Hats off for Back-To-Back Shutouts
April 8, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Lehigh Valley Phantoms News Release
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Goaltender Martin Ouellette
(Lehigh Valley Phantoms)
Wilkes-Barre, PA - Martin Ouellette enjoyed the experience of his first-ever AHL shutout so much that he decided on an encore performance. His 40-save masterpiece at Wilkes-Barre led the way while Adam Comrie blasted home three goals in Lehigh Valley's 4-0 win against the rival Penguins on Friday night. The Phantoms stretched their win streak to five while finishing their impressive series of games in Wilkes-Barre with a dominating mark of 4-1-1. Lehigh Valley improved their overall record to the .500 mark at 32-32-7 with five games remaining in the regular season.
Ouellette joins an elite group of six other Phantoms who have posted back-to-back shutouts which includes such notables as Brian Boucher, Antero Niittymaki, Neil Little and Michael Leighton. The last occasion for such an accomplishment was on January 2 and January 3, 2014 when Cal Heeter held Hershey and Albany scoreless on consecutive nights.
Comrie's first-career AHL hatty came with a pair of power-play markers and was capped on a broken-stick slapper from center-point that still had enough to elude Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry. Comrie's three-goal night was the fourth such occasion of the year for the Phantoms having also been accomplished by Colin McDonald, Taylor Leier and Danick Martel. Earlier in the day, Comrie had been named to the ECHL All-Star Second Team. He was leading all ECHL defenseman in scoring with 15 goals and 39 points at the time of his call-up to the Phantoms which came over two months ago on January 21.
A pair of highly touted prospects who were selected in the first two rounds of the 2014 draft were excited to suit up for the Phantoms for the first time. Nic Aube-Kubel assisted on the first goal of the game to record a point in his professional debut. Travis Sanheim came through with a couple of key blocks in his first pro game while narrowly missing on opportunities to light the lamp on a couple of occasions.
The night marked the first time since 2011 for the Phantoms to record a shutout and a hat trick in the same game. On April 6, 2011 Michael Leighton had a shutout while Denis Hamel scored a trifecta in a home game for the Adirondack Phantoms against Rochester. The same duo also combined for the same accomplishment a couple months earlier in a February 5, 2011 game at the Hamilton Bulldogs.
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