AHL San Antonio Rampage

San Antonio Rampage Weekly Update

January 19, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


THIS WEEK'S GAMES

Tuesday, Jan. 20 vs. Texas Stars

AT&T Center, 7:00 p.m.

The Texas Stars make their third trip to the Alamo City for a Tuesday night matchup with the Rampage. San Antonio is 3-1-0-0 against their West Division rival so far this season, outscoring the defending Calder Cup Champions 20-10 over the first four games of the sea- son series. Garrett Wilson leads all Rampage scorers against the Stars with five goals and two assists, while Rocco Grimaldi and Alex Petrovic have each added a goal and five helpers.

Thursday, Jan. 22 at Lake Erie Monsters

Quicken Loans Arena, 6:00 p.m.

The Rampage and the Lake Erie Monsters meet for the first time this season. The first two matchups will be played at Quicken Loans Arena before the Monsters visit San Antonio in March. The Silver and Black were 3-1-0-0 against Lake Erie last season with two of the three wins coming on the road. John McFarland's four assists led the Rampage against the Monsters last season, while Ryan Martindale contributed three helpers and Connor Brickley added a goal and an assist.

Saturday, Jan. 24 at Lake Erie Monsters

Quicken Loans Arena, 6:00 p.m.

San Antonio closes out the weekend with a Saturday night tilt against Lake Erie, which will be broadcast live on Fox Sports South- west with Dan Weiss and Andrew Monaco calling the action. De fensemen Maxim Noreau and Stefan Elliott lead the Monsters with 28 and 24 points, respectively.

PINK IN THE RINK

Saturday, Feb. 7

The Rampage will host their sixth annual Pink in the Rink game on Saturday, Feb. 7 against the Oklahoma City Barons. The game will be played on pink ice and specialty pink jerseys will be auctioned off following the game to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Details regarding the Pink Week events leading to come on sarampage.com.

SECOND PERIOD PEAK: The middle stanza has remained the strongest part of the game for the Rampage. San Antonio has tallied a league-leading 55 goals in the second period, including Saturday's three-goal burst on Saturday night in a 5-3 win over the Rochester Americans.

HIGH FLYING OFFENSE: The Silver and Black have been an offensive powerhouse through the first half of the season. Their 3.34 goals per game average leads the American Hockey League. In a season in which coach Tom Rowe has emphasized getting pucks on net, the Rampage rank second in the league with just over 33 shots on goal per game.

ICE CHIPS: Connor Brickley - Rampage Winger

A second-round draft pick (50th overall) of the Florida Panthers in 2010, Brickley joined the Rampage late last season after wrapping up his college career at the University of Vermont and tallied a goal and an assist through eight games with San Antonio. This season, he has been among the league's top rookies. His 11 goals rank him in a tie for fifth in the AHL.

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