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Pirates Look To Extend Unbeaten Streak

October 19, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Portland Pirates News Release


PORTLAND, ME – The Portland Pirates are off to a sizzling start to the 2004-2005 season with an undefeated record of 2-0. After Sunday's 5-4 win over the St. John's Maple Leafs, the Pirates are preparing for their first road game of the season. On Wednesday it will be a battle for first place in the Atlantic Division when the Pirates take on the Lowell Lock Monsters at 7:00 p.m. The game can be heard live on "The Big Jab" Portland Pirates Radio Network.

Following the game against the Lock Monsters, the Pirates will return to the Cumberland County Civic Center for two games this weekend. On Friday, the Pirates will clash with the Springfield Falcons at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday night, Hockey Night In Portland, against the Lowell Lock Monsters at 7:05 p.m.. The game on Saturday night will be preceded by a "Chalk Talk" in the Penalty Box Grill at the Cumberland County Civic Center with Pirates' Head Coach Tim Army. Tim will give fans a behind the scenes look at the team and his tactics and strategies heading into Saturday's game. The event will start at 6:15 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY NIGHT IS HOCKEY NIGHT!

The game on Saturday will be the second of the seventeen Saturday night games the Pirates have this season. The first Hockey Night In Portland crowd last Saturday of 5,806 was the Pirates largest opening night crowd since the 2000-2001 season. In addition to the "Chalk Talk", before and during the game on Saturday, A.C Moore will also have their craft tables available for fans to make Pirates signs and posters to cheer on their team.

Hockey Night in Portland will begin with pre-game specials at local restaurants including:

David's – Portland Pirates pre-game menu Rivalries - Pre-game food and beverage specials Maverick's - Free kids' meals 2 hours before games (Sat. & Sun.) & free parking @ Public Market lot Margarita's - Pre-game food and beverage specials Boru's - Pre-game food and beverage specials Gritty's - Pre-game food and beverage specials

Fans can also join the Pirates players after the game at The Stadium Restaurant and Sports Bar for the second of 17 Saturday nights post-game parties. The Stadium Restaurant and Sports Bar will have drink specials for Pirates fans on every Saturday night.

Ticket information:

Pirates' individual tickets start at just $6 and can be purchased by calling the Civic Center Box office at 775-3458. Full season, half season, flex packs, birthday and group ticket packages for the 2004-2005 season are on sale now. Fans can receive more information by logging on to the Pirates' web site, portlandpirates.com, or by calling the Pirates at (207) 828-4665 (x 350).

A Look at Last Weekend:

This past weekend Pirates' goaltender Maxime Ouellet picked up his first two wins of the year with 24 saves in the Pirates 4-1 victory on Friday and 35 saves in the Pirates 5-4 win on Saturday. Both Trent Whitfield and Steve Eminger had multi-point games, each with one goal and one assist on Friday night. Eminger and Whitfield each had an assist on Saturday night to continue their point scoring streaks.

The Pirates had a strong showing on opening night from two of their rookies. Jakub Klepis scored his first professional goal, which ended up being the game winner. Tomas Fleischmann picked up an assist on the Klepis goal, which was his first AHL point.

On the power play, the Pirates have converted on four of their 11 opportunities (36.4%), with the man advantage which ranks 1st in the AHL. The Pirates penalty kill has also been superb. The Pirates kept the Leafs from scoring on all nine of their opportunities on Friday night and killed off nine of the ten power play chances for the Leafs on Saturday. Heading into Wednesday's game against Lowell the Pirates are ranked 4th in the league on the penalty kill at 95.0%

Pirates Spotlight:

Pirates' Captain Graham Mink had a terrific opening weekend with two goals and one assist. Mink picked up his assist on the Brooks Laich power play goal on opening night against the St. John's Maple Leafs. As a result of his play Mink was nominated for the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week.

Mink's two goals came in the Pirates 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon. Mink scored the Pirates second goal on the power play as he tipped a Michel Periard shot from the point. He also scored the third goal in the game for Portland. As Mink came out of the penalty box he picked up a long distance pass from Steve Eminger to send Mink in all alone. He used his speed to escape the Maple Leafs back checking and slid the puck through the pads of goaltender Jean-Francois Racine. On Saturday he was awarded the Allied Home Mortgage number one star of the game.

Pirates Schedule for the week of October 18th

Wed. Oct. 20 Pre-game skate at Portland Ice Arena 9:30 a.m.

Game @ Lowell 7:05 p.m.

Thur. Oct. 21 Pirates' broadcaster Greg Glynn on "The Morning Jab" on WJAB 8:05 a.m.

Practice at the Portland Ice Arena 9:45 a.m.

Fri. Oct. 22 Nolan Yonkman on 99.9FM The Wolf 7:15 a.m.

Tim Army's wife, Sue Army on WGMX 93.1FM 7:52 a.m.

Pre-game skate at the Cumberland County Civic Center 10:00 a.m.

Tim Army's wife, Sue Army on WGMX 93.1FM 5:25 p.m.

Casino Night at Windows on the Water to benefit Gary's House

(Kennebunk, ME) 7:00 p.m.

Game vs. Springfield 7:05 p.m.

Sat. Oct.23 Pre-game skate at Cumberland County Civic Center 10:00 a.m.

Pirates' Head Coach Tim Army hosts a "Chalk Talk" in the

Penalty Box Grill at the Cumberland County Civic Center 6:15 p.m.

Game vs. Lowell 7:05 p.m.

Sun. Oct. 24 DAY OFF

Catch the "Voice of the Pirates", Greg Glynn every weekday at 7:20 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. on WJAB 1440AM/95.5FM with the Pirates daily report.

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