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Lexington-Toledo Series Recap and Quick Facts

April 1, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Burlington News Release


February 15th-Lexington 1 at Toledo 4

The Lexington Men O' War wrapped up their season series with the Storm with a 4-1 loss at the Toledo Sports Arena. The win gave Toledo a 5-3-1 record for the season vs. the Men O' War. Matt Ellis provided all the offense the Storm needed on the night by scoring in the first and third period. Ellis potted his 14th and 15th goals of the season. Alex Mathieu scored the lone Lexington goal.

February 14th-Toledo 2 at Lexington 5

The Men O' War showed no love for the first place Toledo Storm on Valentine' s Day as the MOW romped to a 5-2 win. Marc-Andre Thinel scored his first MOW hat trick and added two assists for a five-point evening. Fraser Clair recorded two goals in the game as well. Dan Murphy stopped 36 of 38 Toledo shots.

February 12th-Lexington 2 at Toledo 4

The Lexington Men O' War played shorthanded for the second straight week, this time with only one goalie. The Toledo Storm took advantage of the Men's situation by beating them 4-2. The Storm scored three goals in the third period. The Storm's Tim Verbeek and Matt Ellis each had a goal and an assist as goaltender Mike Minard stopped 34 Lexington shots. Fraser Clair and Ben Storey each scored for Lexington in the losing effort.

February 1st-Lexington 1 at Toledo 4

The Lexington Men O' War took out the depleted first place Storm with a 4-1 win at the Toledo Sports Arena. Goaltender Mike Smith made 33 saves for his 10th win of the season as Lexington tied the season series at 3-3. Mark Smith and Ryan Fultz each racked up a goal and an assist in the win. The high-scoring pair of MOW d-men, Joe Vandermeer and Ben Storey, added goals in the win. Toledo suffered their first home loss in regulation since a November 29th loss to Peoria. After the defeat, Toledo won 14 straight at home.

January 25th-Toledo 5 at Lexington 4

The Storm came to Rupp Arena and downed the MOW by a 5-4 final. Two late first period goals gave the Storm a 2-0 lead that they would never relinquish. The MOW were able to tie the game in the second on goals by Mark Smith and Marc-Andre Thinel, but the Storm retook the lead before the period ended. Brett Draney scored his sixth goal of the season in the third. Thinel would strike again in the third to pull the Men within one goal, but the Storm held on for the 5-4 win.

January 18th-Lexington 3 at Toledo 2-Shootout

The Lexington Men O' War over came some crazy odds in Toledo to win 3-2 in a shootout over the first place Storm. With coach Jim Wiley in Lexington with the flu, in a building which had only seen one home team regulation loss this year, the Men were able to gain a narrow triumph over the best team in the league. Dan Murphy was huge in net stopping 36 of 38 shots in regulation and seven of eight in the shootout. Captain Kevin Knopp scored the game winner in the shootout beating Toledo's Mike Minard up high. Mark Smith and Jared Smyth provided the regulation goals for the Men.

December 13th-Toledo 1 at Lexington 3

The Men O' War extended an unbeaten streak to three with a 3-1 win over the Toledo Storm. Van Burgess, Brett Draney and Ben Storey scored for the MOW. The win marks the first time this season the Men O' War beat the Storm. Mike Smith stopped 34 of 35 shots in the MOW net.

November 9th-Lexington 2 at Toledo 3

The Toledo Storm rained on the Men O' War with a 3-2 win. Alexander Jacques scored the game winner with just under five minutes to go. Men O' War forward Mark Smith led the MOW with two goals on the night.

October 20th-Toledo 3 at Lexington 0

The Storm shutout the Men in the teams' first meeting of the season. Doug Teskey stopped all 24 MOW shots to earn the shutout. Erik Anderson scored for the Storm in the first. Jeff Mitchell added a second period goal to increase the Storm lead to 2-0. Dale Junkin iced the game for the Storm with a third period power play goal.

MOW TRACKS

o 13 of the 24 players on the Men O' War roster have playoff experience with 11 players making their playoff debut. 13 of 23 Storm players are making their playoff debut.

o Lexington's penalty kill finished 7th best in the ECHL at 83.3%. The Men surrendered 55 power play goals this season for second best behind Charlotte. The Lexington penalty kill was 8th best overall on the road this season. Lexington killed 39 of 44 (88.7%) power plays in their last 10 games.

o The Men O' War finished 26th of 27 teams in the league averaging 2.61 goals per game. Lexington scored 10 goals in their last three games of the regular season. The Men were outscored this season 129-87 on the road this season. Toledo outscored their opponents 136-84 in 36 games at Toledo.

o Lexington posted an 11-21-4 record on the road this year. Toledo had a league best 29-3-4 record at home this year. The Storm had won 14 straight games at home until Cincinnati toppled Toledo 3-2 Saturday night.

o Lexington won a league-high 11 times in a shootout this year.

o 25 of the Men's 34 victories this year have come when Lexington scores first. Toledo went 38-3-6 when scoring the first goal of the night as Lexington went 25-5-4.

o Defenseman Joe Vandermeer finished 7th in the league recording a career high nine goals and 42 assists in 67 games played. Vandermeer's 42 assists and +7 rating led the team this season.

o Defenseman Ben Storey finished first among league defensemen and third overall in the league with 293 shots. His 18 goals are second best among defenseman in the league. He led the Men with 11 power play tallies this season. His 18 goals and 27 assists helped him finish 11th in the league among defensemen in the ECHL.

o Goaltender Dan Murphy led the ECHL with seven shootout wins this season. His 21 wins and two shutouts led the Men this season. Murphy has a 5-6-0 career playoff record with a 2.94 goals against average and .900 save percentage.

o Van Burgess finished as Lexington's leading scorer with 55 points. He finished second on the squad with 21 goals and second with 34 assists. Burgess played team high 71 games this season.

o Mark Smith led the team with 22 goals in 65 games played. Smith has one goal in his last 18 games.

o Lexington's Brett Draney led all first year players with 32 points in 50 games played. Draney tied Fraser Clair for the team's rookie lead with 13 goals. Draney's 19 assists led all rookies on the team. Draney finished the season with six points (2G-3A) in his last two games.

o Lexington's Mike Smith was the goaltender in the ECHL to score a goal this season.

o Lexington lost more games on the road this season than Toledo lost all season at home and on the road.

o The Men O' War had the fewest amount of power play attempts in the ECHL at 335. Toledo had 414 while Pensacola led the league with 472 attempts.

o Lexington was on of the most disciplined teams in the league averaging only 20.20 penalty minutes per game. Only Richmond averaged less at 19.0. Toledo took 176 more minor penalties than Lexington's 446. The Storm led the league with 42 10-minute misconduct penalties this season.

STORM TRACKS

¨ The Storm's 47-15-10 regular season record gave Toledo 104 points, which placed the Storm first overall ECHL point standings for the 2002-03 regular season.

¨ The ECHL's Henry Brabham Cup, awarded to the team with the best regular season record, was presented to the Storm at the conclusion of the 2002-03 regular season. This marks the second time in franchise history that Toledo has won the Brabham Cup. The team also had the best regular season record in the Storm's inaugural season, 1991-92.

¨ Toledo's regular season (.722) win percentage was the highest in the league. That represents the third best win percentage in Storm franchise history--both the 1991-92 team and the 1995-96 team had a win percentage of (.742).

¨ The Storm's 47 regular season wins tied the team for second overall with the Columbia Inferno. The Peoria Rivermen won more games in regulation (48) than any other ECHL team in the 2002-03 regular season.

¨ The 47 regular season wins for the Storm this season is the second most in franchise history. The 1995-96 team won 48 regular season games.

¨ Toledo lost fewer games in regulation than any team in the league (15) during the 2002-03 season. That ties the 1991-92 team for the second fewest losses in Storm franchise history. The 1995-96 team established the franchise record by losing only lost 14 games in regulation.

¨ The 2002-03 Storm had the best home record in the league: 29-3-4 = 62 pts (.861).

¨ This season, Toledo established franchise regular season records for most wins at home (29), fewest losses at home (3), and home win percentage (.861).

¨ Last week, Grady Moore was named to the ECHL's All-Rookie Team. Moore was the second highest scoring rookie defenseman in the league (behind only Jonathan Zion of the Roanoke Express). Moore was the ninth leading scorer amongst all of the defensemen in the league and was seventeenth in overall rookie scoring.

¨ Doug Teskey was the goaltender of record in all three games for the Storm this week. On Friday, he won his thirtieth game of the season by making 29 stops on 32 shots. Teskey's final regular season record was 31-8-5, with a 2.89 goals against average, and a .909 save percentage. Teskey's 31 wins placed him third amongst goaltenders in the league, and his goals against average ranked seventeenth in the league.

¨ Overall, the Storm averaged 2.72 goals against per game, which was the third best in the league behind only the Peoria Rivermen (2.51) and the Jackson Bandits (2.71).

¨ Over the course of the season, the Storm scored an average of 3.43 goals per game, which ranked the team tenth in the league in that category.

¨ The Storm only had one player to score more than sixty points this season (Nick Parillo, 61 points), but the team had fifteen players with 24 or more points over the course of the regular season.

¨ Over the course of the season, Toledo averaged 35.17 shots on goal per game, which was second only to the Florida Everblades (35.99) in that category.

¨ Over the course of the season, Toledo scored 84 power play goals in 414 chances, which was a 20.3% scoring ratio—tied for seventh in the league.

¨ The Storm penalty killing unit allowed at least one power play goal in ten of the final eleven games of the season. During that time span, Toledo allowed a total of 12 pp goals against in 65 chances for the opponent (81.5% kill ratio).During the season, the Storm allowed a total of 68 power play goals against in 425 chances—which was a 84.0% kill ratio—third in the league.

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