AHL Manchester Monarchs

Garon Leads Monarchs Past Falcons

Published on November 12, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


SPRINGFIELD, MA – Goaltender Mathieu Garon finished with 32 saves and his league-leading third shutout this season as the Manchester Monarchs edged the Springfield Falcons, 2-0, before a crowd of 2,692 at the Springfield Civic Center on Friday night.

With the win, the Monarchs improved to 9-1-0-0 on the season (18 points) and moved into a first place tie in the American Hockey League's Atlantic Division with the Hartford Wolf Pack (9-2-0-0, 18 points). The third place Worcester IceCats (8-2-1-0, 17 points) beat the Wolf Pack, 4-2, at the Hartford Civic Center on Friday night.

The loss was the third in a row for the Falcons, who dropped to 2-8-1-1 (6 points) on the season and 0-2-0-0 in two head-to-head meetings with the Monarchs this season.

The Monarchs charged out to a first period lead with goals from center Michael Cammalleri and right wing Tom Kostopoulos. Cammalleri slammed home his seventh goal, completing a 2-on-0 break into the offensive zone with left wing Dustin Brown at 8:07. Defenseman Mike Weaver, who triggered the breakaway from deep in the Monarchs zone, also recorded an assist on the play.

With the goal, Cammalleri extended his scoring streak to six games (4-6=10).

The Monarchs doubled their lead at 15:50 of the period with the fourth goal of the season for Kostopoulos, who backhanded a goalmouth feed from center Matt Ryan by the outstretched glove of goaltender Jamie Storr. Defenseman Doug Nolan collected the second assist on the play.

The Falcons picked up their game in the middle period, firing 11 shots at Garon. Garon, however, stopped each shot. The Monarchs had five shots on goal in the scoreless period.

Garon (6-1-0) cemented his sixth win of the season with 17 third period saves as the Falcons, aided by four third period power play chances, tried desperately to get on the scoreboard.

Storr finished with 17 saves and saw his record drop to 2-6-1.

The Monarchs return to action on Saturday, November 12 at 7:35 p.m. when they meet the Hershey Bears at the Verizon Wireless Arena. 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.

Ticket Availability: Single seats (limited pairs) in the Gold level and 330 seats in the Silver level remain for the Monarchs game against the Bears. Every fan in attendance will receive an American flag at Saturday's game, billed as American Heroes Night. The New Hampshire Police Association's Pipe & Drum band will also perform during the first intermission of Saturday's game.

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.

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