Andy Andreoff News

Manchester's Andrew Bodnarchuk and Andy Andreoff tussle with Springfield's Boone Jenner after a whistle during the first period of Saturday night's AHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal game four at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.

Martin Jones put forth two valiant efforts, but the Monarchs lost the first two games of their first-round series.

Cody Bass scored with 9 minutes, 24 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Springfield Falcons to a 2-1 victory over the Manchester Monarchs in Game 1 of the Best of 5 American Hockey League Eastern Conference quarterfinals Saturday night before 3,705 fans at the MassMutual Center.

The Monarchs are making a run at it. They broke on top early, had to hold on in the second period and came away with their third straight win, this one 3-2 over the Hershey Bears in front of 6,860 at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Saturday night.