AHL Manchester Monarchs

Garon Blanks IceCats; Monarchs Win Fourth Straight

January 19, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


MANCHESTER, NH – Goaltender Mathieu Garon finished with 33 saves and his fifth shutout of the season as the Manchester Monarchs beat the Worcester IceCats, 2-0, in front of 7,113 Verizon Wireless Arena fans on Wednesday night. The win was the fourth in a row for the Monarchs (30-7-3-1, 64 points), who stayed three points ahead of the second place Hartford Wolf Pack (29-10-1-2, 61 points) in the American Hockey League's Atlantic Division. The Wolf Pack shut out the Springfield Falcons, 5-0, at the Hartford Civic Center on Wednesday night.

With just one win in their last four contests, the IceCats (1-2-1-0) remained in a tie with the idle Lowell Lock Monsters for third place in the division.

The win was the Monarchs fourth in a row over the IceCats and fifth in six head-to-head meetings this season.

Goals from left wing Dustin Brown and center Michael Cammalleri helped Garon (20-7-1) earn his 20th win of the season. Brown opened the scoring with his 18th goal, scored from the right side of the crease at the 15-minute mark of the second period. Defenseman Denis Grebeshkov (0-2=2) and left wing Jeff Giuliano assisted on the goal as Brown extended his scoring streak to seven games (2-7=9).

Cammalleri iced the game with his team-leading 27th goal, tipped into the net off a slot feed with just 2:34 remaining in the third period and the Monarchs holding a power play advantage. Right wing Brad Smyth and Grebeshkov had assists on the play as Cammalleri took over the league lead with his 13th power play goal of the season.

Cammalleri's 27 goals are tied for the league lead. His 58 points (27-31=58) are second best in the league.

Goaltender Jason Bacashihua (12-6-0) took the loss, his first in regulation over his last six outings (4-1-1-0). He finished with 26 saves.

With 30 wins on the season, the Monarchs are six weeks ahead of last year's pace for wins. The Monarchs didn't earn their 30th win until March 6 during the 2003-04 season.

The Monarchs next hit the road for a 7:05 p.m. contest against the Binghamton Senators at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday, January 21. After that, they head to the Pepsi Arena to face-off against the Albany River Rats on Saturday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m., before finishing up the weekend at the DCU Center with a rematch against the IceCats at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday, January 23.

The Monarchs next home game is scheduled for Friday, January 28 against the Portland Pirates (7:35 p.m.).

Ticket Availability: 65 (singles) seats in the Gold level and 1,000 seats in the Silver level remain for the Monarchs game against the Pirates on January 28.

80's Night With The Monarchs: Don't miss the totally awesome 80's Party following the Monarchs game against the Portland Pirates on Friday, January 28. Come party with the players in the Grand Ballroom at the Radisson Hotel. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased by calling the Monarchs at (603) 626-7825. Fans must be 21 years of age or older to attend this radical party with the players.

Fans in need of Monarchs tickets may purchase them in person at the Verizon Wireless Arena box office, at any TicketMaster location, by phone at (603) 868-7300 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. The box office opens at 10:00 a.m.

Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey 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.



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