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Roy Sommer Hits 600 AHL Wins - Worcester Sharks Weekly

February 11, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


Shark Snap Shot: The Worcester Sharks (25-17-3-2, 55pts) chomped four out of a possible six points in three games last week to kick off a five game road trip. The Sharks defeated the Phantoms in Lehigh Valley 4-3 on Feb 4 for Roy Sommer's 600th AHL win behind the bench followed by a 3-0 shutout loss to the Admirals in Norfolk on Feb 6. Worcester closed out the week with an impressive 4-0 win in Norfolk on Feb 7 before taking the 12 hour bus drive back to Worcester with 2-1-0-0 record last week on the road.

Worcester sits in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division with 55 points (25-17-3-2) and 7th overall in the Eastern Conference. The Sharks are 15-5-1-2 in their last 23 games and continue to climb up the Eastern Conference standings.

Highlights from the week include strong efforts from Ryan Carpenter (2-2-4) and Eriah Hayes (1-2-3) to lead the way offensively for Worcester in three games. Aaron Dell picked up his 2nd shutout of the season with 38 saves on Feb 7 at the Admirals and went 2-1-0 last week with a .949 save %. John McCarthy (1-2-3) and Micheal Haley (2-0-2) were both solid up front while Gus Young (0-2-2) and Matt Taormina (0-2-2) held down the blue line. Special teams were impressive as the power play went 4-17 23.5% and the penalty kill went 9-10 90% in three games last week.

The AHL announced on Jan 30 that the Worcester Sharks are to move to San Jose, CA after the season and join a new Pacific Division for the 2015-16 season. More information can be found by clicking HERE.

Last week saw the Sharks sign forwards Trevor Parkes (Greenville ECHL) and Spencer Asuchak (Allen ECHL) to PTO's on Feb 3. Asuchak was released after three scoreless games on Feb 8 while Parkes earned a SPC (standard player contract) for the rest of the season on Feb 9. Chris Tierney was recalled from Worcester on Feb 3 to San Jose and Tierney scored his first NHL goal on Feb 5 at Vancouver. Dylan Demelo received his 2nd NHL recall after the game in Norfolk on Feb 7 and the Sharks signed Jackson Winkler as an emergency goaltender on Feb 7 after JP Anderson became ill earlier in the day. In addition the Worcester Sharks recalled Chris Crane (Missouri), Rylan Schwartz (Allen), and Nick Jones (Indy) from the ECHL on Feb 8. As of Feb 11, Matt Tennyson, Melker Karlsson, Tomas Hertl, Mirco Muller, Barclay Goodrow, Daniil Tarasov, and Dylan Demelo are with the SJ Sharks.

Don't forget to Bid on a Worcester Sharks game issued PINK in the RINK specialty jersey through Sunday, Feb 15 at 8pm EST. Tomas Hertl, Barclay Goodrow, Melker Karlsson and more! Place a bid by clicking HERE to benefit the Cup Crusaders!

The Worcester Sharks player of the week nominee is rookie forward Ryan Carpenter. The 24-year-old from Oviedo, FL recorded four points (2-2-4) and nine shots in three games last week to lead the way offensively for the Worcester Sharks.

COMING UP:

The Worcester Sharks wrap up their five game road trip with two games this weekend in St. John's.

On Saturday, the Sharks battle the IceCaps in St. John's at 6pm (EST).

On Sunday, the Sharks play game five of the five game road trip with a 2:30pm (EST) start in St. John's.

You can listen to both games live on WTAG Worcester or watch online for a small fee at www.AHLLive.com.

MILESTONE ALERT:

Head Coach Roy Sommer surpassed Frank Mathers (1256 games coached) for the most games coached in AHL history on March 26 in the Sharks 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME over the Portland Pirates. Coach Sommer has coached 1315 AHL games - all with the SJ Sharks AHL affiliates. In total, Coach Sommer has been a head coach in 1,651 games in the AHL and ECHL. Roy surpassed John Paddock (589) for the 3rd most wins in AHL history in the Sharks 3-1 win in Providence on Jan 4. Coach Sommer picked up his 600th career AHL win in a 4-3 victory in Lehigh Valley on Feb 4 and is now nine wins away from tying Frank Mathers (610 wins) for 2nd all-time in AHL history.

Few things to know....

* The Worcester Sharks are in 2nd place (25-17-3-2, 55pts) in the Atlantic Division and 7th place overall in the Eastern Conference.

* The San Jose Sharks currently have 19 players on their roster that have spent time in Worcester (Couture, Desjardins, Pavelski, Sheppard, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Irwin, Vlasic, Nieto, Mueller, Kennedy, Karlsson Tennyson, Hertl, Goodrow, Tarasov, Tierney, Demelo).

* The San Jose Sharks are in 3rd place in the Pacific Division and 7th place in the Western Conference with 63 points and a 28-20-7 record.

* Welcome back captain!...John McCarthy was reassigned by the St. Louis Blues to Worcester on Jan 14 in exchange for Adam Burish. J-Mac made his return to the Sharks line up on Jan 16 and added an assist. McCarthy ranks 2nd all-time in games played (253), 2nd in points (138) and 4th in goals (56).

* Rookie Chris Tierney has 24 points (7-17-24) in 26 games in Worcester this season and six points (1-5-6) in 18 games for the San Jose Sharks. Chris scored his 1st NHL goal vs. Ryan Miller in the Sharks 5-1 win in Vancouver on Feb 5. Tierney ranks 16th in the AHL in rookie points despite playing in just 26 AHL games.

* AHL rookie Jeremy Langlois ranks 10th among AHL rookies with 26 points (16-10-26) in 42 games. His 16 goals are tops among AHL rookies. - Langlois is currently sidelined with a foot injury and has missed the last three games.

* Melker Karlsson has been impressive so far with the San Jose Sharks. Melker has 14 points (9-5-14) in 26 games with San Jose since his recall on Dec 8. He scored his 1st NHL goal on Dec 22 at Anaheim and also had a five game goal scoring streak!

* Daniil Tarasov is 3rd on Worcester with 25 points (10-15-25) in 41 games this season. Daniil is currently on recall with the SJ Sharks and made his NHL debut on Feb 5 and recorded an assist on Chris Tierney's first NHL goal. Tarasov has played two games for San Jose this season (0-1-1) but is currently on the IR.

* Freddie Hamilton is 1st on the Worcester Sharks with 27 points (9-18-27) in 44 games and has played one game for the SJ Sharks this season (0-0-0).

* Matt Taormina leads all Worcester d-men with 23 points (6-17-23) in 44 games. Matt picked up his 100th AHL assist vs. the Monarchs on Dec 26 and was selected to play in the AHL All Star Classic where he collected two assists. Taormina ranks 20th in AHL among defensemen in points.

Taylor Fedun is 2nd among Worcester defensemen in points (22) and 1st on the club with 19 assists in 44 games.

* Micheal Haley is 2nd on the club in goals (13), leads the club in fighting majors (8), and tops in penalty minutes (76). Haley picked up his 1,000th AHL penalty minute on Dec 13 and has also played four games with the San Jose Sharks this season. Haley ranks 3rd in the AHL with a 24.1 shooting percentage. Haley leads Worcester in power play goals (5) and game winners (4).

* Goaltender Troy Grosenick has a 15-6-1 record in Worcester with a 2.67 GAA and a .905 save %. Grosenick made his NHL debut on Nov 16 and set an NHL record for most saves in a shutout by a goaltender making his NHL debut (45) in the SJ Sharks 2-0 win at Carolina. Troy went 1-1-0 in two starts for the SJ Sharks and is currently in Worcester and is riding a six game win streak and is 8-1-2 in his last 11 starts overall. - Grosenick has missed his last nine starts due to injury.

* The Worcester Sharks are the least penalized team in the AHL with only 10.28 penalty minutes per game and have allowed the fewest amount of power play goals against (21).

* The Sharks have the 2nd most wins (6) when trailing after 40 minutes of play this season - OKC has 7.

* Coach Roy Sommer currently ranks 3rd in the AHL with 601 wins in his career (17th season) and 1st in games coached in the AHL with 1315.

Top 3... Last Week!

1. Aaron Dell made 38 saves in the Sharks 4-0 win at Norfolk on Feb 7!

2. Ryan Carpenter had a goal and an assist in the Sharks 4-3 win at Lehigh Valley on Feb 4!

3. Eriah Hayes had a goal and five shots in the sharks 4-3 win at Lehigh Valley on Feb 4!

Last Week: (2-1-0-0) 2pts, 2gp

Wed. 2/4 W Worcester SHARKS 4 @ Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3

Fri. 2/6 L Worcester SHARKS 0 @ Norfolk Admirals 3

Sat. 2/7 W Worcester SHARKS 4 @ Norfolk Admirals 0

Next Week:

Sat. 2/14 Worcester SHARKS @ St. John's IceCaps - 6pm

Sun. 2/15 Worcester SHARKS @ St. John's IceCaps - 2:30pm

Rewind the Tape:

2.4.15 - Lehigh Valley 3 - Worcester 4 - W - PPL Center - Allentown, PA

The Worcester Sharks (24-16-3-2, 53pts) kicked off a five game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (21-18-4-1, 47pts) in front of 6,471 fans at the PPL Center on Wednesday evening. With the victory, head coach Roy Sommer became just the third coach in AHL history to hit the 600 win plateau joining Frank Mathers (610) and Fred "Bun" Cook (636). Ryan Carpenter, Eriah Hayes, Bryan Lerg, and Micheal Haley all scored goals for Worcester while Aaron Dell made 30 saves in net for Worcester for his second straight win between the pipes. Matt Taormina and John McCarthy each added two assists as the Sharks jumped into the 6th spot in the Eastern Conference with the win. Rob Zepp made 40 saves in net for the Phantoms while Brandon Manning added three points (1-2-3) but took four minor penalties for Lehigh Valley.

2.6.15 - Norfolk 3 - Worcester 0 - L - Norfolk Scope - Norfolk, VA The Worcester Sharks (24-17-3-2, 53pts) were shutout for the 4th time this season after a 3-0 loss to the host Norfolk Admirals (19-23-3-2, 43pts) in front of 4,584 fans at the Norfolk Scope Arena on Friday evening. Aaron Dell made 25 saves in net for Worcester in his third straight start between the pipes but allowed first period goals to Charles Sarault and Andrew O'Brien. John Gibson made 36 saves between the pipes for Norfolk while Chris Wagner added an empty netter for the Admirals in the Sharks 3-0 road loss.

2.7.15 - Norfolk 0 - Worcester 4 -W - Norfolk Scope - Norfolk, VA

The Worcester Sharks (25-17-3-2, 55pts) picked up a 4-0 win over the host Norfolk Admirals (19-24-3-2, 43pts) in front of 5,818 fans at the Norfolk Scope Arena on Saturday evening. The Sharks are now 2-1-0-0 on their five game road trip with continues in St. John's on Feb 14 at 6pm (EST). John McCarthy, Micheal Haley, Travis Oleksuk, and Ryan Carpenter scored for Worcester while Aaron Dell made 38 saves in net for Worcester in his fourth straight start between the pipes. Veteran netminder Jason LaBarbera made 31 saves between the pipes for Norfolk for the Admirals in the Sharks 4-0 road victory.

Sharks in the Atlantic:

The Worcester Sharks (25-17-3-2, 55pts in 47gp) are in 3rd place in the Atlantic Division; which is nine points behind the 1st place Monarchs (64pts in 46gp), percentage points ahead of the 3rd place Pirates (55pts in 48gp), one point ahead of the 4th place Bruins (54pts in 49gp), and six points ahead of the 5th place IceCaps (49pts in 50gp) to round out a very choppy Atlantic Division.

Coaching Milestones....

*1257 GAMES.....With the 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME vs. the Pirates on March 26, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer surpassed Frank Mathers (1,256 games) for the most games coached in the AHL.

*1,600 GAMES... With the 3-0 loss vs. the Norfolk Admirals on April 12, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer coached in his 1,600th professional game.

*500 WINS!.... With a 3-2 shootout victory in Hershey on February 11, 2012, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 500 win plateau.

*600 WINS!....with the 4-3 win at Lehigh Valley on February 4, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 3rd coach in AHL history to reach the 600 win plateau.

AHL COACHING WINS - ALL-TIME

1. Fred "Bun" Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS

2. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS

3. Roy Sommer 1998-current 17seasons 1,315GP 601WINS

4. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS

*Worcester Sharks Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (17th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 601-551-48-59-56. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

*In Coach Sommer's first AHL victory.... The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17, 1998.

Shark Bites:

*Captains for the 2014-15 season: Bryan Lerg was named the 7th captain in team history on Nov 14. Micheal Haley and Matt Taormina are the assistant captains this season.

*Breaking down October... The Sharks had a 4-2-1-0 (9pts in7) record in October with 22 GF and 19 GA. PP went 4-29 (13.8%); opponents PP was 2-20 (10.0%), and the Sharks had four fighting majors in October.

*Breaking down November... The Sharks had a 5-6-1-0 (11pts in 12gp) record in November with 30 GF and 36 GA. PP went 7-55 (12.7%); opponent's power play went 6-41 (14.6%), and the Sharks had 11 fighting majors in November.

*Breaking down December... The Sharks had a 4-5-1-1 (10pts in 11gp) record in December with 28 GF and 31 GA. PP went 8-50 (16.0%); opponent's power play went 8-37 (21.6%), and the Sharks had 3 fighting majors in December.

*Breaking down January.... The Sharks had a 10-3-0-1 (21pts in 14gp) record in January with 47 GF and 34 GA. PP was 14-59 (23.7%); opponent's power play was 5-43 (11.6%) and the Sharks had five fighting majors in the month of January.

*Breaking down February....the Sharks have a 2-1-0-0 (4pts in 3gp) record in February with 8 GF and 6 GA. PP is 4-17 (23.5%); opponents power play is 1-10 (10.0%) and the sharks have two fighting majors in the month of February.

*Random #'s...

* Worcester is 15-8-2-2 when they score a power play goal... 7-1-0-0 when they score at least two power play goals in a game!

* Worcester is 11-4-1-1 on Saturdays and 4-1-0-0 on Sundays!

* Worcester is just 4-8-2-1 on Fridays this season

*Solid 23... the Sharks are 15-5-1-2 in their last 23 games.... that is a .717 points percentage!

*Road Warriors... the Sharks had a seven game road point streak (5-0-1-1) snapped in a 5-4 loss in Providence on Jan 30.

*BIG crowds Nice Results... the Sharks are 6-0-0-0 this season at the DCU Center with a crowd over 5,000.

*PP coming along.... The Sharks are 23-95 (24.2%) on the power play in their last 21 games... and have 16 power play goals in their last 14 games.

*PP #'s... the Sharks power play is 13th overall in the AHL at a 17.5% success rating and 6th overall on home ice (19.8%).

*PK even better... the Sharks rank 8th in the AHL with a 86.1% kill rate on the penalty kill...Worcester has allowed just four power play goal against (4-39) in their last 13 games. The Sharks have allowed an AHL low 21 power play goals against this season.

*1800 (thanks Ballou) Riley Brace's goal at 15:14 in the first period at Providence on Jan 4 was the 1800th goal scored in the history of the Worcester Sharks.

*2014...the Sharks finished with a 36-34-7 record in the calendar year of 2014.

*1st half of the season... Worcester finished the first half of the season with a 19-14-3-2 record through 38 games... the Sharks also had 19 wins after 38 games last season.

*Perfect Home stand... the Sharks went 5-0-0-0 on their most recent home stand from Jan 9-17 and outscored their opponents 21-11. It was the best home stand in Sharks history. Worcester is now 14-7-2-1 at the DCU Center this season!

*8 in a Row... The Sharks won a franchise best eight straight games (Jan 4-Jan 21).

*Points in 9 straight.... Worcester had points in nine straight games (8-0-0-1) from Jan 3-Jan 21.

*That's a first... the Sharks allowed their first ever penalty shot score on home ice as Sean Collins scored at 8:08 of the 2nd period in the Falcons 1-0 win at the DCU Center on Nov 15.

*That's a first X2 (thanks Ballou)....the 1-0 loss on Nov 15 to the Falcons was the first time in Worcester hockey history that a 1-0 game was decided on a penalty shot... it was only the third 1-0 loss in Worcester Sharks history.

*That's a first X3... the overtime penalty shot score by Bryan Lerg at 6:14 vs. Jeremy Smith in the Sharks 4-3OTW vs. Providence on Jan 10 was the first time the Sharks had ever scored a penalty shot goal in overtime.

*Strange but true... the Sharks had only lost two games in their first 641 games by a 1-0 score but lost twice by a 1-0 score in during a four game stretch... 1-0L vs. SPR Nov 15, 1-0L at HER Nov 22.

*Even Stranger... forward Jimmy Bonneau was the emergency backup goaltender in the Sharks 3-2 win in Portland on Jan 21. Troy Grosenick fell ill before the game and JP Anderson made 16 saves in the win.

*1-0 scores.... Four of 12 games were decided by 1-0 scores (Nov 15-Dec 14...Sharks had a 2-2-0-0 record in those games).... Worcester had only had five games in their first 641 games decided by 1-0 scores before this stretch.

*Stanley Cup Champion (CHI 2010) Adam Burish was loaned to Worcester on Nov 24. Burish played in 20 games for the SJ Sharks this season and posted three points (1-2-3) and 33 penalty minutes. Burish had seven points (4-3-7) in 18 games for Worcester before he was reassigned to the Chicago Wolves in exchange for John McCarthy on Jan 14.

*Shots on goal... Worcester has outshot their opponents in 29 of the first 47 games this season and rank 3rd in the AHL with 33.09 shots per game.... Daniil Tarasov leads the club with 119 shots on net.

*Lead after 20 and 40... the Sharks are 10-0-0-1 when leading after the first period of play and 15-0-0-1 when leading after 40 minutes.

*Trailing after 40 minutes... the Sharks are 6-15-1-1 when trailing after 40 minutes... the 6 wins are 2nd in the AHL (OKC has 7wins).... 4 of the wins have come on home ice... best in the AHL.

*Sharp Shooter... Micheal Haley ranks 3rd in the AHL with a 24.1% shooting percentage.... Haley has scored 13 goals on 54 shots this season.

*Filling in nicely... Goaltender Aaron Dell (Univ. North Dakota) has a 4-3-1 record with a 1.74 GAA and a .932 save % with Worcester in his two recalls this season from Allen (ECHL). Dell is currently with the Worcester Sharks as Troy Grosenick is shelved with an injury.

*OT magic... defenseman Dylan Demelo has scored four goals this season... two of them in sudden death overtime! - Demelo is currently on recall with the SJ Sharks.

*3rd period goals... Worcester has outscored their opponents 49-33 (+16) in the third period this season...the best goal differential period of the season for the Sharks (-12 in 1st and +5 in 2nd). - the +16 goal differential in the 3rd period is the best in the AHL.

*House of Horrors... with the 5-3 loss in Hartford on Dec 12...the Sharks have lost 10 of their last 11 games at the XL Center...In all, the Wolf Pack have won 17 of the last 21 games vs. the Sharks.

*We like St. John's...the Sharks are 9-3-1-0 all-time at the Mile One Centre in St. John's NFLD.

*Monarchs had the Sharks #.... Manchester was 19-1-3 against the Sharks since Jan 1, 2013.....until Worcester won three straight over the Monarchs in a span of just six days (Jan 13-18).

*Manchester D....the Monarchs held the Sharks to season low 15 shots on goal on Dec 13 in a 2-1 win over the Sharks. Worcester had just one shot on goal in the third period and the Sharks went 0-9 on the power play.

*Feasting on the Bruins... the Sharks are 7-1-0-0 vs. the Bruins this season and have outscored Providence 29-19 in the process! Worcester is 5-2-1 in their last eight games at the Dunkin Donuts Center and goaltender Malcolm Subban is 0-6-0 in his last six starts against Worcester... The Sharks and the Bruins battle four more times this season.

*Quick Strikes (thanks Ballou)... On Oct 29 vs the Pirates, the first-period goals by Matt Tennyson and Micheal Haley, one at 16:37 and the next at 16:53, were four seconds shy of the team record. Garrett Stafford and Tomas Plihal scored 12 seconds apart in the second period on Feb 2, 2007 against Bridgeport at the DCU Center. It was only the fourth time in nine seasons the Sharks have scored goals less than 20 seconds apart.

*Fast start... Evan Trupp scored just 22 seconds into the first period on Dec 6 in St. John's and Bryan Lerg scored 15 seconds in vs. Manchester on Dec 26. Graham Mink holds the record for fastest goal just 11 seconds into the game on March 7, 2008.

*Good Boys... the Worcester Sharks are the least penalized team in the AHL averaging 10.28 minutes per game....the Sharks have been shorthanded just 151 times this season (3.21 per game) which is the least times shorthanded in the AHL.

*PPGA... the Sharks have allowed an AHL low 21 power play goals against in the first 47 games this season.

*Pro Debuts: Gus Young (Yale) made his professional debut in the Sharks 4-1 win over the Portland Pirates on Oct 26.

*Close Games... 29 of the first 47 Sharks games have been decided by a single goal...Worcester is 14-10-3-2 in games decided by one goal this season.

*Score first... the Sharks have scored FIRST 23 times in 47 games this season (15-4-1-2) - Ryan Carpenter 1, Petter Emanuelsson 2, Taylor Doherty (1), Konrad Abeltshauser (1), Daniil Tarasov (4), Melker Karlsson (1), Evan Trupp (1), Freddie Hamilton (1), Micheal Haley (1), Matt Taormina (2), Bryan Lerg (2), Riley Brace (1), Willie Coetzee (1), Gus Young (1), Jeremy Langlois (1), John McCarthy (2).

*Big third period... Freddie Hamilton (3-0-3), Daniil Tarasov (0-3-3), and Evan Trupp (1-2-3) all recorded three points in the third period in the Sharks 4-1 win over the Pirates on Oct 26.

*Big third period X2... the four goals scored by the Sharks in the third period in 4-1 win vs. Portland on Oct 26 was just the 4th time this season a team has scored four goals in a period this season in the AHL. *Big third period X3... Jeremy Langlois scored three goals in a spell of 11:04 of the third period to lead Worcester to a 3-2 win in Portland on Jan 21. Evan Trupp had an assist on all three goals.

*Thanks Ballou... despite going 10-2 in the shootout last season, the Sharks are just 32W-47L overall (40.5%)....Worcester is 1-2 in the shootout this season.

*AHL First... Matt Taormina became the first player to score a 3-on-3 OT goal under the new overtime format in the AHL in the Sharks 3-2 overtime win in Binghamton on Oct 11. The goal came at 6:34 assisted by Evan Trupp and Taylor Fedun.

*Deja-Vu (almost).... Dylan Demelo scored at 6:33 of overtime on Oct 18.... Exactly one week after defenseman Matt Taormina scored at 6:34 of overtime on Oct 11.

*4 National Champions... The Sharks have four players that won the NCAA Division 1 Championship.... Gus Young was captain with Yale University in 2013....Travis Oleksuk with University Minnesota Duluth in 2011...Bryan Lerg with Michigan State in 2007.... and John McCarthy with BU in 2009. *Memorial Cup... rookie defenseman Konrad Abeltshauser won the Memorial Cup in 2013 with the Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) and was named to the 2013 Memorial Cup All-Star Team.

*Swedish Elite League Championship.... both Melker Karlsson and Petter Emanuelsson won back-to-back championships with Skelleftea AIK in the SWEHL in 2013 and 2014.

*Young Guns... the Sharks have dressed 13 AHL rookies already this season. (Ryan Carpenter, Jeremy Langlois, Evan Trupp, JP Anderson, Gus Young, Chris Tierney, Aaron Dell, Nick Jones, Andrew Blazek, Greger Hanson, Barclay Goodrow, Mirco Mueller, Kyle Bigos)

*Tallest Shark.... Worcester Sharks rookie defenseman Taylor Doherty is the tallest player in team history standing at 6'8" 235lbs.... Doherty has seven goals, 30 assists, and 297penalty minutes in 208games with the Worcester Sharks. Taylor scored in his 200th game with Worcester on Jan 18 at Manchester.

*First Pro Goals this season... Ryan Carpenter scored his 1st pro goal (Andrew Hammond) in 3-2OTW at Binghamton on Oct 11...Chris Tierney scored his 1st (Malcolm Subban) in 4-2W vs. Providence on Nov 8...Gus Young his 1st goal (Scott Wedgewood) in 2-1OTW at Albany on Jan 24.

*Sharks in the Atlantic... went 21-22-1-2 vs. the Atlantic in 2013-14 and are 14-9-1-1 in divisional play this season.

*Massachusetts!... the Sharks have two players that hail from Massachusetts this season (Gus Young - Dedham and John McCarthy - Andover)

*I'll take a draft... nine Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Abeltshauser, Hamilton, Doherty, Crane, Demelo, Tierney, McCarthy, Mueller, Hertl)

*First Rounders... the Sharks had a pair of first rounders in the lineup on Jan 23-24...Mirco Mueller (18th in 2013) and Tomas Hertl (17th in 2012).

*NHL Experience.... The Sharks have eight players on their roster with NHL experience... Matt Taormina 56, Freddie Hamilton 12, Eriah Hayes 19, Taylor Fedun 4, Micheal Haley 56, Chris Tierney 17, John McCarthy 87, and Troy Grosenick 2)

*Keeping your hat on (Thanks Ballou)... Worcester had gone 263 games without one of its players recording a hat trick before Daniil Tarasov scored three goals in Springfield on Oct 26. That was easily the longest active streak in the AHL. The Sharks' last hat trick had belonged to Dan DaSilva, who scored three times in Manchester during a 5-2 Worcester victory in Manchester on Feb. 14, 2010. Freddie Hamilton scored the first home hat trick in 206 games with three goals in a 5:12 span in the third period in a 4-1 win over the Pirates on Oct 26, 2014. It was the first home hat trick since P.J. Fenton had one on Feb. 28, 2009 in the Sharks' 7-3 victory over Springfield. In all, Worcester players have recorded hat tricks only 11 times in the franchise's 675 games. The Sharks are 11-0 in those games and 1-15-3 in the 19 games in which the opposition has had a hat trick.

*Hat Tricks... the Sharks have two hat tricks this season (Hamilton Oct 26 vs. POR, and Langlois Jan 21 at POR).

* Brothers... Freddie Hamilton is the older brother of Dougie Hamilton, who currently plays with the Boston Bruins.... Rylan Schwartz is the younger brother of Jayden Schwartz, who currently plays for the St. Louis Blues. - Rylan Schwartz is currently playing with the Allen Americans (ECHL).

*Major Bonneau... Worcester Sharks tough guy Jimmy Bonneau has racked up 55 fighting majors in 149games for the Worcester Sharks. Bonneau has set the Worcester Sharks record for most fighting majors in a season in 2011-12 with 22, surpassing Frazer McLaren (21 in 2008-09). Jimmy has 127 fighting majors in 344AHL games along with 956 penalty minutes.

*Five for fighting... The Sharks have 25 fighting majors through 47 games this season (Bonneau 6, Haley 8, Shattock 2, Doherty 3, Young 2, Abeltshauser 1, Goodrow 1, Oleksuk 2)....The Sharks had 70 fighting majors in 2013-14, 84 fighting majors in 2012-13, 120 fighting majors in 2011-12 (1st in AHL), 81 fighting majors in 2010-11, 73 fighting majors in 2009-10, 78 fighting majors in 2008-09, 68 fighting majors in 2007-08 and 54 in 2006-07.

Season by the numbers... Record: 25-17-3-2, 55 points -2nd in Atlantic Win percentage: .585% - 6th in East Home Record: 14-7-2-1 Away Record: 11-10-1-1 Attendance: 84,943 through 24 games this season - 3,539 average Goals Scored: 135, 2.87 goals per game, 12th in AHL Goals Allowed: 126, 2.68 goals against per game, 12th in AHL Team Shooting percentage: 8.6% - 21st in AHL Team Save %: .905% - 24th in AHL Shots per game: 33.09- 3rd in AHL Shots allowed per game: 27.94 - 6th in AHL Score 1st: 16-4-1-2 when scoring first (.761%) 1 goal games: 14-10-3-2 in one goal games PP: 17.5%, 13th in AHL (37-211) PK: 86.1%, 8th in AHL (21-151) SHG - 1 shorthanded goals scored SHGA - 6 shorthanded goals allowed PIMS - 10.23 penalty minutes per game, 30th in AHL Fighting Majors: 25 - 27th OT Games - 10 - (4-3 record in OT) SO Games - 3 - (1-2 record in SO) Roster Players - the Sharks used 42 players this season Goalies - the Sharks used 3 goaltenders this season Players receiving call-ups to San Jose - 14 NHL debuts - 3 Worcester Sharks alumni making their NHL debuts this season (Troy Grosenick, Melker Karlsson and Daniil Tarasov) Call-ups to San Jose - 18 different call-ups to San Jose this season

TRANSACTIONS: Date

Player

Team

Transaction

02/09/2015

Trevor Parkes (RW)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

02/09/2015

Trevor Parkes (RW)

Worcester

ADD Signed to SPC

02/08/2015

Chris Crane (RW)

Worcester

ADD Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) from Missouri (ECHL)

02/08/2015

Nick Jones (D)

Worcester

ADD Recalled from loan to Indy (ECHL)

02/08/2015

Rylan Schwartz (C)

Worcester

ADD Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) from Allen (ECHL)

02/07/2015

Dylan DeMelo (D)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

02/07/2015

Jackson Winkler (G)

Worcester

ADD Signed to ATO

02/07/2015

Jackson Winkler (G)

Worcester

DEL Released from ATO

02/07/2015

Spencer Asuchak (RW)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

02/03/2015

Chris Tierney (C)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

02/03/2015

Spencer Asuchak (RW)

Worcester

ADD Signed to PTO

02/03/2015

Trevor Parkes (RW)

Worcester

ADD Signed to PTO

Top Worcester Sharks: o Goals Langlois (16) o Game Winners Haley (4) o Assists Fedun (19) o Points Hamilton (27) o Power play Points Taormina (3-11-14) o Shots Tarasov (119) o PIM Haley (76) o Fighting Pen. Haley (8) o Plus/Minus Trupp and Young (+8) o Wins Grosenick (15) o G.A.A. Dell (1.74) o Save % Dell (.932) o Shutouts Dell (2)

Sharks in the NHL:

The San Jose Sharks currently have 19 players on their roster that have spent time in Worcester (Couture, Desjardins, Pavelski, Sheppard, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Irwin, Vlasic, Nieto, Mueller, Kennedy, Karlsson Tennyson, Hertl, Goodrow, Tarasov, Tierney, Demelo).

The San Jose Sharks are in 3rd place in the Pacific Division and 7th place in the Western Conference with 63 points and a 28-20-7 record.

Upcoming San Jose Sharks schedule: (all times are Eastern) MON Feb 9 V. Calgary 10:30pm (4-1L) WED Feb 11 V. Washington 10:30pm FRI Feb 13 @ Arizona 9pm SUN Feb 15 V. Tampa Bay 8pm

Coming Up for the Worcester Sharks:

The Worcester Sharks wrap up their five game road trip with two games this weekend in St. John's.

On Saturday, the Sharks battle the IceCaps in St. John's at 6pm (EST).

On Sunday, the Sharks play game five of the five game road trip with a 2:30pm (EST) start in St. John's.

You can listen to both games live on WTAG Worcester or watch online for a small fee at www.AHLLive.com.

Worcester celebrates 20 years of AHL hockey! The 2014-15 season marks the 20th season of AHL action at the DCU Center in the city of Worcester. Over 3.8 million fans have attended either an IceCats (11 seasons) or Sharks (9th season) game in downtown Worcester since 1994.

2014-15 Flex ticket packages are on sale now! Score your 40 or 12 ticket flex package by contacting the Sharks front office at 508-929-0500. You decide how many tickets and how many games YOU want to attend while saving $$$ off box office pricing! It is that EASY!

Bring a group to sing the national anthem, book a fundraising event, host a birthday party, or have a blast in the high fin tunnel.... secure your personalized Sharks experience today!

Season ticket packages and group tickets for the 2014-15 season are on sale now by contacting the Worcester Sharks Office at 508.929.0500 or by crashing the net at www.SharksAHL.com.

Socialize with the Worcester Sharks all year long! Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WorcesterSharks, follow us on Twitter @WorcesterSharks, and download the Worcester Sharks App for free on your Droid or iPhone today!

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