Brandon Sutter scored in his first AHL game of the season and Justin Peters made 36 saves as the Albany River Rats defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday.
The River Rats were playing their first game since last week’s bus crash and had five new players in the lineup including Sutter, who was sent down to Albany by the Hurricanes on Wednesday.
Sutter's goal came in the second period, Sutter taking a pass from Noah Babin near the blue line, slipping around two Bridgeport defensemen and scoring.
A Raleigh native, Chip has worked at the N&O since 1979 and is the Canes beat writer. He can be reached at 
Comments
Quick payoff
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 15:49 — HockeydogThe "conditioning " assignment is paying off quick. It's good for Sutter to feel the joy of scoring. Sounds like it was a nice goal as well
A Surprise !!
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 07:12 — esteban1949Thanks chip...and here I had personally thought the N&O would "ignore" something like that...i was wrong...this time...
Go Rats & Canes !!