SteelHounds Weekly Report

Published on January 15, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Youngstown SteelHounds News Release


Hounds Finish Road Trip on High Note to get off the Skids

The Youngstown SteelHounds were finishing a 14 day, six game road trip on the skids going 0-3-1 in their last four and dropping six of their last seven going into Saturday night's game at the defending champion Laredo Bucks. The Hounds were able to get off the snide and upend the Bucks 4-1 behind two Mark Odut goals. This coming off devastating losses to division rival, Bossier-Shreveport on Thursday and then a 2-1 loss at the Corpus Christi Rayz on Friday in a game where Chris Richards and Jeff Christian were both held off the score sheet. Y-Town ends up 2-3-1 on the road trip and now sits at 16-11-7 with 39 points for third place in the Northeast division.

What's on Tap-Catch Bugs to Get into Second

It will be another playoff type atmosphere when the "Dogs of Steel" return to the Chevy Centre for a weekend stint with the division rival Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. The Hounds sit just two points behind the crayfish for second place in the Northeast division and with the season series tied at one game a piece, these two games can prove to be pivotal as we get closer and closer to the CHL Playoffs.

The Veteran Connection Living it Up All Star Style

Captain Jeff Christian and line mate Chris Richards are back in Louisiana as they will start for the Northern Conference in the 2007 Dodge CHL All Star Game from the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, Louisiana on Wednesday, January 17th at 8pm. For Christian this will be his second straight All Star appearance while Chris Richards will be making his fourth with his third different team. Richards has been an All Star with Austin and New Mexico during his CHL career.

Mark Odut Has Arrived

It took 13 games but Saturday night saw the presence from Mark Odut that head coach Kevin Kaminski was looking for when he signed him back in December. Odut who played for the coach while with the Missouri River Otters of the United Hockey League only had three assists in his stay with the SteelHounds coming into Saturday night but with the Hounds trailing 1-0 he would score two huge second period goals that would give the Hounds the lead and eventually the win.

SteelHounds Happy Hour Returns TONIGHT

Well after three weeks of no Happy Hour because of holidays and National Championship games, SteelHounds Happy Hour returns tonight at 7pm on ESPN Radio 1240-The Fan. Join Tony Maluso and the voice of the SteelHounds, Tim Sampsell as they will be talking Hounds Hockey for an hour. Call in and ask about the team and hockey in general, you may even be able to win tickets to this weekend's home games just by answering a trivia question so make sure to tune in tonight and every Monday night at 7pm for SteelHounds Happy Hour on the Fan.

Hounds by the Numbers

Team

39 pts- Tied for 5th in CHL

22 Road Pts-1st in CHL

121 Goals-3rd in CHL

114 Goals Against-12th in CHL

Individual

Jeff Christian sits a top first place in league with 62 points

Chris Richards is tied with Christian for first place in league with 40 assists

Jeff Christian tied Chris Richards franchise record for most consecutive games with a point with 19

Mark Odut got his first two goals as a SteelHound on Saturday night at Laredo

F.Y.I.

After staying out of the penalty box for nine games straight, Kelly Sickavish went had four penalty minutes in Friday night's loss to the Rayz

Tab Lardner has a four game point streak currently with four goals and one assist

Shaun Landolt was moved to defensemen on Saturday night

Jeff Christian has had a point in every game but two that he has played in this season with both goose eggs coming against Corpus Christi

Brad Roberts went 1-2-0 this weekend only averaging a 2.00 GAA in the three games

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