Lowell, MA – Nathan Perkovich, Brad Snetsinger and Vladimir Zharkov each scored a goal and an assist to lead the Lowell Devils to a 4-0 win over the Portland Pirates in an American Hockey League game played this afternoon in front of 1,202 at the Tsongas Arena.

Mike McKenna turned aside 38 shots for his first shutout of the season.
Tim Sestito netted the other Devils goal while Patrick Davis collected a pair of assists.

Lowell led 1-0 after one and 4-0 heading into the third.

The Pirates dropped to 1-3-0-0 on the season while Lowell earned their first victory and are now 1-1-1-0.

Jhonas Enroth started for the Pirates and allowed four goals on 23 shots before being replaced by J.P. Lamoureux following the fourth Devils goal at 12:15 of the second period. Lamoureux, making his AHL debut, turned aside all 18 shots he faced in the final 28:45 of the game.

The Devils out shot the Pirates 41-38 in the game.

The three stars of the game were all from the Devils. McKenna was the first, Perkovich the second and Zharkov the third.

The next Pirates game takes place Friday when the Hartford Wolf Pack visits the Cumberland County Civic Center for a 7 p.m. start presented by the Maine Chevy Dealers. Tickets for the game, as well as all other Pirates home games at the Cumberland County Civic Center, are now on sale by calling (207) 775-3458, visiting the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office or going on-line at www.portlandpirates.com. If you can’t make it to the game you can hear it live on News Talk WLOB 95.5FM and on-line at www.portlandpirates.com beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m.

Ticket plans for the 2009-2010 season are still available at the Pirates office, located at 94 Free Street in Portland. The Pirates office is open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For all the information about the Pirates 2009-2010 ticket plans and 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic visit www.portlandpirates.com or call (207) 828-4665 Ext. 350 to speak with one of the Pirates account executives.

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