During the holiday trading period, the Lewiston Maineiacs officially split ties with disgruntled forward David Taylor.Taylor, who left the team the day after a 4-point night in a win over Halifax on Dec. 5, was flipped to Shawinigan in exchange for defenseman Guillaume Durand. Durand, 19, was taken off Shawinigan's roster earlier this season.
Taylor left to return to AAA hockey, and after leaving Lewiston, he told a French-language newspaper that he felt an anti-Quebec sentiment existed in the Maineiacs organization. Maineiacs head coach and general manager Ed Harding laughed at the notion, saying if anything, he was guilty of being hardest on American-born players on the team.
Taylor had 6-9--15 totals in 26 games with Lewiston this season. Durand notched 3 assists in a 4-game playoff exit at the hands of the Maineiacs last year.
LEWISTON 4, VICTORIAVILLE 2: Newcomer Pier-Olivier Morin was one of 4 different Lewiston goal-scorers on Sunday, as the Maineiacs won their 3rd straight heading into a 10-day Christmas break.
Stefano Giliati scored his 20th of the season, and Danick Paquette also scored as part of a 3-goal second period for Lewiston. Lucas LaBelle had the other Lewiston goal.
AHL
PORTLAND 1, SPRINGFIELD 0: Gerald Coleman made 25 saves to earn the shutout at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Sunday afternoon.
Ryan Carter's shorthanded goal, his 3rd goal of the season, came just over a minute into the third period and stood up as the game's only tally. Portland has now won 4 of its last 5 games.
HOCKEY EAST
No. 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2, MAINE 0: Bobby Butler scored early in the first period and Peter LeBlanc added an empty-netter for the Wildcats at the Whittemore Center.
Ben Bishop made 31 saves for Maine, which has won only 1 of its last 8 games (1-5-2).
No comments:
Post a Comment