Monarchs Tie Franchise Record With Eighth Straight Win
Published on November 24, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
MANCHESTER, NH â Center Michael Cammalleri had two goals and goaltender Mathieu Garon had 33 saves for the Manchester Monarchs, who beat the Norfolk Admirals, 4-1, at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Wednesday night. The Monarchs tied a team record with their eighth straight win and improved to 15-1-0-0 (30 points) on the season. The Monarchs also extended their lead in the American Hockey League's Atlantic Division to a season-best eight points over the Hartford Wolf Pack (10-4-1-1, 22 points), who lost to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 3-1, at the Hartford Civic Center on Wednesday night.
Cammalleri collected the only goal in the first 40 minutes of play. The native of Richmond Hill, Ontario extended his scoring streak to a league-best 12 games (12-9=21) by roofing a shot over the glove of Norfolk goaltender Adam Munro 10:14 into the middle period. Right wing Brad Smyth and left wing Dustin Brown assisted on Cammalleri's 14th goal of the season.
The Monarchs added to their lead with two quick strikes in the third period. Right wing Tom Kostopoulos pounced on a rebound and stuffed it past Munro at 3:22 for his eighth goal of the season, and Cammalleri took Smyth's centering pass and fired it home at 6:19 to make it 3-0 Monarchs. Left wing Noah Clarke and center Yanick Lehoux shared assists on the Kostopoulos goal. Defenseman Troy Milam also notched an assist on Cammalleri's team-leading 15th goal of the season and second of the night.
Norfolk broke up Garon's shutout bid with a power play goal from left wing Quintin Laing at 10:11 of the period, but the Monarchs answered the Laing tally with a goal from right wing Dan Welch, who collected his second goal of the season at 12:35. Rookie center Matt Ryan and rookie left wing Petr Kanko notched assists on the play.
Garon (11-1-0) posted his 11th win in 12 decisions this season. Munro, who finished with 16 saves, saw his record drop to 2-3-0 on the season.
The Monarchs return to action when they meet the Portland Pirates at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday, November 26 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 1,000 seats in the Silver level remain for Friday's game against the Pirates. The first 5,000 fans attending the Monarchs game against the Pirates will receive a free Monarchs winter hat courtesy of Executive Health & Sports Center.
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