Boston Sports Then and Now

Couture potted his team leading 8th and 9th goals last night.

Logan Couture scored his team leading 8^th and 9^th goals, including his league leading 6^th game winning goal of the season as the Sharks won their 6^th straight game in a 4-2 win over the Falcons at the Mass Mutual Center on Friday night.

Worcester’s Alex Stalock made 20 saves and Benn Ferriero added a goal and an assist as the Sharks defeated the Falcons for the 4^th straight time this season.

Benn Ferreiro (2^nd goal) gave Worcester a 1-0 lead after he pounced on a loose puck in front and fired it past Andrew Perugini at 11:34.  The goal was the result of a great rush by Steven Zalewski and Danny Groulx, but it was Ferreiro that cashed in with an unassisted goal.

Nick Petrecki and Theo Peckham dropped the gloves, helmets, and sticks at 13:34 and picked up fighting majors.  The fight stemmed back to a late hit by Peckham on Petrecki on November 25^th.

The Sharks led 1-0 after twenty minutes outshooting the Falcons 13-7.

The Sharks took a 2-0 lead after Dwight Helminen’s (4^th goal) shot from a tough angle 45 feet  away broke off the glove of Perugini and into the net.  Dennis McCauley and Kevin Henderson received assists on the play.  On the power play, Logan Couture (8^th goal) gave Worcester a 3-0 lead after his shot from the left circle snuck through the pads of the rookie netminder at 9:51.  Read the rest of this entry →

The Lowell Devils beat the Worcester Sharks 7-3 during a Veteran’s day matinee showing at the DCU Center on Wednesday. Frazer McLaren scored his first goal of the season, while Logan Couture extended his point streak to six games with a goal and two assists (5-8-13) and is now tied for first in points among rookies in the AHL.

Down two men on the power play, Worcester couldn’t hold off Lowell’s Matt Taormina who scored at 6:56 in the first. At 7:39, Nathan Perkovich took advantage of the power play again to put Lowell up 2-0.

The Sharks fought back at 17:33 when Brandon Mashinter grabbed a pass from Logan Couture at the top of the circle and scored on Jeff Frazee, bringing the score to 2-1. Read the rest of this entry →

Logan Couture's OT Goal was all the Sharks would need

Logan Couture’s overtime goal tallies another win for Worcester and Alex Stalock made 18 saves in net for his first professional shutout in front of 3,222 at the DCU Center on Saturday night.

The Sharks set the tone of the game early, coming out aggressiveve and attacking with high energy. At around seven minutes into the first period, Sharks defenseman Joe Loprieno took charge behind Stalock and made a block that could’ve proved costly for Worcester.

With a season-high 17 shots on goal by Worcester and six shots by Springfield, the first period proved to be a contest of the goalies. Worcester’s Alex Stalock and Springfield’s Devan Dubnyk held the score at 0-0 at the end of the first period.

The second period remained a deadlock. Despite many calculated passes and shots by Worcester, none made it past Falcons’ Dubnyk. Worcester held Springfield to a mere four additional shots on goal, thanks largely to the veteran defensive leadership of Danny Groulx, Joe Callahan, and Derek Joslin Read the rest of this entry →