Tralmaks' Condors lose in overtime, Matejko's Bears blanked despite 43 shots

In the American Hockey League (AHL), the second-highest professional level of hockey in North America below the NHL, two Latvian forwards saw their teams lose. Bakersfield Condors, for whom Eduards Tralmaks plays, lost 3-2 in overtime away to the San Jose Barracuda, while Hershey Bears, with Eriks Matejko, were beaten 5-0 at home by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Bakersfield Condors 2, San Jose Barracuda 3 (overtime)

Tralmaks recorded no points this time and took no shots on goal. He had no penalty minutes, and his plus-minus rating ended neutral.

The Condors took the lead twice. Rett Pitlick opened the scoring in the tenth minute of the first period, and Brendan Hoffmann equalised. In the second period Tomas Cibulka scored his first AHL goal on the power play, but Luca Cagnoni answered with an accurate shot to level the score again. No goals came in the third period, and Rolands McKeown won it for San Jose in the fourth minute of overtime.

Bakersfield goaltender Samuel Jonsson, in his first AHL appearance, stopped 34 of 37 shots. His team threatened the opposing goal 20 times. The Condors converted one of three power plays and killed off both of their penalties.

Hershey Bears 0, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5

Matejko returned to the Bears lineup and took one shot on goal. He recorded no points or penalty minutes and finished the game at -2.

The Bears outshot their opponents 43-16 but still lost. The visitors scored twice in each of the first two periods, and Raphael Arvij-Pinard made it 5-0 15 seconds into the third. Melvin Fernstrom, Bill Zonnon, Rutger McGroarty and Mikhail Ilyin also scored for the winners.

Penguins goaltender Taylor Gauthier was named first star after saving all 43 Hershey shots. Phil Kemp had three assists for the winners and Hugh McGing added two. The Bears managed just 19 shots in the final period and failed to score on any of their three power plays.