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March 17, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


Sher-Wood Player of the Week Nomination: Pavel Rosa

Pavel Rosa's season-high four-point effort against the Providence Bruins on Sunday helped the Monarchs extend their winning streak to three games. Rosa scored two of the Monarchs three third period goals as they rallied to beat the North Division-leading Bruins, snapping a thre-game losing streak in head-to-head competition. Rosa tied the game at 3-3 with his 21st goal 10 minutes into the final period, and he sealed the win by scoring his 22nd goal into an empty net with 33 seconds remaining. Rosa also collected three points (1g, 2a) on Saturday night against the South Division-leading Norfolk Admirals, and he scored the game-winning goal in the Monarchs 2-0 win over the Lowell Lock Monsters on Friday night. Rosa began the week by registering an assist in Tuesday and Wednesday games vs. the St. John's Maple Leafs. Tuesday marked Rosa's return to active duty after being sidelined for 17 games with an injury. The Monarchs power play, which was slumping before Rosa's return, registered at least one power play goal in each of the five games last week. Rosa collected four power play points (1g, 3a) in the five games.

March 11 vs. St. John's 0-1-1, 0 PIM, 1 Shot, Even

March 12 vs. St. John's 0-1-1, 0 PIM, 4 Shots, -1

March 14 vs. Lowell 1-0-1, 2 PIM, 5 Shots, Even

March 15 vs. Norfolk 1-2-3, 0 PIM, 2 Shots, Plus-2

March 16 vs. Providence 2-2-4, 0 PIM, 6 Shots, Plus-3

Totals: 4-6-10, 2 PIM, 18 Shots, Plus-4

Monarchs Notables:

Last Result: 5-3 Win at Providence, March 16

Record: 34-21-9-5, 82 Points (4th in the Eastern Conference)

Streak: Won 3

Next Game: March 19 vs. Norfolk (7:05 p.m.)

Sunday's appearance against the Providence Bruins was the 16th consecutive for goaltender Travis Scott, who deserves a day off after backstopping the Monarchs in five games over six days last week...Scott collected his 13th AHL shutout on Friday vs. the Lowell Lock Monsters (2-0 win), one of three straight wins for the 27-year-old native of Kanata, Ontario...Scott is 3-0-0 in his last three starts with a 1.33 goals against average, allowing just four goals in the three wins...Prior to his current streak, Scott had just one win in 13 appearances (1-8-2-2)...Scott is four appearances away from equaling his career mark for appearances in a season with 46...The seven-year vet appeared 46 times for the Lowell Lock Monsters during the 1999-00 season, posting a 15-23-3 record...Scott is also just three wins away from equaling last year's win total with the Monarchs (21-12-3 record with a 2.30 goals against average)...Derek Bekar scored his 100th AHL goal on Sunday...Sunday marked the 200th professional game for Brandon Dietrich...Eric Healey matched a Monarchs season-best by extending his point streak to eight games on Sunday...Bekar, who attempted a season-high 10 shots in Sunday's game, also pieced together an eight-game point streak earlier this season...Healey has five goals, seven assists and 12 points in his last eight games...He also has six goals, seven assists and 13 points over his last 10 games...The 28-year-old native of Hull, Massachusetts, leads the Monarchs with 36 goals, 60 points, 14 power play goals and eight game-winning goals, and he broke his own team record for points in a season (58) with his two goal, one assist performance against the Norfolk Admirals on Saturday...Pavel Rosa owns the second longest Monarchs point streak with four goals, six assists and 10 points over his last five games...Defenseman Jason Holland, who has been on the Los Angeles Kings roster four different times this season, returned to the Monarchs lineup on Sunday and collected a season-high three assists...Holland has points in three straight games, totaling one goal, six assists and seven points during the streak...Steve Kelly, who appeared in his 400th professional game and registered his 150th professional assist on Wednesday vs. the St. John's Maple Leafs, equaled a Monarchs single season record for assists with his 37th against the Lowell Lock Monsters on Friday...Defenseman Joe Corvo registered 37 assists for the Monarchs during last year's MVP season...The Monarchs held the Lowell Lock Monsters to a season-low 16 shots on Friday...The Monarchs are 19-0-0-0 when scoring five or more goals and 25-0-1-0 when scoring four or more goals this season...The Monarchs registered two more sellouts (9,916) last weekend, giving them 16 sellouts after 33 home dates this season...The Monarchs lead the AHL with an average of 8,912 fans per contest...After going winless in five straight games against divisional opponents, the Monarchs have three straight divisional wins (March 5 at Portland; March 14 vs. Lowell; March 16 at Providence).

Monarchs Statistical Leaders:

This Season This Week

Points Healey – 60 Rosa – 10

Goals Healey – 36 Rosa, Healey – 4

Assists Kelly – 37 Rosa, Holland – 6

Power Play 74 for 370, 20.00% 7 for 29, 24.13%

Penalty Kill 302 of 356, 84.83% 20 of 24, 83.33%

Goalies Games Played W-L-T GAA

Cristobal Huet 30 16-8-5 2.29

Travis Scott 42 18-17-4 2.61

Kings Notables:

Last Result: 0-0 Tie (OT) at Carolina, March 15
Record: 30-33-5-4, 69 points

Streak: Tied 1
Next Game: March 18 vs. Calgary

Goaltender Cristobal Huet made back-to-back starts for the first time in his NHL career and posted his first career NHL shutout, stopping a 30 shots in Saturday's 0-0 tie at Carolina...Saturday marked the Kings first scoreless tie since March 26, 2001 against the San Jose Sharks and their first scoreless tie on the road since October 18, 1977 at the New York Islanders...Ziggy Palffy has points in 16 of his last 21 games...Palffy is also closing in on a career milestone...He's just four goals away from 300 in the NHL. Monarchs currently on recall with the Kings:
Player Kings Stats
Derek Armstrong, C: 56 games (10-22=32, 22 PIM)
Joe Corvo, D: 40 games (5-4=9, 12 PIM)
Michael Cammalleri, C: 28 games (5-3=8, 22 PIM)
Steve Heinze, W: 27 games (5-7=12, 12 PIM)
Chris Schmidt, W: 10 games (0-2=2, 5 PIM))
Jerred Smithson, C: 12 games (0-1=1, 5 PIM)
Ryan Flinn, LW: 9 games (1-0=1, 7 PIM)
Cristobal Huet, G: 6 games (2-0-1, 1.13 GAA, .953 S%)

Monarchs Week 23 Transactions:

3/16/03 Add Jason Holland (D) assigned to Manchester (AHL)

3/15/03 Add Mat Snesrud (D) recalled by Manchester (AHL)

3/15/03 Delete Jason Holland (D) recalled by Los Angeles (NHL)

3/14/03 Add Jeff Sanger (G) signed to PTO; George Parros (RW) signed to ATO

3/14/03 Delete B.J. Boxma (G) assigned to Reading; Louis Goulet (C) released from PTO

3/12/03 Delete Joe Corvo (D) and Sean Avery (C) recalled by Los Angeles (NHL)

3/11/03 Add Sean Avery (C) assigned to Manchester (AHL)

3/11/03 Add Joe Corvo (D) and Derek Bekar (LW) assigned to Manchester (AHL)

3/11/03 Add Chris Schmidt (LW) loaned to Manchester (AHL) for conditioning

Monarchs Promotions

Get Your 2003-04 Season Tickets Today! Attention fans, if you're interested in season tickets for the 2003-04 season the Monarchs are now accepting $100 deposits to be placed on the team priority list. Go to the Monarchs Customer Service table behind section 105, or call the Monarchs at (603) 626-7825 to get your name placed on the list. The priority list is for Monarchs fans that are not 2002-03 season ticket package holders.

Read Across America

A total of 10 Monarchs players will visit Beech Street School in Manchester, Sunset Heights School and Ledge Street School in Nashua, Chester Academy in Chester and the Henry W. Moore School in Candia for Read Across America Day on Tuesday, March 18. The Monarchs will pair off and read to the students starting at 1:30 p.m. with autographs to follow.

New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame Night The Monarchs will honor this year's 10 inductees into the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame on Sunday, March 23 at 4:05 p.m. by wearing throwback Berlin Maroons jerseys for their contest against the Albany River Rats. The game-worn jerseys will be raffled off following the contest with proceeds going to the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame. The Calder Cup will also be on display during the game.

Shirt Off Our Back Promotion

The Manchester Monarchs have begun selling entry tickets for the annual "Shirt Off Our Back" promotion. This annual rite of spring is planned for Saturday, April 5 vs. the Providence Bruins. Each ticket will cost fans one dollar with proceeds from the event benefiting the Special Olympics and the Monarchs Care Foundation. Located near the tickets will be a table full of jars, with each jar representing a particular jersey. After the ticket purchase, fans will be able to place their ticket in the jar of the jersey they'd like to win. A total of five road jerseys will also be auctioned off live to the highest bidder after the game.

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