Busy Pirates halt skid at four with big win over the Falcons
The Portland Pirates dropped a second straight at home to the Utica Comets on Saturday night before breaking out big time in a 6-2 win over the Falcons in Springfield on Sunday to finally end a four-game losing streak.
Utica 6, Portland 3
Travis Ehrhardt scored two goals, including the eventual game-winning shorthanded tally, and added two assists to power the Comets to the back-to-back sweep of the Pirates. Ashton Sautner, Nicklas Jensen (PPG), Mike Zalewski and Alex Friesen (ENG) were the other goal-scorers for Utica.