AHL Norfolk Admirals

Phantoms Blank Admirals

Published on March 11, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Norfolk Admirals News Release


PHILADELPHIA, PA - Marc Denis made 38 saves, but his Norfolk Admirals (23-35-2-5) were shut out by Scott Munroe's 22 saves in a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phantoms (39-21-2-3) on Tuesday night at the Wachovia Spectrum.

Jared Ross put the Phantoms on the board late in the opening frame when his shot from the left wing half wall knuckled past Admirals goalie Marc Denis at 19:25.

The Philadelphia lead doubled early in the second stanza. Martin Grenier sent a centering pass from the right corner that Pete Zingoni redirected past Munroe at 3:25.

Kyle Greentree closed out scoring by one-timing an Oskars Bartulis pass from the left corner past Denis at 16:24 of the final frame.

Marc Denis (41 shots, 38 saves) was saddled with the loss. Scott Munroe (22 shots, 22 saves) earned the shutout victory.

Norfolk was 0-5 on the power play. Philadelphia was 0-4.

After a quick trip to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tomorrow night to face off against the Penguins at 7:05 p.m., the Admirals will return to Scope for an eight-game homestand kicking off next Friday and Saturday against the Portland Pirates. Friday night, the first 2,500 fans will receive an Admirals pennant courtesy of Good Neighbor Pharmacy. Saturday night, the first 1,500 fans will receive an Admirals St. Patty's Day puck courtesy of Liberty Tax Service upon exiting the building.

To purchase tickets to any Admirals game, you may visit the Scope Box Office weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., visit any Ticketmaster outlet, call Ticketmaster at (757) 671-8100 or visit Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase Admirals season tickets, ten packs or group tickets, please stop by the Admirals' Administrative Offices at Scope or call (757) 640-1212 weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Three Stars:

1. Scott Munroe - PHI

2. Jared Ross - PHI

3. Marc Denis - NOR

Box Score

Notes: Tonight marked the first time Norfolk had been shut out since December 19 at Bridgeport. Norfolk has now been shut out six times this season ... Denis has faced 32 or more shots in each of his last four games. During that span, Denis is 2-2-0 with a 2.25 goals-against average (GAA) and .944 save percentage (SV%). Also in that span, he has improved his season GAA from 3.53 to 3.09 and his season SV% from .892 to .903 ... Adam Henrich's four-game scoring streak (2-3-5) and Bracken Kearns' three-game scoring streak (2-2-4) ended tonight ... F Norm Milley, D Andy Rogers and F Paul Szczechura missed the game due to injury while F/D Mike Egener was a healthy scratch ... Attendance: 5,134.

Pronunciations:

Denis: deh-NEE

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