AHL Manchester Monarchs

Monarchs Blank Falcons, 3-0

February 4, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


SPRINGFIELD, MA – Right wing Dan Welch, left wing Noah Clarke and center Michael Cammalleri each scored and goaltender Mathieu Garon stopped all 18 shots fired his way as the Manchester Monarchs topped the Springfield Falcons, 3-0, before 2,631 fans at the Springfield Civic Center on Friday night. With the win, their sixth straight over the Falcons this season, the Monarchs improved to 34-9-3-2 and 73 points on the season and moved six points in front of the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League's Atlantic Division. The Wolf Pack (32-15-1-2, 67 points) lost to the Providence Bruins, 3-0, at the Providence Civic Center on Friday night.

With their fourth straight loss, the Falcons (14-29-2-2, 32 points) stayed firmly entrenched in seventh place in the division.

The Monarchs built a two-goal lead through two periods thanks to goals from Welch and Clarke. Welch collected his third goal of the season when he took the puck off the end wall and backhanded it by Falcons goaltender Brian Eklund (25 shots, 22 saves) at 6:43 of the opening period. Left wing Jeff Giuliano (0-2=2) and defenseman Tim Gleason shared assists on the goal.

The Monarchs added to their lead with the third goal in as many games for Clarke, who finished a 2-on-1 rush into the Springfield zone with his 16th goal of the season at 15:28 of the middle period. Cammalleri stretched his scoring streak to 11 games (7-12=19) with an assist on the play. Defenseman Mike Weaver had the second assist on Clarke's goal.

Cammalleri completed the scoring with his league-leading 30th goal, recorded shorthanded with an assist to Giuliano at 8:17 of the final period.

Cammalleri added to his team-leading stats with two points on Friday night. He ranks second overall in league scoring with 69 points (30-39=69) in 47 games this season.

The three goals were more than enough for Garon (23-8-2), who earned his 23rd win of the season while filling in for scheduled starter Adam Hauser. Garon finished with his team-leading sixth shutout.

Hauser was unable to go on Friday night after coming down with flu-like symptoms before the game.

Eklund (6-11-0) took the loss, his fifth straight. He finished with 22 saves.

The Monarchs return to action when they meet the Portland Pirates at the Cumberland County Civic Center at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, February 5. The Monarchs then return home for a match with the Worcester IceCats at the Verizon Wireless Arena at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9.

Ticket Availability: 315 seats in the Gold Level and 3,000 seats in the Silver level remain for Wednesday's game against the IceCats.

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.

Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey 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.



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