The Adirondack Thunder beat the Manchester Monarchs 3-0 on Wednesday to punch their ticket into the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs, winning the series four games to one in front of a packed Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
The Thunder website reports the Thunder opened the scoring 6:30 into the game with Captain Peter MacArthur potting his second goal of the playoffs on a feed from Mitchell Heard in the corner to make it 1-0. The point tied MacArtur with teammate Greg Wolfe for the first in playoff scoring with 7 points.