Monarchs Blank Grizzlies At Staples Center
Published on October 24, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
LOS ANGELES, CA â An appreciative STAPLES Center crowd of 10,074 enjoyed a solid 60 minutes of hockey as the Manchester Monarchs improved to 4-0 on the season with a 5-0 win over the Utah Grizzlies on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The win completed a Monarchs road sweep over their only Western Conference opponent this season. Manchester topped Utah, 5-3, in Utah on Wednesday night. The Grizzlies dropped to 0-4-0-1 on the season with the loss.
Goaltender Adam Hauser moved to 2-0 on the season with his first shutout. He had 20 saves in the game, including two challenging stops with the Grizzlies enjoying a lengthy 5-on-3 man-advantage in the early stages of the first period.
Defenseman Troy Milam opened the scoring with his first goal of the season minutes later, a blue line blast that deflected off a Utah defender and slid by goaltender David LeNeveu (35 shots, 30 saves) at 11:01. Wings Petr Kanko and Noah Clarke each assisted on the power play goal, the first of four on the night for the Monarchs.
The Monarchs stretched their lead to 4-0 with second period goals from center Yanick Lehoux, right wing Brad Smyth and Milam. Lehoux's team-leading sixth goal of the season came 2:13 into the period with assists from left wing Dustin Brown and right wing Tom Kostopoulos.
Lehoux collected his second point of the night with an assist on Smyth's third goal of the season at 10:53. Defenseman Tim Gleason also assisted on the 5-on-3 power play marker, the 272nd of Smyth's AHL career.
Milam's second power play goal of the night looked a lot like his first, a drive from the point that LeNeveu was unable to handle at 17:30. Kostopoulos and left wing Ryan Flinn assisted on the Monarchs third goal of the period.
Brown made it 5-0 Monarchs with his second goal of the season, scored on the power play 60 seconds into the final period. Lehoux collected his third point of the night with an assist on the play.
The Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, return to action when they host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, October 29 at 7:35 p.m. Catch all of the play-by-play action 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.
Ticket Availability: Single seats in the Gold level and 2,000 seats in the Silver level remain for the Bridgeport game.
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.
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