AHL Manchester Monarchs

Monarchs Swap Goaltenders With Reading

Published on December 21, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


MANCHESTER, NH - The Manchester Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, have recalled goaltender Daniel Taylor from the ECHL's Reading Royals and assigned netminder Jonathan Quick to the Royals, Monarchs Director of Hockey Operations Hubie McDonough announced today.

Taylor, 21, has appeared in four games with the Monarchs this season and is unbeaten in regulation with a record of 2-1-0 with an overtime loss, a goals-against-average of 2.93 and a .908 save-percentage. The 5-foot-11, 186-pound native of Plymouth, England, has also played in three games with the Royals this season and is unbeaten with a record of 3-0-0 with a 2.64 goals-against-average and a .917 save-percentage. The Kings selected Taylor in the seventh-round (221st overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Quick, 21, has played in three games with the Kings this season. He made his NHL debut and posted his first NHL win versus Buffalo on December 6. The 6-foot, 180-pound native of Milford, Connecticut, has a record of 1-2-0, a goals-against-average of 3.86 and a save-percentage of .855 in his three appearances with the Kings this season. Quick has also played in three games with Manchester this season where he has a record of 1-2-0, a goals-against-average of 2.67 and a save-percentage of .909, and in 13 games with the Reading this season where he has a record of 7-5-1 with one shutout, a goals-against-average of 2.46 and a save-percentage of .907. The Kings selected Quick in the third-round (72nd overall) in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

The Monarchs next game is on the road against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, December 21. Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network WGIR-AM 610 and at www.manchestermonarchs.com. Watch the game live on B2 Networks for just $6 per game. Log onto www.manchestermonarchs.com and click on the link to B2 Networks ten minutes prior to the each Monarchs game to watch the game live.



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