Monsters Gain Ground This Week

January 17, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release


Last Week: Fri 1/13 Lock Monsters 5 vs. MANCHESTER 3 Sat 1/14 Providence 2 vs. LOCK MONSTERS 1, OT Sun 1/15 Bridgeport 3 vs. LOCK MONSTERS 2, OT

This Week: Wed 1/18 LOCK MONSTERS vs. Portland Pirates, 7:05 p.m. Fri 1/20 LOCK MONSTERS vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 7:35 p.m. Sat 1/21 Lock Monsters @ Springfield Falcons, 7:05 p.m. Sun 1/22 Lock Monsters @ Hartford Wolf Pack, 4:00 p.m.

Rewind: Friday, Lock Monsters 5 vs. Monarchs 3 The Lock Monsters scored three power play goals in the second period and held off a third period rally by Manchester to take the win. David Gove led the way with three assists in the game - his second three-point effort in eight days - and Vitaly Kolesnik stopped 31 shots for his 12th win of the year. Lowell improved to 3-1-1-1 against the Monarchs on the season.

Saturday, Bruins 2 vs. Lock Monsters 1, OT Former Lock Monster Sean Curry scored his first goal of the season late in overtime to lift the Providence Bruins to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Lock Monsters on Saturday night. Lowell took a 1-0 lead during the second period with a goal by rookie Nicolas Corbeil but couldn't hold on. Providence tied the contest with less than three minutes left in regulation, and Curry's tally capped the comeback.

Sunday, Sound Tigers 3 vs. Lock Monsters 2, OT On Sunday the Monsters earned a point with a late rally, but Jeremy Colliton scored just 17 seconds into overtime to take a 3-2 win over the Monsters. Bridgeport improved to 5-0 against Lowell on the season. Nicolas Corbeil scored for the second straight game, this time with 2:56 remaining in regulation to tie the game and send it into overtime.

Monsters Memos - Mike Zigomanis had his five-game scoring streak snapped on Sunday when he was held without a point. Zigomanis, had 2g-4a-6pts in his five-game stretch. - Nicolas Corbeil, an ECHL All-Star that signed a PTO with Lowell on Friday, scored the team's only goal on Saturday and registered the game-tying goal on Sunday with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. - The Lock Monsters three power play goals in the second period on Friday tied a franchise record for power play goals in a period. - D Danny Richmond was recalled by the Carolina Hurricanes for the third time this season on Saturday afternoon. He has appeared in eight NHL games this season. - C David Gove recorded three points for the second consecutive Friday last weekend with three assists in Manchester. He scored 2g-1a on Friday, January 6th in Norfolk. - The Lock Monsters have picked up at least a point in their last three games. It's the first time they've claimed a point in three straight contests since November 6th - 12th. - C Keith Aucoin's goal on Sunday was his first shorthanded point of the year. Eleven different Monsters have registered a shorthanded point and he's the sixth player to notch a shorthanded goal.

Leaders Goals Aucoin (16) Assists Aucoin (31) Points Aucoin (47) PIM Love (68) Plus/Minus Viitanen, Peat (+1)

Coming Up: Lowell hosts a pair of games this week and also travels for two matches. On Wednesday, the Portland Pirates come to town for a 7:05 p.m. start, sporting the best record in the Atlantic Division. Lowell is 2-3-0-1 against the Pirates on the season.

Friday night the Monsters return to action looking for revenge on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The first 1,000 fans will get a Lock Monsters Static Sticker. Game time is 7:35 p.m. The Lock Monsters head to Springfield on Saturday (7:05 p.m.) and Hartford on Sunday (4:00 p.m.) to cap off the weekend.

Individual tickets start at $10 and are on sale now at the Tsongas Arena box office, which is open from 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:00 - 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Flex Packs and group outings are on sale now; contact the Lock Monsters ticket office at (978) 458-PUCK (7825) for more information.

All games home and away can be heard live on 980 WCAP, and viewed through B2 Networks, the official broadband provider of the AHL, with the "Voice of the Lock Monsters" Ryan Johnston. Log on to www.lockmonsters.com to watch or listen online.

CCM/Vector AHL Player of the Week Nomination Keith Aucoin Aucoin, the team's leading scorer by a 28-point margin, once again led the way this weekend for Lowell. He set up a pair of goals on Friday night in a 5-3 win at Manchester, and tallied another assist in Saturday's game on the team's only goal. Aucoin added a shorthanded tally on Sunday in a 3-2 overtime loss to Bridgeport to cap off his weekend.

Day Date Opponent G A Pts PIM +/- Fri 1/13 @ MCH 0 2 2 0 +1 Sat 1/14 PRO 0 1 1 0 -1 Sun 1/15 BRI 1 0 1 0 +1 Totals 3 games 1 3 4 0 +1



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