Falcons Fall in Shootout to Monarchs

Springfield came into last nights game in first place in the Eastern Conference and second in the entire AHL, this is the Falcons best start in Franchise history. The Falcons would strike first with a goal less than 10 minutes into the first period. Manchester would then respond with 3 unanswered goals in the first period. The Falcons would respond midway through the second period with a goal to make it a 1 goal game. Then late in the 3rd period the Falcons would score again with only minutes remaining on a goal by Cam Atkinson. That would send the game into overtime. With no goals coming in the overtime period the game would go to a shootout. The Falcons would shoot first, Atkinson was the first shooter, he would not score then Manchester would score with both their first and second shooters, Springfield would not score until Nick Drazenovic scored in the third round of the shootout, Manchester would then miss out on a chance to end the shootout and have to go another round and Manchester would end the game there.

NHL Cancels Winter Classic and Games Through Nov 30

The NHL has now cancelled all games in the NHL Season through November 30 and more recently the 2013 NHL Winter Classic, which was scheduled to be in Detroit, where the Detroit Red Wings would host the Toronto Maple Leafs, at "The Big House". The next thing in line to cancel is the NHL All Star Game, which is scheduled to take place in Columbus at Nationwide Arena, the weekend of January 26-29.