the right side of the net, sending a shot off the goaltender’s pads that rebounded to Ryan Carpenter above the crease, where he flipped it across the goal line to give Hartford a 3-2 lead with 13:58 left in the second period.
  • After goaltender Kyle Keyser made multiple incredible sprawling saves, Libor Hajek put home a rebound along the ice from the bottom of the left circle to extend the Hartford lead to 4-2 just 2:21 into the third period. 
  • Dan Renouf slid the puck across the blue line to the right point for Didier, who zipped a wrist shot along the ice and under the pads of the goaltender, cutting the Wolf Pack lead to 4-3 with 11:27 left in the third period. Chris Wagner was credited with an assist as well. 
  • Tanner Fritz scored the empty net goal with 25.8 seconds remaining.

 

Stats

  • Didier posted the first multi-goal game of his professional career.   
  • Lohrei’s assist on Didier’s first goal was good for his first professional point. 
  • Keyser stopped 10 of 14 shots faced. The P-Bruins totaled 38 shots. 
  • The Providence power play went 0-for-3, and the penalty kill was 1-for-1.

 

Next Game

The P-Bruins travel to Springfield to take on the Thunderbirds on Friday, April 14 at the MassMutual Center. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. ET.

 

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