AHL San Antonio Rampage

Rampage Weekly Update

Published on March 12, 2012 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


THIS WEEK'S GAMES

Friday, Mar. 16 vs. Abbotsford Heat AT&T Center, 7:00 p.m.

The Rampage host the Abbotsford Heat on Friday in a pivotal contest as both teams start the week tied for sixth in the Western Conference stand- ings with 70 points. San Antonio is 3-2-0-0 against Abbotsford this sea- son.

Saturday, Mar. 17 vs. Rockford IceHogs AT&T Center, 7:00 p.m.

San Antonio is back in action at the AT&T Center on Saturday when they square off against the Rockford IceHogs. Rockford currently sits 12th in the Western Conference with a 28-26-2-5 record and 63 points.

DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADER DANCE CLINIC- Mar. 17: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will host a dance and cheer clinic from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Lifetime Fitness located at the Rim. The clinic is open to girls ages 5-16 with a $75 registration fee. Clinic participants will learn a routine that they will perform at the Rampage game that night.

DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADER NIGHT-Mar. 17: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will perform during both inter- missions and will sign autographs from 6-7 p.m. in the Court- yard. Friday's game is also a KZEP Dollar Drink Night. RAMPAGE FOURSOME LEAD THE WAY: Since mid-January, the Rampage have had four players average nearly a point per game. For a quarter of the season, forwards Bill Thomas (11 goals, 10 assists in his last 21 games), Greg Rallo (eight goals, nine assists in his last 19 games), Jon Matsumoto (six goals, 11 assists in his last 20 games), and Bracken Kearns (five goals, 12 assists in his last 22 games) have been catalysts for the San Antonio offensive attack.

PK RUN ENDS AT 25: Prior to allowing a second period power-play goal to Lake Erie on Sunday, the Rampage penalty kill had killed off all 25 of its opportunities since allowing a first period power-play goal against Texas on Feb. 18. Before the Monsters scored with the man advantage yesterday, the Rampage had gone eight full games since the opposi- tion had last scored a power-play marker.

CULLEN IN CRUISE CONTROL: San Antonio center Mark Cullen had his team-best nine -game point streak come to an end in yesterday's loss to the Lake Erie Monsters. Cullen posted three goals and eight assists in nine games from Feb. 3 to Mar. 10.

THREE-IN-THREE: This past weekend San Antonio concluded their eighth of nine three- in-three sets on the season and their fourth in the last five weeks. They are 4-2-1-1 in the first game of a three-game set, 6-2-0-0 in the second game, and 3-5-0-0 in the third game.

The Rampage will not play three games in three days again until the last weekend of the season.

ICE CHIPS: Sean Sullivan - Defenseman

San Antonio defenseman Sean Sullivan tallied three assists in three games this weekend to give him 24 points (five goals, 19 assists) for the year. Sunday's contest against Lake Erie also marked Sullivan's 200th career game with the Rampage. He is one contest away from tying Brett MacLean's franchise record of 201 games played in a San Antonio uniform.

Sullivan, who is in his second stint with the Rampage, also played for San Antonio from 2006 to 2010. He ranks first all-time among Rampage defensemen in goals (21), assists (73), and points (94).

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