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January 23, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release


THE OPPONENTS:

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE

The Marlies play their third and final home game of the season at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Thursday evening when they host the San Antonio Rampage - AHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes - live on Leafs TV at 7:30 p.m. Thursday's contest marks the first home game for Toronto since a 3-0 setback at the hands of the Iowa Stars on January 6 at Ricoh Coliseum. The Marlies emerged from a season-high seven game road trip with a 3-4-0 record following two wins at Chicago and one at Iowa inside of the last two weeks. Two one goal setbacks at Milwaukee were the difference in attaining a .500 record. Despite falling at Omaha and Peoria earlier in the trip, the Marlies returned home with a 14-10-0-2 record away from Toronto this season. They attempt to win their first of the season at ACC before departing for Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon. San Antonio, 17-24-1-2 sits in seventh position in the AHL's West Division and trails fourth place Milwaukee by 12 points in the chase for the division's final playoff spot. Their three road wins (3-12-1-1) represent a league low. The Marlies, with only four home wins (4-13-2-1) will attempt to build on their league worse record on home-ice. Toronto does however sport a 6-7-0-1 versus West Division opponents. (C) Yanick Lehoux leads the Rampage in scoring through 44 games with 43 points (20g-23a=43 pts) while only missing two of the team's games to date. Goaltender Josh Tordjman has a record of 8-8-1 while maintaining a GAA of 2.67 and a 0.916 save percentage. Notables: Despite a 78-54 shots advantage over two games at Air Canada Centre earlier this season, the Marlies are 0-2 in the Maple Leafs' home building following 4-1 and 2-1 setbacks versus Omaha and Hamilton respectively. Toronto was 1-1 in two contests at ACC last season in losing to Hamilton in November and defeating Cleveland on the strength of Luke Fulghum's three goals on January 2, 2006. A Montreal native, Lehoux played his entire four year major junior career with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Baie-Comeau Drakkar, never missing more than seven games in any of his four seasons. He tallied 135 points (67 goals, 68 assists) in 2000-01 with the Drakkar. Lehoux played under Marlies' assistant coach Jim Hughes for parts of the last two seasons with the AHL's Manchester Monarchs. He earned an assist on Jeff Taffe's game winning goal when last these teams met in a 4-3 San Antonio win on November 4, 2006 in Texas.

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

The Grand Rapids Griffins - AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings - host the Marlies in the final game for both clubs before the All-Star break when the puck drops in the Bay State on Saturday evening. Grand Rapids, 20-18-4-2, currently sits in fourth place in the AHL's North Division and lead the fifth place Marlies by five points in the race for the division's final playoff spot. Saturday's contest marks the fifth of eight regular season meetings and the third at Van Andel Arena. The season series is currently tied at two wins apiece following a 2-1 Griffins' win when last the teams met on December 9 at Ricoh Coliseum. Griffin Josh Langfeld scored the game winning goal at 2:45 of the final frame while Alex Foster had the lone Toronto marker. The Marlies are 2-0 in Grand Rapids this season, site of Marlies' goaltender Justin Pogge's first professional win (and first pro shutout) when he turned aside 49 Griffin attempts in a 4-0 win for the visitors on October 27. Despite their two losses versus Toronto, the Griffins sport a record of 11-10-2-2 on home ice this season. They conclude a four game road trip by playing two games at Rochester on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The club is off to a 0-2 start following a weekend sweep by the Bulldogs in two games at Copps Coliseum last weekend. (C) Kip Miller leads the Griffins in scoring with 43 points through 44 games (15g-28a=43 pts). Goaltender Jimmy Howard has two shutout wins among his 12 victories and has a record of 12-12-1 while maintaining a GAA of 2.89 and a 0.904 save percentage through 28 appearances with the club this season. Notables: A Michigan native, Miller will represent Team PlanetUSA as the honourary playing captain at next Monday's AHL All-Star Game in Toronto. Miller is a four-time Griffin but has never played for the squad in consecutive seasons. Prior to Pogge's shutout win at GR earlier this season, no opposing goaltender had ever recorded more than 40 stops in a shutout victory over the Griffins. Houston's Josh Harding held the previous record. Grand Rapids eliminated the Marlies in five games in last season's North Division Calder Cup Quarterfinals. Three of the five games were decided by one goal all in favour of the Griffins.

2007 Rbk HOCKEY AHL ALL-STAR CLASSIC

The 2007 Rbk Hockey American Hockey League All-Star Classic is coming to Toronto! The two day event will begin on Sunday, January 28 with the 2007 CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition. The competition pits players from the Canadian AHL All-Stars against players from the Planet/USA AHL All-Star team as they compete in seven different events. The Classic concludes on Monday, January 29 when the two teams meet in the AHL All-Star Game. Start time on both evenings is 7 p.m. at Ricoh Coliseum. Tickets are available by calling 416-872-5000 or by visiting torontomarlies.com Both the CCM AHL All-Star Skills Competition and the AHL All-Star Game will air live in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet. Fans can review both teams' rosters by logging onto theahl.com

CCM/VECTOR AHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE

For the week ending January 21st, 2007, the Toronto Marlies have nominated centre Kris Newbury for consideration as the CCM/Vector AHL Player of the Week. The Brampton, ON native recorded three assists in his first game since returning from a 10 game stint with the parent Maple Leafs in Wednesday's 5-4 win at Chicago. After tallying a third period goal on Saturday in Milwaukee, he had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 4-3 SO win versus the Wolves. He was recognized as the game's second star in both of last week's games in Illinois. This week's award was ultimately won by Providence's David Krejci.

MARLIES IN THE COMMUNITY

2006-07 Marlies' All-Stars Kris Newbury and Erik Westrum will join other AHL All-Stars on Monday morning at Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre as part of the league's annual hospital visit in the Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic's host city. MARLIES ON THE WEB Follow the Marlies all season long on their official web site, torontomarlies.com


LAST WEEK'S RESULTS


Wednesday, January 10
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights defeat Toronto Marlies 5-2
Marlies Goals: Harrington (PP), Harrison (PP)
Knights Goals: Van de Gulik (1g, PP), Taratukhin (1g, 1a), Peters (1g) (GW), Donally (1g)
Shots on Goal: Marlies 23, Knights 23
Penalty Minutes: Marlies 12, Knights 10
Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Racine (18 sv, 5 ga)


Knights - McElhinney (21 sv, 2 ga) Three Stars: (1) Andrei Taratukhin, OMA (2) Warren Peters, OMA (3) John Mitchell, TOR Attendance: (1,879 at Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, NE)
Friday, January 12


Peoria Rivermen defeats Toronto Marlies 4-2
Marlies Goals: Westrum (1g), Mitchell (PP)
Rivermen Goals: Zakharov (PP), DiSalvatore (1g), Keith (1g) (GW), Birner (1g)
Shots on Goal: Marlies 25, Rivermen 36
Penalty Minutes: Marlies 31, Rivermen 15
Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Pogge (32 sv, 4 ga)


Rivermen - Sanford (25 sv, 2 ga) Three Stars: (1) Curtis Sanford, PEO (2) Charles Linglet, PEO (3) Cam Keith, PEO Attendance: (4,257 at Carver Arena in Peoria, IL)
Saturday, January 13


Toronto Marlies defeat Iowa Stars 5-4 in Overtime
Marlies Goals: Baker (2g), Harrison (1g, 1a), Nash (1g, 1a), Mitchell (1g, 1a) (GW)
Stars Goals: Lessard (2PP), Vas (1g), Hagos (1g)
Shots on Goal: Marlies 40, Stars 17
Penalty Minutes: Marlies 14, Stars 8
Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Racine (13 sv, 4 ga)


Stars - Ellis (35 sv, 5 ga) Three Stars: (1) Kevin Baker, TOR (2) Joel Lundqvist, IOW (3) Junior Lessard, IOW Attendance: (4,649 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA) Sunday, January 14


Milwaukee Admirals defeat Toronto Marlies 1-0
Marlies Goals: None Admirals Goals: Segal (PP) (GW) Shots on Goal: Marlies 36, Admirals 23 Penalty Minutes: Marlies 8, Admirals 12 Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Pogge (20 sv, 1 ga)
Admirals - Goehring (36 sv, 0 ga) Three Stars: (1) Karl Goehring, MKE (2) Brent Segal, MKE (3) Justin Pogge, TOR Attendance: (5,235 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI)
Wednesday, January 17
Toronto Marlies defeat Chicago Wolves 5-4
Marlies Goals: Murphy (1g, 2a), Engelhardt (1g), Ondrus (PP, 1g), Corey (1g) (GW)
Wolves Goals: Popovic (PP, 1g, 1a), Larose (2 PP, 1a)
Shots on Goal: Marlies 27, Wolves 28
Penalty Minutes: Marlies 20, Wolves 12
Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Pogge (24 sv, 4 ga)


Wolves - Brathwaite (22 sv, 5 ga) Three Stars: (1) Ben Ondrus, TOR (2) Kris Newbury, TOR (3) Cory Larose, CHI Attendance: (3,297 at Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL)
Saturday, January 20


Milwaukee Admirals defeat Toronto Marlies 3-2
Marlies Goals: Earl (1g), Newbury (1g)
Admirals Goals: Peverley (1g, 1a), Henry (SH), Guerriero (1g, 1a) (GW)
Shots on Goal: Marlies 31, Admirals 25
Penalty Minutes: Marlies 8, Admirals 8
Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Pogge (22 sv, 3 ga)


Admirals - Goehring (29 sv, 2 ga) Three Stars: (1) Jason Guerriero, MKE (2) Alex Henry, MKE (3) Karl Goehring, MKE Attendance: (6,504 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI)
Wednesday, January 17
Toronto Marlies defeat Chicago Wolves 4-3 in Shootout
Marlies Goals: Nash (1g), Newbury (1g, 1a), Westrum (1g) Wolves Goals: MacKenzie (SH, 1a), Stuart (SH), Haydar (1g) Shootout Winning: Earl, TOR Shots on Goal: Marlies 49, Wolves 44 Penalty Minutes: Marlies 20, Wolves 10 Goaltender (saves): Marlies - Racine (41 sv, 3 ga)
Wolves - Brathwaite (46 sv, 3 ga) Three Stars: (1) Derek MacKenzie, CHI (2) Erik Westrum, TOR (3) Fred Brathwaite, CHI Attendance: (5,019 at Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL)

MARLIES NOTES

** The Marlies' come-from-behind shootout win at Chicago on Sunday evening marked the franchise's third victory in three attempts at Allstate Arena. Prior to this past week's two games, the Marlies were 5-4 winners when last the teams met in Illinois in mid-January '06. Both of this week's wins were also by one goal.

** Recently returned to the Marlies after his second stint of the season with the parent Maple Leafs, forward Ben Ondrus registered three points in the two games he played last week. Ondrus set a franchise record by scoring two goals in 16 seconds in Wednesday's win at Chicago en route to first star honours.

** A native Chicagoan, Marlies' rookie Robbie Earl recorded the shootout winning goal in Sunday's victory over the Wolves. A former standout at the University of Wisconsin, Earl opened Toronto scoring by notching his fourth goal of the season in Saturday's 3-2 setback at Milwaukee, WI.

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