AHL San Antonio Rampage

Record-breaking goaltender Boucher assigned to Rampage

Published on October 31, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 31, 2005) - The Phoenix Coyotes assigned National Hockey League record-breaking goaltender Brian Boucher to the San Antonio Rampage on Monday for conditioning.

Boucher, who strained his right groin muscle in the Coyotes Sept. 16 preseason opener against the Minnesota Wild and has been rehabilitating since, is scheduled to make his Rampage debut on Wednesday when they host the Manitoba Moose at the SBC Center at 7 p.m. He last played in the American Hockey League during the 1999-2000 season as a member of the Philadelphia Phantoms and their 1997-98 Calder Cup Champion team.

The 28-year-old Boucher led all Coyotes goaltenders in games played, minutes, wins and shutouts during the 2003-04 season. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound netminder compiled a 2.74 goals against average (GAA), .906 save percentage (SV%) and a 10-19-10 record in 40 games. Boucher performed one of the most incredible feats in hockey history when he set two new modern-day NHL records with five consecutive shutouts and a shutout sequence of 332:01, breaking the 55-year-old records of Montreal's Bill Durnan (4 shutouts, 309:21 sequence in 1948-49). Boucher's five consecutive shutouts came on Dec. 31 vs. LA (4-0, 21 saves), Jan. 2 at DAL (6-0, 35 saves), Jan. 4 at CAR (3-0, 26 saves), Jan. 7 at WSH (3-0, 27 saves) and Jan. 9 at MIN (2-0, 21 saves). Boucher played 332:01 without allowing a goal from 19:15 of the 2nd period at NSH, Dec. 22 through 6:16 of the 1st period vs. ATL, Jan. 11.

The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-native has played five seasons in the NHL with Phoenix and the Philadelphia Flyers. In his NHL career, Boucher has collected a 2.65 GAA, .901 SV% and a 71-77-30 record. He was originally drafted by Philadelphia in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1995 Entry Draft. Boucher led the Flyers to the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, posting a record of 11-7 with a 2.03 GAA and .917 SV% in 18 games. After three seasons in Philadelphia, the Coyotes acquired Boucher from the Flyers via trade on June 12, 2002.

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