AHL San Antonio Rampage

San Antonio Rampage Weekly Update

Published on April 20, 2015 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release


2014-15 SEASON NOTES

WINNER, WINNER: The Rampage set a new franchise record for wins in a sea- son with 45, surpassing the previous record of 42, which was set during the 2007-08 campaign. They also had their best season in franchise history collecting 98 points over the 76 game season.

WE GOT GOALS: The Rampage set a new franchise record for goals in a sea- son with 248, an average of 3.26 per game and second best in the league. They also set a franchise record for most goals in a game with nine in a 9-3 win over the Char- lotte Checkers on March 17 at the AT&T Center.

POWER-PLAY PUNCH: San Antonio finished with the seventh best power -play record in the league, tallying 54 goals on 290 opportunities. They had the fifth best power-play on the road, recording 30 goals on 142 opportunities and getting 24 pow- er-play goals in 148 chances on home ice.

FREE HOCKEY: The Rampage finished with a league best 65.2 win percentage in overtime, playing 23 games that required additional time and picking up nine over- time wins and six shootout wins. This was the AHL's first year implementing new overtime changes including skating 4-on-4 for the first four minutes and three-on- three for the remainder of the seven minute sudden death overtime.

RELY ON THE ROOKIE: Connor Brickley, second in team points with 47 is sixth in the league's rookie scoring ranking and is tied for second in the league's rookie goal scoring with 22 goals notched. Rocco Grimaldi is 12th the league with 42 points and is tied for first in rookie shootout goals scored with three.

Western Conference Quarterfinals

No. 3 San Antonio vs. No. 6 Oklahoma City

Game 1: Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. at Barons

Game 2: Saturday, April 25, 7 p.m. at Barons

Game 3: Wednesday, April 29, 7 p.m. at Rampage

Game 4*: Friday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. at Rampage

Game 5*: Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m. at Rampage

- all times CT

* if necessary

The Rampage will take on the sixth-seeded Oklahoma City Barons in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. San Antonio finished 9-1-2-0 against the Barons in the 12-game season series, including a 4-0-2-0 record at home and a 5-1-0-0 mark on the Cox Convention Center.




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