Generous Nets First Professional Goal
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PORTLAND, Maine - Matt Generous and Drew Schiestel scored their
first career goals to lead the Portland Pirates to a 4-2 win over
the Norfolk Admirals in an American Hockey League game played
Saturday in front of 3,819 at the Cumberland County Civic
Center.
Felix Schutz, with his first of the season, and Cody McCormick
also scored for the Pirates, who posted their third straight win to
improve to 9-10-2-0 on the season. The Pirates completed a stretch
of seven games in 11 days capturing 10 of a possible 14 points.
Justin Keller and Mitch Fritz scored for the Admirals, who dropped
to 10-10-1-0 with the loss.
The two teams were tied at one after one. Generous and Schiestel
scored within 42 seconds of one another to lift the Pirates into a
3-1 lead early in the second. Frtiz struck before the end of the
second to make it a one-goal game heading into the third. It
remained that way until McCormick hit the empty net with 62 seconds
left in regulation.
The Admirals out shot the Pirates 25-23 in the game as JP
Lamoureux posted the win.
The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were 1. Schutz;
2. Schiestel and 3. Generous.
