
Royal Review
March 3, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release
Sher-Wood Player of the Week Nomination: Travis Scott
Goaltender Travis Scott has made eight straight appearances for the Monarchs since returning from a call-up with the Los Angeles Kings on February 18. Although the Monarchs are winless in their last eight games, Scott's numbers have remained consistent. The veteran netminder, who passed 10,000 minutes played in the AHL on Wednesday in a 3-3 tie at Norfolk, has a 2.87 goals-against-average and a .911 save percentage over his last eight contests. Scott pieced together a record of 0-2-1 with a 3.44 goals-against-average and a .898 save percentage last week.
Feb. 26 vs. Norfolk: 65:00 Min, 3 GA, 38 Saves
Feb. 28 vs. Norfolk: 59:49 Min, 3 GA, 35 Saves
Mar. 1 vs. Hershey: 24:31 Min, 1 GA, 12 Saves
Mar. 2 vs. Philadelphia: 60:00 Min, 5 GA, 21 Saves
Totals: 0-2-1, 209:20 Min, 3.44 GAA, .898 S%
Monarchs Notables: Last Result: 5-1 Loss at Philadelphia, March 2
Record: 30-19-9-3, 72 Points
Streak: Winless in 8
Next Game: March 5 at Portland
Captain Dane Jackson's goal on Sunday at Philadelphia was the 199th of his AHL career...Steve Kelly reached 200 career AHL points with his two goals against the Norfolk Admirals on Wednesday...Goaltender Travis Scott surpassed 10,000 career minutes in the AHL on Wednesday vs. Norfolk...The Monarchs eight game winless streak (0-6-2-0) is a new franchise low...The Monarchs went seven games without a win during the 2001-02 season, posting a 0-6-1-0 record from October 20 to November 13, 2001...All seven games were on the road as the Monarchs opened their inaugural season with 13 straight away from the Verizon Wireless Arena...The Monarchs equaled a season low by allowing four goals in one period to the Hershey Bears on Saturday...The Monarchs allowed four first period goals to the Hartford Wolf Pack in an 8-7 win at the Verizon Wireless Arena on October 25, 2002...The Monarchs loss on Sunday dropped them to third place in the North Division and fifth place in the Eastern Conference...The Portland Pirates, the Monarchs next opponent, hold second place in the division and fourth place in the conference after Sunday's home ice win over Springfield...The top four seeds in the conference receive home ice advantage in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs...The first round is a best-of-five format...The Monarchs have been ravaged by injuries and call-ups lately...Nine Monarchs are on recall with the Los Angeles Kings...The list of nine includes: defenseman Joe Corvo, Michael Cammalleri, Derek Armstrong, Derek Bekar, Jerred Smithson, Chris Schmidt, Ryan Flinn, Steve Heinze and goaltender Cristobal Huet...Four Monarchs players are also dealing with injuries...The list of injured players includes: defenseman Chris Aldous (day-to-day), Greg Koehler (day-to-day), Jared Aulin (week-to-week), and Pavel Rosa (week-to-week).
Monarchs Statistical Leaders:
This Season This Week
Points Kelly - 50 Kelly - 4
Goals Healey - 31 Kelly - 2
Assists Kelly - 34 Kelly - 2, Pudlick - 2
Power Play 66 for 327, 20.18% 2 for 16, 8%
Penalty Kill 271 of 318, 85.22% 12 of 17, 70.58%
Goalies Games Played W-L-T GAA
Cristobal Huet 30 16-8-5 2.29
Travis Scott 34 14-13-4 2.67
Kings Notables:
Last Result: 4-1 Win vs. Atlanta, March 1 Record: 28-29-4-4, 64 Points Streak: Won 1 Next Game: March 4 vs. Anaheim
The Kings made it six wins in seven games on Saturday with a 4-1 triumph over Atlanta...They trail Edmonton by four points for the final Western Conference playoff berth...Ziggy Palffy scored his team-leading 29th goal in the victory and Bryan Smolinski tallied twice, giving him six goals in five games...Including the win, Los Angeles is 6-0-0-1 all-time against the Thrashers...The Kings on Saturday also traded defenseman Dmitry Yushkevich to Philadelphia for a 2003 fourth-round draft pick and a 2004 seventh-round pick...Chris Schmidt netted his second assist with the Kings win over the Thrashers...The 27-year-old native of Beaverlodge, Alberta, collected his first NHL point on Smolinski's third period goal in the Kings 5-3 win at Pittsburgh on February 25...Goaltender Cristobal Huet recorded his first NHL win in the same game after replacing starter Jamie Storr.
Kings HealthSouth Injury Report
Ken Belanger - post concussion symptoms; day-to-day
Adam Deadmarsh - concussion-like symptoms; day-to-day
Jason Allison - cervical strain; day-to-day
Chris McAlpine - hernia surgery; week-to-week
Michael Cammalleri - post-concussion symptoms; day-to-day
Felix Potvin - sprained right knee; week-to-week
Steve Heinze - post-concussion symptoms; day-to-day
Erik Rasmussen - back strain; day-to-day
Brad Chartrand - back strain; day-to-day
Monarchs currently on recall with the Kings:
Player Kings Stats
Derek Armstrong, C: 49 games (10-19=29, 18 PIM)
Joe Corvo, D: 33 games (5-3=8, 8 PIM)
Michael Cammalleri, C: 28 games (5-3=8, 22 PIM)
Steve Heinze, W: 27 games (5-7=12, 12 PIM)
Chris Schmidt, W: 8 games (0-2=2, 5 PIM)
Jerred Smithson, C: 5 games (0-0=0, 5 PIM)
Derek Bekar, LW: 5 games (0-0=0, 4 PIM)
Cristobal Huet, G: 2 games (1 win, 3.00 GAA, .897 S%)
Ryan Flinn, LW: 2 games (0-0=0, 5 PIM)
Monarchs Week 21 Transactions:
3/3/03 Delete Mat Snesrud (D) and Brian McCullough (LW) assigned to Reading (ECHL)
3/1/03 Add Brian McCullough (LW) recalled from Reading (ECHL)
3/1/03 Add Kent Davyduke (C) signed to PTO
2/28/03 Delete Derek Bekar (LW) and Ryan Flinn (LW) recalled by Los Angeles (NHL)
2/27/03 Delete Jerred Smithson (C) recalled by Los Angeles (NHL)
2/26/03 Add Mat Snesrud (D) recalled by Manchester (AHL)
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