Dan Girardi #48
The Hartford Wolf Pack were defeated by the Portland Pirates in overtime on Sunday night, 5-4, losing their Atlantic Division Finals series to Portland in six games. Pierre Parenteau's power-play goal at 3:06 of overtime-- his second goal of the game-- was the blow that brought about the end of Hartford's '05-'06 season.
Hartford came close to forcing a Game Seven at home, taking leads of 2-1 and 4-3 in this game, but ultimately couldn't hold on, as Garrett Bembridge tied the score for Portland both times the Pirates found themselves trailing in this game. It was Bembridge's goal at 1:10 of the third period that tied the game at 4-4 and sent the game into overtime. Portland held almost all of the momentum in the third period, receiving four power plays (including two in the final 6 minutes of regulation) in the third period to Hartford's none, outshooting Hartford in the period, 10-4.
Chris Holt knocks the puck away from Bobby Ryan
What seems like ages since the Wolf Pack's last home game will now actually end up being all summer. Each of the last four games of the series with the Pirates were played on the road in Portland, making it almost as if the team dissapeared into the Maine woods a week-and-a-half ago and never came back. About all there is left for Connecticut hockey fans (or even Southern New England hockey fans, for that matter) is to root for the Danbury Trashers, who lead the Muskegon Fury in the U-Haul League semi-finals, 3 games to 2.
Lauri Korpikoski checks Shane O'Brien
Portland will now move on to face the Hershey Bears in the AHL Eastern Conference Finals.
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