Monarchs Take Third Straight
February 7, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - The Manchester Monarchs ran their unbeaten streak to three games by defeating the Manitoba Moose, 5-1, before another sellout crowd of 9,893 fans at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday night. With the win, the Monarchs kept pace with the Providence Bruins, who also won Friday. The Monarchs, who trail the Bruins by six points with four games in hand, host the North Division front-runners tomorrow at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
After a scoreless first period, the Monarchs, aided by two power play goals, bolted out to a 3-0 lead. Eric Healey and defenseman Richard Seeley were credited with the two power play goals, scored on Moose goaltender Alex Auld at 9:25 and 10:54 of the second period.
Healey slammed home his 20th goal, and his 10th on the power play, after receiving a Greg Koehler centering pass at the right of the crease. Defenseman Tomas Zizka also earned an assist on the goal, scored with the Monarchs enjoying a two-man advantage.
Seeley collected his third goal of the campaign by pouncing on a rebound after Auld fought off a Koehler drive from the right circle. Derek Bekar, who scored the Monarchs first goal of the period at 2:52, also assisted on power play goal number two.
The Moose cut into the Monarchs three-goal cushion late in the period despite three point blank saves by Monarchs goaltender Travis Scott. Tyler Bouck's seventh goal, scored at 19:09, made it 3-1 Monarchs. The Bouck tally followed a mad scramble in front of the Monarchs net after it appeared as though Scott had the puck covered. The Monarchs regained a comfortable lead early in the final period, as Healey recorded his second goal of the night and team-leading 21st goal of the season at 1:41 to make it 4-1. Koehler and East Coast Hockey League recall Brandon Dietrich also earned points on the Healey marker, his fifth in five games. Bekar's second goal, scored at 18:58 of the third period with assists to Dietrich and Welch, completed the scoring in a game that turned ugly down the stretch. Several fights broke out on the ice as the final seconds ticked off the clock. The Monarchs (28-11-6-3, 65 points) and the Bruins meet at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday. Less than 500 tickets remain for the contest.
Notes: The Monarchs took the season series with the Moose, posting a 2-0-1-1 record...The Monarchs sellout was the 11th of the season for the AHL attendance leaders...The Monarchs had 13 sellouts last year.
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