Phantoms Weekly Release

Published on October 11, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Adirondack Phantoms News Release


Opening Weekend vs. Syracuse on Friday and Albany on Saturday

October 11, 2010

2010-11 Record:

1-1-0-0, 2 points (Home 0-0-0-0, Road 1-1-0-0), Tied-2nd Place in East Division

Week 2 Schedule:

All games are broadcast LIVE on Classic Hits Q-101.7 FM by Adirondack Phantoms voice, Bob Rotruck, and can also be heard free over the Internet at www.phantomshockey.com and can be viewed via internet pay-per-view video on www.ahllive.com.

Tuesday, October 12- 7:05 pm - Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA

@ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1-0-0-0, 2pts)

Tied-2nd Place in East Division

Opening Night presented by Nemer Ford and Potvin & Potvin Family Dentistry

Friday, October 15 - 7:35 pm - Glens Falls Civic Center - Glens Falls, NY

Vs. Syracuse Crunch (0-1-0-1, 1 pt)

3rd Place in East Division, Eastern Conference

Promotion: Phantoms Magnetic Schedules brought to you by Potvin & Potvin Family Dentistry to the first 5,000 fans

Time Warner Cable Cup

Saturday, October 16 - 7:05 pm - Glens Falls Civic Center - Glens Falls, NY

Vs. Albany Devils (0-1-0-0, 0 pts)

4th Place in East Division, Eastern Conference

Third Game in 3 Nights

Sunday, October 17 - 5:05 pm - Blue Cross Arena - Rochester, NY

@ Rochester Americans (1-1-0-0, 2 pts)

2nd Place in North Division, Western Conference

Week 1 Game Results:

October 8, 2010 - Adirondack 1 @ Binghamton 5

The Adirondack Phantoms opened the 2010-11 season, presented by Bud Light, losing to the Binghamton Senators 5-1 at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night. Patrick Maroon scored the first Phantoms goal of the season on a feed from Dan Jancevski and Mike Testwuide while Johan Backlund kept the Phantoms in the game early on making 16 of his eventual 44 saves in the first period. Cory Bass, Kaspars Daugavins, Jim O'Brien, Bobby Butler and Patrick Wiercioch did the scoring for the Senators while Mike Brodeur made 27 saves and got his first win of the season.

October 9, 2010 - Adirondack 5 @ Albany 3

The Adirondack Phantoms took the first game of the Times Warner Cable Cup as well as their first game of the season at the Times Union Center on Saturday night by a score of 5-3. The Phantoms penalty kill excelled holding the Devils to 0-for-7 on the man advantage including a 5-on-3 early on in the first period to keep the game scoreless while Adirondack went 1-for-7 on their power play. The Phantoms received goals by Stefan Legein, Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Maroon, UMass-Lowell product Ben Holmstrom whom scored the eventual game winner midway through the third period and Zac Rinaldo. Johan Backlund, after making 44 saves on Friday night, returned to the net on Saturday and got his first win of the season making 26 saves.

Phantoms Honorable Mentions of the Week: (Week 1)

Patrick Maroon- LW- #7 - 2 GP (2 goals, 0 assists, 2 pts), -1, 12 SOG, 2 PIM

The St. Louis, MO native scored 11 goals and 33 assists in 67 games last season for the Phantoms and started the 2010-11 season on the right note. Maroon scored the lone goal in the season opener at Binghamton and then notched another goal in Albany on Saturday night to help the Phantoms win their first game of the season.



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