Oh hell yeah! Falcons win their first shootout of the season.

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Jonathan Boutin bumps off the number one team in the league with 21 saves on 22 shots and 4/5 in the shootout. The Falcons outshot the baby Pens 25-21 in the game. Marek Kvapil scored the lone regulation goal on assists by O'Brien and Jaspers as the Blatny/Jaspers/Kvapil line stayed hot. Jaspers and Cavanaugh had the two shootout goals. The Falcons are now 13 points out of a playoff spot.

Game sheet from TheAHL.com.

The Chiefs get another key win inside the division.

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The victory allows the Chiefs to stay in fourth place in the division. Morgan Cey stopped 39 of 42 shots faced for the win. Dimitri Tarabrin scored twice, both times on assists from Adam Henrich. Lightning prospect Brandon Elliot also had a helper in the game.

Game sheet from ECHL.com.

A satisfying and sound butt whipping was handed out by the new look Falcons.

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Jonathan Boutin had to stop just 12 of 14 shots faced to get the win. It won't help the old save percentage getting that little work, but I'm sure Boutin will take the kind of support he got tonight every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Springfield outshoot Bridgeport 37-14 for the game.

The Falcons' attack was led by the new number one line of Zdenek Blatny, Jason Jaspers and Marek Kvapil. Jaspers led the way with three assists in the game, Blatny chipped in two helpers and Kvapil had the game's capping goal. Andre Deveaux, Doug O'Brien, Timo Helbling and Ryan Vesce also had goals in the victory.

Game sheet from TheAHL.com.

Winger Zbynek Hrdel has been reassigned from Springfield to Johnstown of the ECHL. Hrdel scored 4 goals and 12 points in 32 games with the Falcons since his original recall but saw his roster spot disappear when right wing Darren Reid returned from injury last weekend.

Finland crushed happless Italy today 6-0 in round robin pool play as Fredrik Norrena won his first start in the Olympics. Norrena stopped all 16 shots he faced in the victory.