Saint John Flames Weekly
December 16, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Saint John Flames News Release
The Flames enter the week ranked third in the Canadian Division with 21 points and a record of nine wins, fourteen losses, two ties and one overtime loss.
Saint John faces off with the Manchester Monarchs this week in a home-and-home series with games Friday, December 20 in Manchester and Saturday, December 21 at Harbour Station.
Flames Ticket package info is available by calling (506) 635-2637 or by stopping by the administration office on the second floor at Harbour Station.
FLAMES vs. MANCHESTER MONARCHS Sat., December 21, 7:00 PM** Harbour Station (96.1 FM or www.newsongfm.com) **All times shown Saint John time Nov. 16/02 @ Springfield 5-3 L Nov. 17/02 @ Lowell 4-2 L Nov. 22/02 @ Manitoba 5-3 L Nov. 23/02 @ Manitoba 4-3 L Nov. 26/02 @ St. John's 5-2 L Nov. 27/02 @ St. John's 2-1 W Nov. 29/02 vs. Wilkes-Barre 4-3 L* Nov. 30/02 vs. Wilkes-Barre 2-2 T* Dec. 6/02 vs. Binghamton 3-1 L Dec. 7/02 vs. Binghamton 2-0 L Dec. 13/02 vs. Albany 3-2 L Dec. 14/02 vs. Albany 2-1 L* Dec. 15/02 @ Springfield 4-3 L Dec. 20/02 @ Manchester 8:35 p.m. Dec. 21/02 vs. Manchester 7:00 p.m. Dec. 26/02 @ Portland 8:05 p.m. Dec. 27/02 vs. Portland 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28/02 vs. Manchester 8:35 p.m. Jan. 1/03 vs. Portland 7:00 p.m. Jan. 3/03 vs. Worcester 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4/03 vs. Worcester 7:00 p.m. Jan. 10/03 vs. Portland 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11/03 vs. Lowell 7:00 p.m. Jan. 12/03 @ Portland 5:00 p.m. Jan. 14/03 @ St. John's 7:05 p.m. Jan. 15/03 @ St. John's 7:05 p.m. Jan. 17/03 @ Hamilton 8:30 p.m. (*) denotes OT decision continued on next page All games shown Saint John time THE OPPONENT...
The MANCHESTER MONARCHS enter the week ranked second in the Eastern Conference and leading the North Division with 40 points and a record of 17-5-3-3. The Monarchs, 6-1- 1-2 in their last ten games, are coming off a 5-1 win at Lowell on Sunday.
The games will be the second and third of four this season between the Monarchs and Flames. Leading Manchester are centres Steve Kelly (11g- 16a=27pts) and Jared Aulin (7g-15a=22pts) left wing Pavel Rosa (8g-13a=21pts) and Tomas Zizka (8g- 11a=19pts).
The duo of Cristobal Huet and Travis Scott handle the goaltending needs for Manchester. Huet is 9-5- 2 through 17 games with a 2.42 GAA and a .915 sv%. Scott, 8-3-1 through 13 games , posts a 2.92 GAA and an .899 sv%.
Huet ranks 13th overall among League netminders, Aulin is tied for sixth in scoring among League rookies and Zizka ranks seventh in scoring among League defencemen.
SAINT JOHN FLAMES
NOTABLES...
Three Flames recorded multiple points in Sunday's contest at Springfield: Dave Lowry (2 assists), Jason Morgan (1 goal, 1 assist) and Ladislav Kohn (1 goal, 1 assist).
Flames veteran Dave Lowry recorded his second goal of the season on Saturday, the overtime winner, in Saint John's 2-1 win over Albany. The game marked the 6th OT game of the season for the Flames and the third OT win.
Saint John left wing Jason Morgan recorded goals in back-to-back games to round out the week. He recorded 1 goal on Saturday versus Albany and collected 1 goal and added an assist in the Flames Sunday contest at Springfield. Morgan is currently on a 3 game point streak (2g- 2a=4pts) from Friday, December 13. Jason Morgan played in his 100th career game as a Flame on Friday.
Several Flames are approaching career milestones:
- Ladislav Kohn currently has 393 career AHL points, 294 as a Flame.
- Robert Dome currently sits with 295 career AHL points.
- Rick Mrozik is nearing 300 career AHL and 150 games as a Flame.
ALUMNI REPORT...
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (1997/98 - 1999/00) became the first goaltender in Anaheim's franchise history to record three consecutive shutouts as the Mighty Ducks pounded the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-0.
While totaling 47 shots, Anaheim matched a season high with five goals, but it needed only one of them as Giguere stretched his franchise-best shutout string to 200 minutes, 15 seconds. Guy Hebert had a streak of 191:47 in December 1998.
Giguere moved within one of Toronto's Ed Belfour for the NHL lead with his fourth shutout of the season, stopping seven shots in the first period, four in the second and eight in the third.
Dwayne Roloson (1994/95-1997/98) allowed just one goal, despite getting over the flu to improve to 5-0-3 in his last eight starts for the Wild. He has surrendered only 12 goals in his last 495 minutes played, becoming the go-to guy in Minnesota's goaltender rotation.
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