Hartford, CT, October 7, 2012 – Chris Kreider’s hat trick led the Connecticut Whale to a 4-3 victory over the Worcester Sharks Sunday afternoon at the Koeppel Community Center at Trinity College, in the Whale’s last of four AHL preseason games. Kreider scored once in each of the three periods, and fellow New York Ranger first-round pick J.T. Miller also had a goal, as the Whale won its second straight game after dropping its first two preseason starts. Scott Stajcer made 19 saves to get the win. The Whale power play was 3/5. James Sheppard had a goal and an assist for Worcester, Sebastian Stalberg and Marek Viedensky also scored and Travis Oleksuk had two assists. The Whale jumped on top at 7:36 of the first period, with Kreider scoring an unassisted goal. Kreider worked the puck away from Matt Pelech at the right point in the Whale zone and moved down left wing, eventually snapping a shot past Shark starting goaltender Alex Stalock (three goals-against on 21 shots). Connecticut ...
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PLAYERS:
Chris Kreider,
Scott Stajcer,
James Sheppard,
Sebastian Stalberg,
Marek Viedensky,
Travis Oleksuk,
Matt Pelech,
Alex Stalock,
Curt Gogol,
Matt Tennyson,
Kris Newbury,
Harri Sateri,
Danny Groulx
TEAMS: New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks
TEAMS: New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks
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