BEAUDOIN SCORES THREE POINTS FOR WOLF PACK IN AHL DEBUT
COLE BEAUDOIN SCORES THREE POINTS IN AHL DEBUT AS WOLF PACK DOWN PHANTOMS 5-2
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
ALLENTOWN, PA – The Hartford Wolf Pack scored four unanswered goals on Saturday night to down the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5-2 in their season opener at the PPL Center.
The Phantoms jumped out to a lead 5:32 into the hockey game when Jacob Gaucher potted the first goal of the season for either club. On the power play, Jack Studnicka sent a pass down the right-wing side to Ilya Pautov.
Pautov poked the puck on net, but Gabriel Carriere denied it. The rebound came right to Gaucher, and he backhanded it home to make it 1-0.
The Wolf Pack pressed and tied the game at 11:34 with their first goal of the season. Moments after Urho Vaakanainen rang the crossbar, Taylor Raddysh lit the lamp.
Raddysh took a pass from Cole Beaudoin in the slot and ripped home the equalizer. It was his first goal as a member of the Wolf Pack.
Gaucher restored the lead just 1:39 into the middle period. The veteran forward walked down the left wing of the offensive zone and ripped a shot past Carriere to make it 2-1. The goal was the Phantoms’ first five-on-five tally of the season.
The Wolf Pack’s second power play of the season midway through the period would help provide the equalizer.
Marc Del Gaizo took a cross-ice pass from Liam Greentree and fired a shot from the left-wing side. The puck bounced off a Phantom and came right to Juuso Pärssinen. Pärssinen beat a diving Alexei Kolosov for his first goal of the season at 10:05.
Pärssinen set up the eventual game-winning goal off a turnover 5:03 into the third period. After gaining possession on the right-wing side, Pärssinen fired a pass into the left-wing circle for Lucas Vanroboys.
Vanroboys stepped into a blast that beat Kolosov to make it 3-2.
Beaudoin then extended the lead to 4-2 at 8:23 with his first career goal. Beaudoin ripped a shot by Kolosov that clipped the iron and found the back of the net.
Vincent Iorio hit the empty net at 18:07, making it 5-2 and cementing the victory.
Carriere collected his first win as a member of the Wolf Pack, making 27 saves.
The Wolf Pack continue their three-game road trip tomorrow when they visit the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The puck drops at 5:05 p.m., with coverage available on AHLTV on FloHockey.
The Pack returns to PeoplesBank Arena on Saturday, Oct. 10, for the annual home opener. The puck drops at 6:00 p.m. as the Wolf Pack welcome the Penguins to town.
Tickets are available at hartfordwolfpack.com.
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