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Monarchs Recall Denike

February 22, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


READING, PA – The Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate of the Reading Royals, on Saturday recalled goaltender Terry Denike from the ECHL's Reading Royals. The team also announced that goaltender Milan Hnilicka is expected to miss two weeks of action with a right knee sprain.

Denike, 22, has appeared in five games with the Royals this season, where he has a record of 1-1-1, a goals-against-average of 3.49 and a save-percentage of .899. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound native of Mississauga, Ontario, has also appeared in two games with the Central Hockey League's Wichita Thunder this season. He has a record of 1-1-0, a goals-against-average of 2.42 and a save-percentage of .905 in the two games. Selected by the Kings in the fifth-round (152nd overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Denike has yet to appear in a game for the Monarchs.

Hnilicka, 30, was injured in the Monarchs-Providence Bruins game on February 20, his second start after breaking a finger during a Kings practice on January 2. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound native of Litomerice, Czech Republic, has appeared in 12 games with the Monarchs this season, posting a record of 5-6-0, a goals-against-average of 2.56 and a save-percentage of .903. Hnilicka has also appeared in two games for the Kings this season, posting a record of 0-1-0, a goals-against-average of 3.75 and a save-percentage of .881. In 121-career NHL regular season contests with the Kings, the Atlanta Thrashers and the New York Rangers, Hnilicka has a 29-67-13 record and a 3.31 goals-against-average.

The Royals close out their season series with the Trenton Titans in the Sovereign Center this afternoon at 5:05 p.m. Don't forget about Royals Weekly and Royals Roundtable at Casa Grande on Monday, February 23 starting at 6:00 p.m. The scheduled guests on the show are: #4 defenseman Reagan Rome, #51 forward Scooter Smith, Brian Poile, Director of Hockey Operations of the Utah Grizzlies and Daniel May, coach of the Women's Varsity Hockey Team at the Hill School. It's Labatt's Blue Monday at Casa Grande, $1.50 16-ounce drafts!

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