Portland, Maine - Matt Generous and Drew Schiestel scored their first career goals to lead the Portland Pirates to a 4-2 win over the Norfolk Admirals in an American Hockey League game played tonight in front of 3,819 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Felix Schutz, with his first of the season, and Cody McCormick also scored for the Pirates, who posted their third straight win to improve to 9-10-2-0 on the season. The Pirates completed a stretch of seven games in 11 days capturing 10 of a possible 14 points.

Justin Keller and Mitch Fritz scored for the Admirals, who dropped to 10-10-1-0 with the loss.

The two teams were tied at one after one. Generous and Schiestel scored within 42 seconds of one another to lift the Pirates into a 3-1 lead early in the second. Frtiz struck before the end of the second to make it a one-goal game heading into the third. It remained that way until McCormick hit the empty net with 62 seconds left in regulation.

The Admirals out shot the Pirates 25-23 in the game as JP Lamoureux posted the win.

The Allied Home Mortgage Three Stars of the Game were 1. Schutz; 2. Schiestel and 3. Generous.

The Pirates return to action with four straight on the road beginning Friday in Hartford at 7 p.m.

The next Portland home game will take place Friday, December 4th in Lewiston at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee against the Providence Bruins at 7 p.m. Purchase a ticket for the game and receive a free ticket to a future Pirates game. Tickets are available at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee Box Office or by calling 207-783-2009 ext. 208 or by visiting www.thecolisee.com.

Ticket plans for the 2009-2010 season are 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 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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