You fear Matt Smaby [5].
WBS-3
NOR-4 (OT)
Karri Ramo [6] allowed 3 goals on 23 shots before being pulled in favor of Mike McKenna [7] who stopped 4 of 4 shots the rest of the way for the win.
First Period
NOR Konopka, (7) (Bochenski, Smaby), 4:33
WBS Letestu, (1) (Stone, Thomas), 7:52
Second Period
WBS Caputi, (4) (Richmond, Jeffrey), 8:33
WBS Mormina, (1) (Taffe, Minard), 15:14
Third Period
NOR Bochenski, (9) (Heward, Konopka), 1:29 (PP)
NOR Szczechura, (11) (Ward, Segal), 14:54
Overtime
NOR Smaby, (2) (Rogers, Segal), 2:13
Smaby and Brandon Bochenski [8] were the game's first and second stars.
Kudos to Darren Rumble for shaming his team by pulling Ramo after the second period. Norfolk responded by outshooting the Penguins 22-4 the rest of the way and tallying three unanswered goals to finish their home stand at 2-1-0.
Matt Smaby has 2 goals and 3 points in his last two games, sandwiched with a Turkey Day trip home to Minnesota. You get the feeling he, like several of his Admirals prospect teammates, is starting to turn the corner and line up for a callup and a real shot at the NHL later this season.
Box score [9] from TheAHL.com.