Ricoh Rock Report
Published on March 2, 2015 under American Hockey League (AHL)
St. John's IceCaps News Release
Wed., Feb. 25
STJ 3 vs POR 2 (SO)
Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves and stopped all three shooters in the shootout as the IceCaps beat the Portland Pirates at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME. Chase Balisy scored the only goal in the shootout while John Albert and Patrice Cormier had the tallies in regulation. With the win, the IceCaps extended their point streak to five games and clinched the best-of-nine Eimskip Port-to-Port Challenge Cup series with two games left to play.
Fri., Feb. 27
WOR 6 vs STJ 3
The IceCaps were unable to extend their five-game point streak as they fell to the Worcester Sharks at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. St. John's got two-point efforts from linemates John Albert (1G, 1A), Scott Kosmachuk (1G, 1A) and JC Lipon (2A).
Sat., Feb. 28
STJ 2 vs WOR 0
Connor Hellebuyck posted a team-record 50 saves as St. John's shut out the Worcester Sharks 2-0 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. Jason Jaffray with his sixth goal of the season and Chase Balisy with his 14th, scored for the game's only goals.
MOLSON CUP THREE STARS
Hellebuyck in the Record Books: IceCaps rookie netminder Connor Hellebuyck set two team records last week with his 24th win of the season and a 50-save shutout performance versus the Worcester Sharks. Hellebuyck now has six shutouts on the season.
Klingberg Leaves a Legacy: The Winnipeg Jets dealt original IceCap Carl Klingberg on Sunday to the New York Rangers.
Klingberg leaves as the IceCaps' all-time leader in games played (248) and is second all-time in goals (63) and third in points (132).
American Hockey League Stories from March 2, 2015
- IceCaps Re-Assign Olkinuora to Ontario Reign - St. John's IceCaps
- Canucks Reassign and Recall Jacob Markstrom, Ronalds Kenins and Adam Clendening from Comets - Utica Comets
- Minnesota Acquires Jared Knight from Boston for Zack Phillips - Iowa Wild
- Mat Clark and William Karlsson Traded - Norfolk Admirals
- Patrik Nemeth Recalled by NHL's Dallas Stars - Texas Stars
- Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire Karlsson, Bourque and Pick - Springfield Falcons
- San Antonio Rampage Weekly Update - San Antonio Rampage
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Springfield Falcons Weekly - Springfield Falcons
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Penguins Loan Boak to Wheeling - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Minnesota Trades Falk to Columbus, Receives Leopold - Iowa Wild
- Coyotes Assign Lessio to Portland - Portland Pirates
- Canucks Acquire Sven Baertschi for Second Round Pick in 2015 - Utica Comets
- Canadiens Acquire Torrey Mitchell from Sabres for Jack Nevins, Seventh Round Pick - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Sabres Acquire Nevins, Pick from Montreal for Mitchell - Rochester Americans
- Coyotes Acquire David Leggio from New York Islanders - Portland Pirates
- Win a Griffins Slapshot Swingset for Your Backyard - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Capitals Re-Assign Andre Burakovsky to Hershey - Hershey Bears
- Islanders Acquire Louis from Coyotes - Bridgeport Islanders
- Canadiens Assign Michael Bournival to Bulldogs - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Syracuse Crunch Ryan Martindale Reassigned to Crunch, Corrente to San Antonio - Syracuse Crunch
- Islanders Acquire Jeffrey from Canucks - Bridgeport Islanders
- Syracuse D Matt Corrente Assigned to Rampage - San Antonio Rampage
- Texas Stars Weekly Update - Texas Stars
- Ricoh Rock Report - St. John's IceCaps
- Canadiens Assign Greg Pateryn to Bulldogs - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Canucks Acquire Former AHL MVP Cory Conacher in Exchange for Dustin Jeffrey - Utica Comets
- Mrazek Named CCM/AHL Player of the Week - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Grand Rapids' Petr Mrazek Named CCM/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Sharks Acquire Defenseman Karl Stollery from the Colorado Avalanche - Worcester Sharks
- Week 21 Recap: Offense Comes Alive in Texas - Rockford IceHogs
- Coyotes Claim McGinn and Cunningham off Waivers - Portland Pirates
- Coyotes Acquire Maxim Letunov from St. Louis - Portland Pirates
- Hurricanes Recall Rissanen from Charlotte - Charlotte Checkers
- Stolarz Returned to Phantoms, Ouellette Returned to Reading - Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Lightning Reassign Defenseman Luke Witkowski to Syracuse - Syracuse Crunch
- Hershey Weekly - Hershey Bears
- Canucks Reassign Frank Corrado to Comets - Utica Comets
- Canadiens Re-Assign Dalton Thrower to Brampton Beast - Hamilton Bulldogs
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