MANCHESTER, NH – Center Matt Ryan scored his second-consecutive game winner as the Manchester Monarchs edged the Springfield Falcons, 4-3, in overtime in front of a crowd of 3,147 at the Springfield Civic Center on Saturday night.

The Monarchs, now 17-1-0-0 with 34 points on the season, moved 10 points ahead of the second place Hartford Wolf Pack (11-5-1-1, 24 points) in the American Hockey League’s Atlantic Division. The Wolf Pack topped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 4-2, on Saturday night.

Left wing Jeff Giuliano dropped the puck off in the slot and Ryan fired it home just 2:28 into overtime as he tallied his fourth goal of the season. Ryan also scored the game-winning goal in Friday night’s, 6-0, victory over the Portland Pirates at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

Left wing Noah Clarke put the Monarchs on the board by tipping in center Yanick Lehoux’s shot from the left face-off circle at 12:56 of the first period. Right wing Tom Kostopoulos assisted on the goal and extended his scoring streak (2-4=6) to four games.

The second period belonged to the Falcons as they scored two unanswered goals from center Ryan Craig. Defenseman Harlan Pratt also recorded his first goal of the season for the Falcons.

Center Michael Cammalleri, who extended his league-best scoring streak to 14-games (14-11=25), and left wing Dustin Brown found the back of the net in the third period to send the game to overtime. Cammalleri’s goal also extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games (10-goals in seven games).

Monarchs goaltender Adam Hauser, playing in his first back-to-back games of the season, earned his sixth win by stopping 35 shots.

Goaltender Jamie Storr (31 shots, 27 saves) took his 10th loss of the season for the Falcons.

The Monarchs return to action when they meet the Lowell Lock Monsters at Tsongas Arena on Sunday, November 28, at 4:00 p.m. Catch all of the play-by-play action with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network (WGIR-AM 610, Manchester; WGIN-AM 930, Rochester; WGIP-AM 1540, Exeter; WTSL-AM 1400, Lebanon) and at www.monarchshockey.com.