PORTLAND, Maine Mitch Fritz netted his first goal of the season and Justin Keller scored for the fifth time in 2009-10. However, the Norfolk Admirals fell to the Portland Pirates 4-2 on Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. The Admirals (10-10-1-0) dropped to 2-3-1-0 through six contests of their eight-game road trip.

LOWELL, Mass. Brandon Bochenski tallied his AHL-leading 12th goal of the season, but that was all the Norfolk Admirals managed in a 2-1 loss to the Lowell Devils on Friday night at the Tsongas Arena.

Staff report HERSHEY, Pa. Matt Syroczynski and Juraj Simek netted third period goals, but they were not enough as the Norfolk Admirals lost 5-3 to the Hershey Bears on Friday night. The Admirals took a 1-0 lead 1:09 into the game, when Blair Jones stuffed a shot past Bears goaltender Michal Neuvirth.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Blair Jones and Brandon Bochenski scored and had two assists apiece to lead the Norfolk Admirals to a 6-1 win against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night.

Staff, wire reports WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Dustin Tokarski made 30 saves as the Norfolk Admirals won their fourth straight road game for the first time in nearly five years, and evened their season record at 6-6-0-0 with a 2-1 victory Friday over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5-4-1-1) at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza.

By Jim Hodges
Correspondent
NORFOLK
Six minutes into the second period Friday night, Halloween came to Scope.
Booooooooo!
It was the sound of 2,706 people registering their displeasure at the Admirals managing only Brandon Bochenski's harmless shot during an 83-second span in which Syracuse had Grant Citisome and Mathieu Roy in the penalty box.

Norfolk Portland scored three straight second-period goals to rally from a two-goal deficit, then scored twice in the third to defeat Norfolk 6-5 at Scope, snapping the Admirals' two-game winning streak. Justin Keller netted two goals for Norfolk (3-5-0-0). His first goal gave the Admirals a 3-1 lead late in the first period.

By Jim Hodges,  Correspondent NORFOLK OK, hockey is the fastest game going. Speed everywhere. The puck's a blur. You've seen the ads. But sometimes the best plays seem to happen in slow motion, which was the story of Paul Szczechura's goal in the second period of the Norfolk Admirals' 4-2 win over Portland on Friday night at Scope.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Dustin Tokarski stopped 27 of 28 shots as the Norfolk Admirals surprised previously unbeaten Bridgeport 2-1 on Saturday. Norfolk (2-4-0-0) took a 1-0 lead when Paul Szczechura stole the puck and passed it to Brandon Bochenski, whose shot from the slot beat Sound Tigers goaltender Mikko Koskinen in the last second of the first period for his fourth goal of the season.

ALBANY, N.Y. Brandon Bochenski stretched his goal-scoring streak to three games, but that was the only offense the Norfolk Admirals could muster as they fell 3-1 to the Albany River Rats on Wednesday night at the Times-Union Center.