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March 11, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


LAST WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS

vs. Bridgeport (3/6): The Manchester Monarchs needed overtime to grab their fifth victory in their last six games with a 3-2 victory against Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Wednesday night. The Monarchs goals were scored by forward Ian O'Connor, center Jordan Weal and left wing Colton Yellow Horn. Left wing Mike Halmo and right wing Nino Niederreiter scored for the Sound Tigers. Monarchs goaltender Martin Jones (17-19-3) earned his 17th victory of the season stopping 32-of-34 shots. Sound Tigers goaltender Rick DiPietro (1-2-0) took his second loss of the season making 24 saves on 27 shots.

@ Portland (3/8): The Manchester Monarchs trailed 3-0 after the first period but came back to win in overtime, 4-3, against the Portland Pirates, in game 10 of the VIP Cup, presented by VIP Parts, Tires and Service, at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Sunday afternoon. The rivalry series is tied at 5-5. Defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk, right wing Brandon Kozun, right wing Stefan Legein and right wing Tyler Toffoli scored for the Monarchs. Right wing Chris Brown, left wing Darian Dziurzynski and right wing Jordan Szwarz tallied goals for the Pirates. Monarchs goaltender Martin Jones (18-19-3) earned his 18th victory of the season of the season stopping 25-of-28 shots. Pirates netminder Chad Johnson (15-11-1) took his 11th loss of the season making 28 saves on 32 shots. Manchester went 0-for-6 on the power play. Portland was 1-for-7 with the man advantage.

vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3/10): The Manchester Monarchs had their four-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Max's Star Wars Birthday at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Sunday night. The Monarchs received goals from center Andy Andreoff, center Robbie Czarnik, right wing Brandon Kozun and right wing Stefan Legein. The Penguins scored goals off the sticks of left wing Bobby Farnham, center Chad Kolarik, defenseman Dylan Reese and center Zach Sill. Monarchs goaltender Martin Jones (18-19-4) took his fourth shootout loss of the season stopping 30-of-34 shots in regulation and 2-of-4 shootout snipers. Penguins netminder Jeff Zatkoff (19-17-0) earned his 19th victory of the season making 24 saves on 28 shots in regulation and stopped all four shootout attempts. Manchester went 1-for-3 on the power play. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton was 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES

The Providence Bruins (35-19-0-5) sit in first place in the Atlantic Division with 75 points. The Portland Pirates (33-21-3-2) are in second place in the division with 71 points. The Manchester Monarchs (28-24-3-4) ranks third in the division with 63 points. The Worcester Sharks (26-23-1-5) are in fourth place in the division with 61 points. The St. John's IceCaps (23-31-1-3) sit in fifth place in the division with 51 points.

The Monarchs are 14-13-1-1 on the road and are 14-11-2-3 at home this season.

Manchester is 13-5-0-0 overall when they play on a Saturday this season.

The Monarchs completed their six-game road trip with a record of 4-1-1-0. Manchester is 6-0-1-1 in their last eight games.

The Monarchs finished the season 4-0-0-0 when playing the IceCaps in St. John's this season. Manchester has a six-game winning streak in St. John's dating to the 2011-12 season.

The Monarchs played in their 1,000th game on Saturday, February 16 against the IceCaps.

The Monarchs are third in the American Hockey League when faced with a penalty kill on the road (86.9%).

Center Linden Vey (15-38=53) leads the team with 38 assists and 53 points.

Vey appeared in his 100th AHL game (all with the Monarchs) on Saturday, December 15 against the Adirondack Phantoms.

Vey had a nine-game assist and point streak (1-13=14) end on Saturday, January 19. Vey's nine-game assist streak set a Monarchs franchise record.

Vey is the only Monarchs player to appear in all 59 of the team's games this season.

Vey has 34 points (8-26=34) in his last 31 games.

Vey had a six-game point streak (3-6=9) snapped against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday, February 23.

Vey's 38 assists are tied for the league lead.

Vey leads the team with 10 power play assists.

Vey is third on the team with 15 goals.

Right wing Tyler Toffoli (28-20=48) is second on the team with 48 points.

Toffoli was named the Monarchs representative on the 2013 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Classic Roster on Thursday, January 17. Toffoli registered a goal and an assist in a 7-6 loss for the Eastern Conference in the 2013 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Game on Monday, January 28.

Toffoli tallied his second hat trick of the season and second against the Pirates in a 5-3 victory on Saturday, December 22.

Toffoli has 10 goals in 10 games against the Pirates this season, which also leads all VIP Cup skaters.

Toffoli leads the team and AHL rookie skaters with 28 goals this season.

Toffoli's 28 goals are also in second place among league skaters. Toffoli's 48 points is tied for first place in the league among rookie skaters.

Toffoli leads the team with six power play goals this season.

Toffoli has eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points in his last 17 games.

Toffoli leads the team with 172 shots on goal this season.

Toffoli also leads the team in plus/minus with plus-20.

Toffoli was recalled to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, March 10.

Right wing Brandon Kozun (22-22=44) is ranked third on the team with 22 assists and 42 points.

Kozun is second on the team with 22 goals this season.

Kozun has 11 goals in his last 12 games.

Kozun leads the team with six game-winning goals this season.

Kozun tallied game-winning goals against the Sharks on Saturday, October 27, against the Binghamton Senators on Sunday, October 28, against the IceCaps on Wednesday, November 7, versus the Bruins on Saturday, January 19, against the IceCaps on Friday, February 15 and versus the Sharks on Friday, February 22.

Kozun's six game-winning tallies rank tied for third in the league.

Kozun has 65 career tallies in a Monarchs uniform which is ninth on the franchise's all-time goals list.

Left wing Tanner Pearson (13-22=35) is in fourth place on the Monarchs with 35 points.

Pearson has three goals and three assists in his last six games.

Pearson is second behind Vey on the Monarchs roster with 22 assists.

Pearson has been out of the line-up since Sunday, February 24 with an upper body injury.

Pearson is second on the team in plus/minus with plus-13.

Center Jordan Weal (9-14=23) is fifth on the Monarchs with 23 points.

Weal has seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in his last 23 games.

Weal scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his professional career with goals on January 5 and 11.

Center Andrei Loktionov (7-15=22) is in sixth place on the Monarchs with 22 points.

Loktionov was traded to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, February 7 for a fifth round selection in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Center Andy Andreoff (9-9=18) is in seventh place on the Monarchs with 18 points.

Andreoff tallied his first professional multi-goal game in a 5-4 shootout victory against the IceCaps on Friday, March 1.

Andreoff had three goals and two assists for five points in his last five games.

Left wing Marc-Andre Cliche (8-9=17) is tied with left wing Dwight King (5-12=17) and right wing Stefan Legein (5-12=17) for eighth on the Monarchs with 17 points each.

Cliche had surgery on Monday, February 4 and is expected to be out of the line-up for an extended period of time.

Cliche is tied for second place on the Monarchs all-time games played list with 329.

Cliche has scored 66 goals in his career with the Monarchs which is tied for seventh place on the franchise's all-time goals scored list.

Cliche ranks ninth on the Monarchs all-time points list with 148 and ranks ninth on the franchise's all-time assist list with 82.

King was recalled by the Kings on Tuesday, January 15.

Legein has tallied goals in consecutive games last weekend for the first time this season.

Defenseman Slava Voynov (7-9=16) is tied with defenseman Nick Deslauriers (3-13=16), defenseman David Kolomatis (4-12=16) and defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk (5-11=16) for 11th place on the Monarchs with 16 points each.

Voynov's seven goals lead team defensemen.

Voynov rejoined the Kings on Tuesday, January 15.

Deslauriers leads Monarchs defensemen with 13 assists this season.

Kolomatis had a four-game assist streak (0-5=5) snapped on Saturday, March 2 against the IceCaps.

Three of Kolomatis' four goals this season have come when the team was on a power play.

Kolomatis returned to the Monarchs line-up on Friday, December 28 after missing 23 games due to injury.

Defenseman Bryan Rodney (4-9=13) is in 15th place on the Monarchs with 13 points.

Defenseman Thomas Hickey (3-9=12) ranks 16th on the Monarchs with 12 points.

Hickey was picked up off waivers by the New York Islanders on Tuesday, January 15.

Defenseman Jake Muzzin (2-9=11) is in 17th place on the Monarchs with 11 points.

Muzzin was recalled by the Kings on Sunday, January 13.

In 20 games with the Kings, Muzzin has tallied five goals and three assists for eight points and six penalty minutes to go along with a plus-10 rating.

Left wing Colton Yellow Horn (4-6=10) is 18th place on the Monarchs with 10 points.

Yellow Horn had a four-game point streak (1-4=5) snapped in a 3-2 loss to the Connecticut Whale on Sunday, February 17.

Yellow Horn tallied his first AHL point, an assist, in his AHL debut on Sunday, February 10.

Yellow Horn tallied his first AHL goal on Tuesday, February 12.

Yellow Horn has nine points (4-6=10) in 12 games with the Monarchs.

Yellow Horn had a three-game point streak (2-2=4) snapped against the IceCaps on Friday, March 1.

Right wing Brian O'Neill (2-7=9) is tied with defenseman Andrew Campbell (1-8=9) for 19th place on the Monarchs with nine points each.

Six points (1-5=6) of O'Neill's nine this season came during the month of January.

O'Neill has been out of the line-up since Friday, February 22 due to a lower body injury.

Campbell returned from an upper body injury on Friday, December 7 in Providence. Campbell had been out of the line-up since Sunday, October 28 missing 16 games. Campbell was recalled by the Kings on February 6 and was reassigned to Manchester on February 8. Campbell was recalled to the Kings for a second stint on Wednesday, February 13 and was reassigned to the Monarchs on Saturday, March 2.

Campbell's 329 games are tied with Cliche for second place on the Monarchs all-time games played list.

Defenseman Vincent LoVerde (1-7=8) is ranks 21st on the Monarchs with eight points.

LoVerde tallied his first AHL goal in a 4-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday, February 1.

LoVerde scored on Penguins netminder Jeff Zatkoff who is a former teammate of LoVerde's while they played for the NCAA's Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks.

The Monarchs signed LoVerde to a professional tryout agreement on Wednesday, January 9.

Left wing Richard Clune (2-5=7) is in 22nd place on the Monarchs with seven points each.

Clune led the team with 98 penalty minutes.

Clune's 786 penalty minutes rank second on the Monarchs all-time career penalty minutes list.

Clune was picked up off waivers by the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, January 15.

Left wing Jordan Nolan (2-4=6) is in 23rd place on the Monarchs with six points. Left wing David Meckler (2-3=5) is tied with right wing Anthony Stewart (3-2=5) and center Robbie Czarnik (4-1=5) for 24th place on the Monarchs with five points.

Meckler tallied his second goal of the season in a 3-2 loss against the Bruins on Sunday, February 10.

Meckler's goal was the 76th tally of his Monarchs career ranking second on the franchise all-time list.

Meckler holds the franchise record for games played with 371 in a Monarchs uniform. Meckler's 350th game came against the Pirates on Sunday, November 25.

The Kings picked up Stewart along with a draft pick from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for right wing Kevin Westgath on Sunday, January 13. Stewart cleared waivers and joined the Monarchs on Tuesday, January 22.

Defenseman Chris Huxley (0-4=4) is in 27th on the Monarchs with four points.

Huxley made his Monarchs and AHL debut in a 3-0 victory over the Bruins on Wednesday, January 23.

Huxley tallied his first AHL point, an assist, in a 4-1 loss to the Penguins on Friday, February 1.

Huxley had a three-game point and assist streak snapped on Tuesday, February 12.

Huxley has a plus/minus of plus-5 through his first 16 games with the Monarchs.

The Monarchs signed Huxley to a professional tryout agreement on Tuesday, January 22.

Left wing Hunter Bishop (1-0=1) is tied with forwards Kris Belan (0-1=1) and Ian O'Connor (1-0=1) in 28th place on the Monarchs with one point. Bishop made his Monarchs debut on Friday, February 22 against the Sharks.

Belan made his Monarchs debut on Friday, March 1.

Belan tallied an assist on O'Connor's first career AHL goal on Wednesday, March 6.

O'Connor made his Monarchs debut on Friday, March 1.

Bishop tallied his first AHL goal in a 4-1 victory over the IceCaps on Saturday, March 2. Bishop's tally came while the Monarchs were shorthanded and it proved to be the game-winning goal.

Right wing Justin Johnson (0-0=0) has 19 penalty minutes in 12 games this season. Last season, Johnson had 187 penalty minutes in 41 games.

Defenseman Matt Case (0-0=0) made his Monarchs debut against the Pirates on Sunday, February 24.

Goaltender Martin Jones (18-19-4) has a 2.57 goals-against-average, a 0.917 save percentage and has stopped 1160-of-1265 shots attempted in 41 games this season.

Jones appeared in his 100th game in a Monarchs uniform in a 3-2 shootout loss against the Springfield Falcons on Sunday, December 16.

Goaltender Peter Mannino (10-7-0) has a 2.47 goals-against-average and a 0.919 save percentage in 20 games this season.

Netminder Jean-Francois Berube (0-1-0) made his season debut in relief of Mannino on Tuesday, January 15 making 13 saves on 17 shots while recording the loss for the Monarchs.

MONARCHS PROMOTIONS

Faith and Family - Join the Monarchs on Saturday, March 23 when they square off with the Hershey Bears at the third annual Faith and Family night at 7:00 p.m. This year's post-game entertainment is the Power Team, a group of world-class athletes who are also world- class speakers.

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