Las Vegas Netminder Honored After Opening Week

Published on October 23, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Las Vegas Wranglers rookie John Curry is the Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for the opening week of the season.

The 23-year old is under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, who assigned him to Las Vegas after he attended training camp with Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.

In his first professional start at Fresno on October 19th, the 5-foot-11 and 185-pound netminder stopped 33 of 34 shots, including all 14 in the first period, for a 2-1 overtime win. He stepped back between the pipes on October 21st and made 23 saves in a 4-1 win against Stockton that extended the Wranglers regular season winning streak to 15 games, dating back to March 10th.

The Sherwood, Minn. native played the last four seasons at Boston University and was the starting goaltender each of his last three years after walking on to the team as a freshman. He was 59-29-15 with 13 shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.08 and a save percentage of .923 in 107 games.

Curry was named First Team All-American and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker award in 2006-07, going 17-10-8 with seven shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.01 and a save percentage of .928 in 36 games. He was 24-8-4 with three shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.24 and a save percentage of .918 in 37 games.

The Wranglers host Stockton tonight at 7:05 pm. The team will travel to Victoria for games on Friday and Saturday, then return home on Friday, November 2nd to host Utah at the Orleans Arena at 7:05 pm.

Individual game tickets are now on sale. Fans may purchase tickets on the Wranglers team website at www.lasvegaswranglers.com or the Orleans Arena website (www.orleansarena.com). Fans may also purchase tickets at any of the following locations in the valley: Galleria Mall, Orleans Casino showroom box office, Gold Coast Casino showroom box office and the Suncoast Casino showroom box office. Tickets may be ordered by phone at (702)-284-7777.

The Wranglers play all 36 home games at the Orleans Arena, located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino at 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue. Las Vegas will host Opening Night on Sunday, October 21st at 7:05 pm at the Orleans Arena. Seat packages to see the Wranglers play at the Orleans Arena for the upcoming 2007-08 season are on sale now, starting as low as $157 per seat. Call (702) 471-PUCK (7825) for more information or visit www.lasvegaswranglers.com.

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