Barons Weekly Report

Published on January 24, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Oklahoma City Barons News Release


BACK HOME: The Barons open a 5-game homestand on Wednesday against the Chicago Wolves, a team they will play 3 times in a 7-day span. OKC beat the Wolves 2-1 on Sunday in Chicago and will face the Atlanta Thrashers' top affiliate again Wednesday and Saturday at the Cox Convention Center. The Barons enter the week having won 7 of their last 8. They just concluded their second-longest trip of the season on Sunday (12 days, 7 games, 6 cities), during which they went 6-1-0-0. OKC is 15-7-0-1 on the road and 10-9-2-3 at home. They have road winning streaks of 4 and 5 games this season, but have yet to win 3 straight at home.

SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL VS. CHICAGO: The Chicago Wolves entered Sunday's game with the AHL's best power play percentage at 22.9, but the Barons killed off all 3 Wolves power plays to drop them to second in the league at 22.6 as of Monday. The Wolves maintain the league's top home power play mark at 25.7%. In taking 3 of 4 from Chicago this season, with 2 games in each city, the Barons have successfully killed off all 18 of the Wolves' power play chances.

GIROUX STAYS HOT: All-Star captain Alexandre Giroux enters this week with a 5-game point streak, during which he has 3 goals and 3 assists. Giroux is second in the AHL in scoring with 52 points, trailing only the 58 for Binghamton's Corey Locke. Giroux is third in the league in goals with 22 and tied for the lead in power play tallies with 11.

MCDONALD KEEPS GOING: Right winger Colin McDonald scored a pair of goals in Rockford on Friday and followed with the game's first goal on Sunday at Chicago. McDonald's 23 goals are a career high and rank him second in the league behind Portland's Mark Mancari, who had consecutive hat tricks on Saturday and Sunday.

DOT...DOT...DOT: The Barons enter the week on a 3-game winning streak, with each decision by 1 goal. OKC is 10-4-2-4 in 1-goal games...the Barons have produced season-low shot totals each of their last 2 games but won both, a 4-3 decision on Friday at Rockford with 20 shots, and Sunday's 2-1 win in Chicago with 22...Martin Gerber went 4-0-0 on the just-concluded road trip with a 1.47 goals-against average and .932 save percentage, allowing 6 goals on 88 shots including a shutout Jan. 15 at San Antonio.

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