Monarchs Shut Down By Phantoms In Best Of The Best Battle
December 17, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
PHILADELPHIA, PA â Former Los Angeles Kings left wing Jon Sim scored the lone goal as the Philadelphia Phantoms shut out the Manchester Monarchs, 1-0, in front of a crowd of 4,954 at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. The Monarchs, now 21-4-1-1 with 44 points on the season, remain the number one team in the American Hockey League with a one-point lead over the Phantoms, who are 21-5-0-1 with 43 points overall.
The only goal in the game came just 1:56 into the first period when Sim was able to shovel the puck past Monarchs goaltender Mathieu Garon as bodies were piling up in front of the net. Center R.J. Umberger and left wing Tony Voce assisted on Sim's ninth goal of the season.
Manchester left wingers Petr Kanko and Dustin Brown had a short-handed breakaway at the one-minute mark of the third period, which was the Monarchs best opportunity to tie the game. Phantoms goaltender Antero Niittymaki robbed the Monarchs as he made the save on Kanko's wrister from the slot.
Garon (14-4-1) made 21 saves in the game and took his fourth loss of the season. Niittymaki (14-5-0) earned his 14th win and second shutout by stopping all 24 Monarchs shots.
The Monarchs return to action at the Giant Center in Hershey as they face-off against the Hershey Bears on Saturday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m. Manchester will finish their mid-Atlantic road trip against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza on Sunday, December 19 at 5:05 p.m. The Monarchs return home on Sunday, December 26 to face the Portland Pirates at 4:05 p.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena. 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: 60 tickets in the Gold level and 2,400 tickets in the Silver level remain for the Monarchs game on Sunday, December 26 against the Pirates.
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