Jon Sim‘s goal 1:56 into the game was all the offense as Philadelphia shut down the AHL’s most potent offense and took a 1-0 victory from Manchester on Friday night.
The Monarchs are now 1-3-1-1 since their 13-game winning streak, while the Phantoms have won three in a row.
Antero Niittymaki made 24 saves for the shutout, his second of the season. Mathieu Garon finished with 21 saves but dropped to 14-4-1 on the year.
Philadelphia held the powerful Manchester offense to just 24 shots, and killed off all four of the Monarchs’ power plays.
Manchester continues its road trip Saturday in Hershey, while Philadelphia is off until hosting Binghamton on Sunday.
Elsewhere on Friday:
David Masse scored three power-play goals and Peter Budaj made 38 saves as Hershey beat Albany, 4-2… Erik Christensen scored with 67 seconds left in regulation to give Wilkes-Barre/Scranton a 5-4 win in Syracuse… Josh Prudden‘s goal with 6:09 remaining gave Cleveland a 3-2 win over San Antonio… Antoine Vermette had a goal and two assists as Binghamton rolled past Bridgeport, 5-1… Chad Wiseman recorded two goals and an assist to lead Hartford over Portland, 4-1… Hannu Toivonen made 36 saves for Providence in a 3-2 win over Springfield… Jay McClement had the decisive goal in the fifth round as Worcester outlasted Lowell in a shootout, 3-2… Ryan Miller stopped 38 shots as Rochester held off St. John’s, 3-2… Scottie Upshall and Tony Hrkac led the way with a goal and two assists each as Milwaukee knocked off Chicago, 7-2… Corey Locke and Chris Higgins each had a goal and an assist for Hamilton in a 4-3 win over Manitoba… Erik Westrum scored twice as Utah beat Grand Rapids, 3-1… Brad Winchester and Nate DiCasmirro scored for Edmonton in a 2-1 win over Cincinnati at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim.
