Shots Anyone" - Worcester Sharks Weekly

Published on November 14, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


Shark Snap Shot:

The Worcester Sharks chomped two out of a possible six points last week in three games highlighted by a 3-2 win over the Sound Tigers on Friday afternoon. Worcester fired 47 shots in a 2-1 loss to the Monarchs on Saturday followed by a 49 shot effort in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins on Sunday. The Sharks concluded their season long six game home stand 1-4-0-1. The Worcester Sharks player of the week nominee is forward John McCarthy; as he scored his first two goals this season, added an assist, and fired seven shots on goal in three games. Worcester plays three games this week; Wednesday at Springfield, Friday at Manchester, and Sunday at home vs. the Penguins.

Top 3... Last Week!

#1 John McCarthy scores a 3-on-5 shorthanded goal, adds assist, and was #1 star in 3-2 win over the Sound Tigers on Friday!

#2 Harri Sateri makes 23 saves and grabs #2 star in victory over Bridgeport on Friday!

#3 Tommy Wingels scores his first goal of the season, fires five shots, and was #3 star in 2-1 loss to Manchester on Saturday.

Last Week: (1-2-0-0) 2pts, 3gp

Fri. 11/11 W Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 @ Worcester SHARKS 3

Sat. 11/12 L Manchester Monarchs 2 @ Worcester SHARKS 1

Sun. 11/13 L Providence Bruins 3 @ Worcester SHARKS 2

This week:

Wed. 11/16 Worcester SHARKS @ Springfield Falcons - 7:00pm

Fri. 11/18 Worcester SHARKS @ Manchester Monarchs - 7:00pm

Sun. 11/20 Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins @ Worcester SHARKS - 4:00pm

Rewind the Tape:

11.11.11 - Worcester 3 - Bridgeport 2 - W - DCU Center

John McCarthy scored his first goal of the season and added an assist as the Sharks defeated the Sound Tigers 3-2 at the DCU Center on Friday afternoon. Harri Sateri was solid in goal for Worcester making 23 saves as the Sharks and Brodie Reid scored for a second straight game. Cam MacIntyre also scored for Worcester to snap a two game skid.

11.12.11 - Worcester 1 - Manchester 2 - L - DCU Center

Tommy Wingels scored his first goal of the season and Worcester fired a season high 47 shots, but it wasn't enough as the Sharks fell to the Manchester Monarchs 2-1 at the DCU Center on Saturday night.

Tyson Sexsmith was solid in goal for Worcester making 23 saves in a game that featured several fights and post whistle scrums.

11.13.11 - Worcester 2 - Providence 3 - L - DCU Center

A night after firing 47 shots on goal in a 2-1 loss to the Monarchs, the Sharks added two more for a total of 49 shots but fell again by a single goal in a 3-2 loss to the Providence Bruins in front of 5,402 at the DCU Center on Sunday afternoon. Benn Ferriero and John McCarthy scored for the Sharks and Harri Sateri made 23 saves in a game that featured 78 penalty minutes. The Sharks finished 1-4-0-1 on their season long six game home stand as they hit the road in Springfield on Wednesday at 7pm.

Sharks in the Atlantic: The Sharks are swimming in 4th place with 12 points (5-4-0-2) in the Atlantic Division through 11 games, which is 13 points behind the first place St. John's Ice Caps (16gp), five points behind the 2nd place Providence Bruins (17gp), and three points behind the 3rd place Manchester Monarchs (17gp). The Sharks have a one point edge over the 5th place Portland Pirates (13gp) to round out a very choppy Atlantic Division.

Coaching Milestones....

400 WINS!....With the 4-1 victory vs. Springfield on November 1, 2009, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 400 win plateau.

500 WINS!.... Coach Roy Sommer is just 17 wins away from 500 in his AHL coaching career.

1000 GAMES... With the 3-1 victory at Springfield on January 14, 2011, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 1,000 games plateau.

AHL COACHING WINS - ALL-TIME

1. Fred "Bun" Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS

2. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS

3. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS

4. Roy Sommer 1998-current 14seasons 1,051GP 483 WINS

Worcester Sharks Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (14th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 483-437 -48 -44 -39. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

In Coach Sommer's first AHL victory.... The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17th 1998. Coincidentally, Assistant Coach David Cunniff recorded an assist as a member of the River Rats in the hockey game.

Assistant Coach David Cunniff has joined Coach Sommer in 329 of the 483 victories (68%).

Shark Bites:

Captains for the 2011-12 season: Mike Moore was named the Sharks 4th captain in team history on Feb 11, 2011 and was named captain again before the start of the 2011-12 season. Alternate captains for this season: veteran forward Ben Guite and forward John McCarthy. Tommy Wingels has also worn the "A" in the absence of an injured Ben Guite.

From east to west..... The Worcester Sharks have had 2 players (2 call-ups) receive at least one call up this season to San Jose... Currently; Andrew Desjardins, Justin Braun, Jamie McGinn, Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edourd Vlasic, and Doug Murray are all former Worcester Sharks that are currently playing with the San Jose Sharks.

Games'... The Sharks have played the fewest amount of games in the AHL (11gp), while two teams have already played 17 games already this season.

Leaders among us... Mike Connolly ranks 4th in the AHL among rookies with 13 points (5-8-13)... Curt Gogol leads all AHL rookies with 50 penalty minutes followed by Nathan Moon in 2nd with 36... Tyson Sexsmith is 2nd in the AHL with a 1.80GAA... Matt Irwin and Sean Sullivan rank 2nd among AHL defensemen with two game winning goals each... Matt Irwin is 7th in the AHL defensemen scoring race with nine points (4-5-9), leads the AHL d-men with four goals, and is 1st in power play goals with four.

Atlantic Road Warriors.... It has been tough going for home teams in the Atlantic Division this season... Atlantic Division teams are a combined 16-20-2-2 on home ice... however, Atlantic Division teams have a combined record of 20-10-2-2 on the road so far this season.

Movember... currently the entire Worcester Sharks hockey team is growing moustaches for Movember to raise awareness for HP4K and men's health. For more information please click HERE.

Scoring D... Eight of the Sharks 32 team goals have been scored by defensemen this season, accounting for 25% of the Sharks offense. (Irwin 4, Sullivan 2, Moore 1, Acolatse 1)

Tallest Shark.... Worcester Sharks rookie defenseman Taylor Doherty is the tallest player in team history standing at 6'7" 230lbs.

Score first... the Sharks have scored FIRST 7 times in 11 games last season (5-1-0-1); Curt Gogol 2,Benn Ferriero 1, Nathan Moon 1, Mike Moore 1, Tommy Wingels 1, John McCarthy 1

First Pro Goals this season... Curt Gogol (Oct 9 @ PRO vs. Khudobin), James Livingston (Oct15 vs. ALB vs. Frazee), Mike Connolly (Oct15 vs. ALB vs. Frazee), Nathan Moon (Oct 21 @ PRO vs. Khudobin), Sena Acolatse (Nov 1 vs. STJ vs. Pasquale), and Brodie Reid (Nov 5 vs. STJ vs. Pasquale)

100 AHL goals.... Veteran Ben Guite scored his first goal as a member of the Worcester Sharks in a 6-1 win over the Devils on October 15. The goal turned out to be his 100th AHL goal in his career. Ben also has 19 NHL goals in 175 career NHL games.

Great first impression... Curt Gogol became just the 5th Sharks player to score in his professional debut joining Joe Pavelski, Nate Raduns, Tony Lucia, and Cam MacIntyre. (Thanks Bill Ballou, Worcester TG)

We like Providence... Worcester is 9-4-0-1 in their last 14 meetings at the Dunkin Donuts Center.

Sharks in the Atlantic... the Sharks had a 29-20-4-7 record against Atlantic Division prey last season and are 2-4-0-1 in the division this season.

Streakers!... Mike Connolly has a two game point streak (0-2-2)

Good when leading... the Sharks are 3-1-0-1 when leading after the 1st period of play and 3-0-0-1 when leading after the 2nd period of play this season.

5 National Champions... The Sharks have five players that have won the NCAA Division 1 Championship.... Mike Connolly was co-captain for Minnesota-Duluth in 2011, John McCarthy was co-captain for Boston University in 2009... Benn Ferriero and Nick Petrecki with Boston College in 2008... and Ben Guite with Maine in 1999.

Mean Sharks.... Worcester leads the AHL in penalty minutes averaging 23.18 penalty minutes per game.

Man Down!... the Sharks have killed off 19 straight penalty kills over the last three+ games.

2 Men Down.... John McCarthy became just the 2nd Worcester Sharks player to score a shorthanded goal while the Sharks were two men down. JMac scored at 8:32 of the first period in a 3-2 win over Bridgeport on Nov 11. Steve Zalewski had the other 3-on-5 score in Houston on 11/22/08.

200/300... Worcester Sharks captain Mike Moore became just the 2nd player in Sharks history to hit 200 games and 300 penalty minutes this season joining Riley Armstrong. #8 has played in 203 games for Worcester accumulating 302 penalty minutes.

Welcome back Frazer... Sharks tough guy Frazer McLaren was assigned to Worcester from SJ on a conditioning stint on Nov 12. #10 ranks 2nd all-time in Worcester Sharks history with 426 penalty minutes (41 FM) in 173 games. Brad Staubitz holds the top stop with 462 pims in 162 games.

Thanks Ballou... the Worcester Sharks are 4-6-0 when they fire 47 or more shots on goal during a game and have just a 4-6-0-0 record in those contests.

3-for-96.... The Sharks scored just three goals on 96 shots combined in their last two games. Worcester outshot the Monarchs 47-25 on Saturday in a 2-1 loss and outshot the Bruins 49-26 in the 3-2 loss to Providence on Sunday.

Young Guns... the Sharks have dressed 11 rookies already this season. (Curt Gogol, Nathan Moon, Brodie Reid, James Livingston, Mike Connolly, Taylor Doherty, Tyson Sexsmith, Harri Sateri, Sena Acolatse, Tony Lucia, and Marek Viedensky)

Super Sunday... the Sharks went 14-4-0-2 on Sunday afternoon games in 2010-11 and are 1-1-0-0 on Sundays this season.

I'll take a draft... Eight Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Doherty, Lucia, McCarthy, Petrecki, Sateri, Sexsmith, and Viedensky,)

NHL Experience.... The Sharks have eight players with NHL experience totaling 343 games led by veteran Ben Guite with 175... breakdown of the rest... John McCarthy 41, Mike Moore 6, Benn Ferriero 63, Matt Pelech 5, Frazer McLaren 32, Brandon Mashinter 13, and Tommy Wingels 8.

Heard it from Ballou.... The Sharks are 7-1-1-1 in their last nine games when Jamie Koharski is the lone referee.

Like Father, Like Son... Rookie Curt Gogol leads the Sharks with 50 penalty minutes and four fighting majors through 11 games... his father Brent racked up 892 penalty minutes in 157 professional games in the IHL, CHL, EHL, and the AHL including 380 pims in 1978-79 in 57 games with the Flint Generals.

Five for fighting...The Sharks have 16 fighting majors this season good for 7th in the AHL... Nine different players dropped the mitts this season for the Sharks this season: (Jimmy Bonneau 1, Curt Gogol 4, Nick Petrecki 1, Cam MacIntyre 2, Nathan Moon 2, and Brandon Mashinter 2, Mike Moore 2, Frazer McLaren 1, Sena Acolatse 1)... The Sharks had 81 fighting majors last season, 73 fighting majors in 2009-10, 78 fighting majors in 2008-09, 68 fighting majors in 2007-08 and 54 in 2006-07.

Season by the numbers...

Record: 5-4-0-2, 12 points - 4th in Atlantic

Win percentage: .545% - 17th in AHL

Home Record: 3-4-0-1

Away Record: 2-0-0-1

Attendance: 30,127 through eight games at DCU Center 3,766 average) - 24th in AHL

Goals Scored: 32, 2.91 goals per game, 16th in AHL

Goals Allowed: 29, 2.64 goals against per game, 8th in AHL

Shots per game: 35.45 - 2nd in AHL

Shots allowed per game: 26.73 - 3rd in AHL

Score 1st: 5-1-0-1 when scoring first (.786 win %)

1 goal games: 2-2-0-2 in one goal games

PP: 17.3%, 16th in AHL (9-52)

PK: 86.5%, 4th in AHL (7-52)

SHG - 2 shorthanded goals scored

SHGA - 0 shorthanded goals allowed

PIMS - 23.18 penalty minutes per game, 1st in AHL

Fighting Majors: 16 - 7th in AHL

OT Games - 3 - (1-0 record in OT)

SO Games - 2 - (0-2 record in SO)

Roster Players - the Sharks have used 26 players this season

Goalies - the Sharks have used 2 goaltenders this season

Players receiving call-ups to San Jose - 2 (Braun and Ferriero)

NHL debuts - 0 Worcester players made their NHL debuts this season

Call-ups to San Jose - 2 different call-ups to San Jose this season

Coming and goings from the Shark Tank:

ADD - Frazer McLaren on conditioning loan to Worcester from San Jose on 11/12/11.

Top Worcester Sharks:

o Goals Connolly (5)

o Game Winners Matt Irwin and Sean Sullivan (2)

o Assists Connolly (8)

o Points Connolly (5-8-13)

o Power play Points Irwin (4-1-5)

o Shots Irwin (31 shots)

o PIM Gogol (50)

o Fighting Pen. Gogol (4)

o Plus/Minus Connolly and Reid (+5)

o Wins Sateri (3)

o G.A.A. Sexsmith (1.80)

o Save % Sexsmith (.924)

o Shutouts N/A

Sharks in the Pacific:

The San Jose Sharks are 9-5-1 with 19 points through 15 games and currently three points behind the first place Dallas Stars with one game in hand. Former Worcester Sharks playing for San Jose: Joe Pavelski (9-8-17), Logan Couture (6-5-11), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1-3-4), Torrey Mitchell (1-3-4), Douglas Murray (0-3-3), Andrew Desjardins (2-0-2), Jamie McGinn (1-1-2), Jason Demers (0-2-2), and Justin Braun (0-1-1). Thomas Greiss is 3-3-0 with a 2.15GAA and .919 save %.

Week ahead:

Thu., Nov 17 at 10:30pm vs. Detroit

Sat., Nov 19 at 8:00pm at Dallas

Sharks in the ECHL:

The Stockton Thunder are 4-3-1-2 in 10 games this season with 11 points which is 6 points behind the first place Las Vegas Wranglers (14gp) in the Pacific Division. Worcester Sharks training camp invite, Gabriel Levesque, leads the Thunder with seven points (4-4-8) in nine games and Ian O'Connor with five points (3-2-5) through eight games to lead the way offensively for the Thunder. Thomas Heemskerk is 4-0-0 with a 2.69GAA and a .916save %.

Week Ahead:

Tue., Nov. 15 at 1:30pm at Bakersfield

Wed., Nov 16 at 10:00pm at Ontario

Fri., Nov 18 at 10:00pm at Ontario

Sat., Nov. 19 at 9:00pm at Ontario

Coming Up:

On Wednesday, the Sharks visit the Springfield Falcons at 7pm for a battle vs. the Falcons at the Mass Mutual Center.

On Friday, the Sharks travel north to the Verizon Wireless Arena for a 7pm duel against the Manchester Monarchs.

On Sunday, the Sharks close out the weekend with a 4pm start at the DCU Center vs. the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins! Join us for the annual Hat & Mittens Holiday Skate presented by BayState Savings Bank! Please bring new winter hats and mittens to be donated to the Pernet Family Health Services of Worcester and then skate with the Worcester Sharks hockey team! Bring your skates in a bag to the game. NO SKATE RENTALS . With every Sunday home game this season, Kid's tickets are just $5 presented by Southwick's Zoo. Receive a free child's admission to Southwick's Zoo with the purchase of a full priced adult and kid's ticket!

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