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Geoff Kinrade(7) is mugged by his teammates after scoring the game 6 winning goal in double overtime at the Verizon Wireless to give the Senators the 3-3 series tie.
the number 7 on Kinrade‘s helmet is the only indication of who Erik Condra(11), Patrick Wiercioch(17), Jim O’Brien(19) and Kaspars Daugavins(26) have surrounded.
Monarchs‘ resident hothead Richard Clune(17) is restrained from a potential “situation” with a Senators‘ player in game 6. Big surprise there.
Undrafted 2nd year Binghamton Senators defenseman Geoff Kinrade(7) got the game 6 winning goal in double overtime at the Verizon on Friday night forcing a series deciding game 7.
The goal was his first ever in the playoffs.
Looks who’s back in net for the Flyers, Michael Leighton(39). We called it on April 4 in our post.
He was summoned to stop the bleeding in game 5 of the series and blocked every shot except for the overtime game-winner. He’s likely to get the start in game 6.
If the Flyers pull back to win the series vs. the Sabres (currently 3-2 Buffalo) he’ll be hailed the Broad Street Playoff messiah.
Undrafted Northeastern University forward Tyler McNeely(14) signed a one-year two-way contract with New York Islanders for the 2011/2012 season.
He played in the last 11 AHL regular season games with Bridgeport Sound Tigers and notched 11 points (5 goals, 6 assists) in 10 games.
No one looks like he’s out there working harder each game than Connecticut Whale‘s Kris Newbury(11).
He also takes every situation personally and often gets heated about it resulting in a fight.
He’s a goal scorer too though and was basically a point per game guy in the AHL this season.
Just got his first two of the postseason tonight in the game 5 loss to Portland.
Series 3-2 Pirates.
Ottawa‘s 3rd round pick (#91 overall) in the 2006 draft, Kaspars Daugavins(26) scored the game 5 winning goal in OT to keep the AHL “Atlantic Division” Semi-Finals alive for Binghamton down 3-2 sending it back to Manchester for games 6 and 7, if necessary.
5th year pro was signed at the beginning of the year by Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL but has spent the 2nd half of the season with Connecticut, the team he played full-time with in ’09/’10.
He got his 1st AHL postseason goal, the game-winner, in game 3 of the Atlantic Division Semi-Final round vs. Portland last Sunday at the XL.
A veteran of more than 200 NHL games, Matt Ellis(37) has spent most of this season as team captain with Portland.
He was up with Buffalo for the end of the regular season but sent down again where he should help with the Pirates‘ Calder Cup run.
The Pirates Calder Cup playoff run (for the moment) rests on goalie David Leggio(33), who is playing his first full season in the AHL. He went 22-12 with a 2.80 GAA and .911 SV% this year.
It’s doubtful that #1 goalie Jhonas Enroth(1) will be back until the Sabres are eliminated, which will last at least through the first round vs. CT Whale.
