Monarchs Report
Published on December 27, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
LAST WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
Vs. Portland (12/26): Left wing Dustin Brown scored a power play goal to lift the Monarchs over the Portland Pirates, 2-1, at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Sunday night. Right wing Boyd Gordon scored the lone Pirates goal to give Portland the lead mid-way through the first period. Center Yanick Lehoux answered back just five minutes later with a highlight reel goal to tie the game.
Brown scored the game winner at 19:08 of the second period. Monarchs goaltender Mathieu Garon earned his league-leading 16th win by stopping 27 shots. Portland goaltender Maxime Ouellet stopped 27 shots for his 13th loss of the season. Manchester went 1-2 on the power play. Portland was 0-3 on the power play.
MONARCHS TRANSACTIONS
12/20/04: The Manchester Monarchs (AHL) loaned left wing Connor James to the Bakersfield Condors (ECHL).
MONARCHS INJURY REPORT
12/13/04: Greg Hogeboom is out 10-12 weeks after undergoing wrist surgery.
11/27/04: Ryan Flinn is out 6-8 weeks after undergoing Achilles tendon surgery.
11/18/04: Scott Barney is out 10 weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery.
News & Notes
Center Yanick Lehoux helped the Monarchs extend their home ice unbeaten in regulation streak to a team record 13 games (12-0-1-0) with a goal and an assist against the Portland Pirates on Sunday night.
The Monarchs are the only squad in the 28-team American Hockey League to not have a regulation loss on home ice this season.
Lehoux, who has points in 26 of the 30 games he's skated in this season, leads the AHL in scoring with 45 points (20-25=45).
Lehoux takes a three-game goal streak (3 goals during the streak) and a three-game point streak (3-3=6) into the Monarchs Tuesday contest against the Utah Grizzlies.
Lehoux leads the Monarchs with five three-point games this season and is tied for second on the Monarchs with 13 multi-point games.
Lehoux, selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the third-round (86th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, scored his 50th goal as a Monarch on Sunday night against the Pirates. He is one of four players to reach the 50-goal milestone in a Monarchs jersey.
Lehoux's 50 goals are tied for third on the all-time list with former Monarch Steve Kelly. Lehoux trails only former Monarchs Pavel Rosa (67) and Eric Healey (66) on the all-time goals scored list.
Lehoux ranks third on the Monarchs all-time assist list. He earned his 74th career assist as a Monarch on Sunday night against the Pirates.
Lehoux's 124 career points as a Monarch rank fourth on the all-time list behind Kelly (164), Rosa (151) and Healey (131). In 174 career games with the Monarchs, Lehoux has 50 goals, 74 assists and 124 points.
Lehoux, who has already surpassed his previous highs for goals (16) and points (42) in a season, ranks third in the league in both goals (20) and assists (25).
Lehoux leads the AHL in shooting percentage. The 22-year-old native of Repentigny, Quebec, has 20 goals on 69 shots for a shooting percentage of .290.
Right wing Tom Kostopoulos leads the Monarchs with 15 multi-point games this season. Kostopoulos ranks second in the league in shooting percentage with 15 goals on 58 shots (.259 shooting percentage).
Kostopoulos is tied for the league lead with five game-winning goals this season.
Center Michael Cammalleri leads the AHL with 22 goals and ranks second in the league with 44 points (22-22=44).
Cammalleri also leads the league with 11 power play goals. The Monarchs team record for power play goals in a season is 14, set by Healey in the 2002-03 season.
Selected by the Kings in the second-round (49th overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Cammalleri needs just four more power play goals to tie Healey (20 power play goals) for first on the Monarchs all-time power play goals list.
The next game for veteran left wing Chris Schmidt will be his 200th as a Monarch. Schmidt, originally selected by the Kings in the fifth-round (111th overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, ranks second only to defenseman Joe Rullier (227 games played) on the Monarchs all-time games played list.
Rullier shares the league lead with a plus-21 plus/minus rating.
Goaltender Mathieu Garon, who shares the league lead with 16 wins (16-4-1) and four shutouts, ranks sixth in the league with a goals - against-average of 1.96 and sixth in the circuit with a save-percentage of .934.
The next win for Garon will be his 100th in the AHL. The 26-year-old native of Chandler, Quebec, has a career record in the AHL of 99 wins, 84 losses and 21 ties.
The Monarchs lead the league in goals (116), assists (209), points (325), power play goals (39) and goals -per-game-average (3.87).
The Monarchs rank second in the league with a goals -against-average of 2.00.
Along with their 39 power play goals, the Monarchs lead the league with a 21.8 success rate on the power play (39 for 179).
The Monarchs are second in the league with a 27.5 percent success rate on the power play at the Verizon Wireless Arena (22 for 80).
The Monarchs lead the AHL with 23 wins and a .817 winning percentage. Only two other teams, the Philadelphia Phantoms (21 wins) and the Hartford Wolf Pack (21 wins) have 20 or more wins this season.
The Monarchs have 15 wins in 18 games (15-2-1-0) against the Atlantic Division this season.
The Monarchs are 18-0-2-0 in games where they've led after two periods this season.
Defenseman Denis Grebeshkov is second in the league among AHL defensemen with 21 assists.
Grebeshkov, selected by the Kings in the first-round (18th overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, ranks fourth in the league among blueliners with 22 points (1-21=22).
Grebeshkov also has a plus/minus rating of plus-13, which is tied for fourth best among league blueliners.
The second best defensive plus/minus rating in the league belongs to defenseman Mike Weaver, who has a plus-14. Weaver, originally signed by the Atlanta Thrashers as a free agent on June 15, 2000, has 12 points (1-11=12) in 30 games with the Monarchs this season.
The next game for the 26-year-old Weaver will be his 200th in the AHL. Weaver has 43 points (8-35=43) in 199 career AHL games with the Monarchs and the Chicago Wolves.
Monarchs Promotions
Annual New Year's Eve Celebration With the Monarchs - It's time to celebrate! Come see the largest, most spectacular indoor fireworks show in New England courtesy of Centrix Bank immediately following the Monarchs New Year's Eve game against the Lowell Lock Monsters on Friday, December 31 at 7:35 p.m. Festivities start at about 10:00 p.m. and last until about 10:30 p.m.
2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic
The 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic will be held in Manchester on February 13-14, 2005. Manchester and the Verizon Wireless Arena will provide the stage for the best young hockey players in the world to showcase their talents.
Tickets for the 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic are on sale now at the Verizon Wireless Arena box office, at all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at 603-868-7300 and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Fewer than 300 tickets remain for this marquee event.
Tickets Prices: $49 for the Gold (lower) level $39 for the Silver (upper) level (The price includes one ticket to the AHL All-Star Skills Competition and one ticket to the AHL All-Star Game).
After the AHL All-Star Skills Competition on February 13, come celebrate with AHL players, guests and fans from around the league. The Center of New Hampshire - Radisson Hotel, Manchester (located across the street from the arena) will play host to the AHL All-Star Party Palooza, which will begin at 9:00 p.m.
Tickets for the AHL All-Star Party Palooza, a fun-filled evening featuring three separately themed parties rolled into one, are also on sale now. The parties will include musical entertainment from Beatle Juice, The Fat City Band and Hot Like Fire.
AHL All-Star Party Palooza tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the Verizon Wireless Arena box office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 603-868-7300 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
American Hockey League Stories from December 27, 2004
- Portland Pirates Weekly Report - Portland Pirates
- Bruins fall in shootout - Providence Bruins
- Bulldogs to play five games this week - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Admirals Add Lundbohm, Martin - Milwaukee Admirals
- Monarchs Report - Manchester Monarchs
- River Rats set to ring in 2005 - Albany River Rats
- Wolves Weekly - Chicago Wolves
- Two home games bring 2004 to a close - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Rampage return from break to play four - San Antonio Rampage
- Last second rally highlights first half of home-stand - Bridgeport Islanders
- Phantoms Weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Rampage Game Day - San Antonio Rampage
- Norfolk shuts out San Antonio, gets blanked by Hershey - Norfolk Admirals
- Spezza Named CCM/Vector AHL Player of the Week - Binghamton Senators
- 2005 AHL All-Star balloting underway - AHL
- Binghamton center Jason Spezza named CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Barons Weekly Report - Cleveland Barons
- Sloan Recalled By Syracuse - Syracuse Crunch
- Bears continue big week with Binghamton and Philadelphia in town - Hershey Bears
- Aeros Weekly Report - Houston Aeros
- Pirates Partner with STRIVE U - Portland Pirates
- Kurka, Bruins skate to win - Providence Bruins
- Grizzlies finish homestand with a bang - Utah Grizzlies
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