Admirals win the battle. War of attrition continues.
NOR-5
MAN-2
Norfolk Leads the Series 2-1
Dustin Tokarski [9] stopped 25 of 27 shots for the victory, including turning away 4 shorthanded breakaways. He was a difference maker tonight.
First Period
NOR Segal, (1) (Oberg, Killorn), 0:35
NOR Labrie, (1) (Smith, Conacher), 7:40
MCH Czarnik, (2) (Vey, Mullen), 11:06
Second Period
NOR Devos, (1) (Kostka, Smith), 4:31
MCH Legein, (2) (Vey, Kolomatis), 12:51
Third Period
NOR Picard, (4) (Conacher, Smith), 14:45 (PP)
NOR Segal, (2) (Killorn, Picard), 18:32 (EN)
Phillip-Michael Devos and Trevor Smith [10] were the game's first and second stars.
Brandon Segal [11] scored the game's opening goal, and then an empty netter to ensure that for Manchester the game was Out of Reach [12]. His linemate, Alex Killorn [13] has 4 points in his first 3 AHL playoff games.
Alexandre Picard [14], who only had 6 goals the entire regular season, has 4 goals in the first 3 games of the playoffs. Make it so, Number Nine.
Kidding aside, Mark Barberio [15] had to leave the game in the Third Period after a Stefan Legein boarding major. Possible concussion. Norfolk can't afford to let Manchester stick around in this series, because Manchester's managed to injure 2 of Norfolk's best players in the first 3 games of this series. Tyler Johnson [16] went out with the old upper-body injury in Game One. The playoffs are a war of attrition, and staying healthy is perhaps the biggest key to success for Norfolk. They need to put Manchester away in Game Four on Friday.
Box score [17] from TheAHL.com.