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Friday wrap: Teasdale powers Rocket to OT win | TheAHL.com

Friday wrap: Teasdale powers Rocket to OT win | TheAHL.com

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Here is a look at Friday’s action around the AHL:

LAVAL 3, HERSHEY 2 (OT)
Joël Teasdale completed his second career AHL hat trick with 1:07 to go in overtime as the Rocket erased a two-goal deficit and took down Eastern Conference leader Hershey at Place Bell. All three of Teasdale’s goals came on the power play; he had three power-play goals in 96 career AHL games entering the night. Anthony Richard and William Trudeau had two assists apiece for Laval, and Kevin Poulin made 25 saves to earn the win. Former Rocket netminder Zach Fucale finished with 39 saves for the Bears.

BRIDGEPORT 1, ROCHESTER 0 (OT)
Cory Schneider made 40 saves for his first shutout of the season and the 40th of his pro career (14 AHL, 26 NHL) and William Dufour scored 1:35 into overtime as the Islanders ended a nine-game home losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Amerks. It was the second game-winning goal this week for Dufour, who also made his NHL debut on Wednesday. Malcolm Subban had 26 saves for Rochester, which saw its five-game road winning streak end.

PROVIDENCE 5, HARTFORD 3
The Bruins scored three times in the third period to nail down a come-from-behind win over the Wolf Pack at XL Center, ending the hosts’ seven-game point streak. Luke Toporowski tied the game on a penalty shot at 4:56 of the third before Marc McLaughlin notched the game-winner with 3:14 remaining, capping a three-point night. Jakub Lauko, Vinni Lettieri and Oskar Steen rounded out Providence’s scoring, while Keith Kinkaid (20 saves) took the win against his former club. Will Cuylle scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season for Hartford.

SYRACUSE 2, UTICA 0
Max Lagace made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Crunch won their fifth game in a row. Gabriel Dumont and Jaydon Dureau scored and Alex Barré-Boulet notched two assists to become the Crunch franchise’s all-time leading scorer with 243 points, surpassing Brad Moran. Akira Schmid stopped 20 shots for the Comets, who have been outscored 20-5 in losing each of their first four meetings with Syracuse this season.

TORONTO 4, BELLEVILLE 3
Adam Gaudette and Kyle Clifford scored third-period goals to lift the Marlies to their seventh win in a row. Joseph Woll made 29 saves to remain perfect at 11-0-0 this season, while Alex Steeves and Logan Shaw provided Toronto’s other goals. Cole Reinhardt, Egor Sokolov and Jacob Larsson scored for the Senators, and Kevin Mandolese had 27…

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