Monarchs Stretch Win Streak To Five Games
October 29, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, NH â For the fourth time in five games, center Yanick Lehoux led his team with three points as the Manchester Monarchs stayed unbeaten with a satisfying 5-0 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before 8,010 fans on Friday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Lehoux, who had just one three-point game with the Monarchs last season, paced the offensive attack with one goal and two assists. Left wing Chris Schmidt (1-0=1), center Michael Cammalleri (1-0=1), left wing Ryan Flinn (1-0=1) and right wing Tom Kostopoulos (1-1=2) also scored for the Monarchs, who improved to 5-0-0-0. The Monarchs have yet to score less than five goals in a game this season.
The Monarchs, who have yet to trail in a game this season, took a first period lead with a short-handed goal from Schmidt, scored on a breakaway at 3:19. The unassisted short-hander was his fourth in a Monarchs uniform, tying him with former Monarch Steve Kelly for second all-time. Former Monarch Derek Bekar is the Monarchs career leader with eight short-handed goals.
The Monarchs took control of the game with three goals in the middle period. Cammalleri sliced his shot past goaltender Wade Dubielewicz (27 shots, 22 saves) at 5:51 with assists from right wing Brad Smyth and left wing Dustin Brown, Lehoux made it a 3-0 lead with his team-leading seventh goal, scored on the power play with assists from Kostopoulos and left wing Petr Kanko at 8:35, and Flinn collected his first goal of the season with assists from Lehoux and rookie center Matt Ryan on the power play at 16:44.
Kostopoulos closed the scoring with his first goal of the season, scored on the power play just 1:13 into the final frame. Lehoux had the only assist on the play.
The scoring explosion was more than enough for goaltender Mathieu Garon, who improved to 3-0 on the season with 24 saves. The shutout was his first of the season, and it helped extend the Monarchs team shutout streak to 125:22 over the last three games.
The Monarchs return to action when they travel to Springfield to meet the Springfield Falcons on Saturday, October 30 at 4:05 p.m. Saturday's game will be the first of three straight on the road for the Monarchs, who return to the Verizon Wireless Arena to meet the Albany River Rats on Saturday, November 6 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 2,100 seats in the Silver level remain for the Monarchs game against the River Rats on November 6. The first 5,000 fans attending the game will receive a Monarchs T-shirt courtesy of Crowley Foods.
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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