Sundogs Notes
Published on March 8, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Arizona Sundogs News Release
The seventh-place Arizona Sundogs (22-30-6) sit nine points back of the Corpus Christi IceRays and the Southern Conference's fifth and final playoff spot with six games remaining in the regular season.
Arizona completed a three-game set against the Amarillo Gorillas last week at Tim's Toyota Center with a pair of wins and a loss. The Sundogs extended their season-high home win streak to three games with a pair of wins over the Gorillas on Wednesday and Friday before dropping the final game of the season series Saturday.
Arizona closes out it 2009-10 road schedule with its final three away games of the regular season on Tuesday against the Corpus Christi IceRays (6:05pm), Thursday against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (9:30am) and Saturday against the Laredo Bucks (6:30pm).
Sundogs Storylines:
- Doug Groenestege has played in 12 straight games for Arizona dating back to February 12 and has gone 7-4-1 in that span turning aside 374 of 409 shots for a.914 save percentage. The Stratford, Ontario, native collected his league co-leading third shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over Amarillo on March 4.
- The Sundogs have allowed just four power-play goals in the last 38 opposition power plays (89.5%). Conversely, Arizona has converted just once in its last 33 power plays (3%).
- Arizona won its first game of the season when trailing after two periods on March 3 when it came back to beat Amarillo. The Sundogs were trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes of play but used a four-goal third period to top the Gorillas, 5-2. Arizona is just 1-27-3 this season when trailing after two periods. On the flip side, the Sundogs have yet to drop a game in regulation when leading after two periods (19-0-1).
- The Sundogs dropped just their second regulation loss of the season when scoring five or more goals in a game in a 7-5 loss to the Gorillas on March 6. Arizona is 10-2-1 when scoring five or more goals in a game.
- Arizona is playing above.500 hockey since January (13-12-3). The Sundogs were 9-18-3 in October, November and December.
- Konrad Reeder and Kyle Hood are tied for the team's scoring lead with 48 points. Reeder leads the team in goals (23) while Hood leads the team in assists (34).
- Rookie forward Joey Sides leads the team in plus/minus (plus-10) and is currently riding a four-game point streak that has seen him collect four goals, three assists and a plus-8 rating.
- Kyle Hood currently owns a four-game point streak, having collected seven points (3g/4a) in that span. The Vanderhoof, British Columbia, native leads the team in scoring over the last 10 games with 12 points (3g/9a).
- Linus Fagemo is second on the team in goals (22) and has three goals and an assist and is plus-5 in his last three games.
- Marc Belanger has tallied an assist in four straight games and is plus-4 in that span.
- Torren Delforte has four points (0g/4a) in the last four games and is plus-5 during that time.
- Kevin Jarman had a three-game goal scoring streak snapped in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Gorillas. The Aurora, Ontario, native has five goals and is plus-2 in 12 games with Arizona this season.
Upcoming Games:
- Tuesday, March 9 (6:05pm) at Corpus Christi IceRays*
- *Game was originally scheduled for Friday, March 12
- Listen live on KDDL 'Cattle Country' 94.3FM, the Official Radio Home of Arizona Sundogs Hockey
- Online at www.cattlecountryradio.com
- Watch live online at http://chltv.insinc.com
- Thursday, March 11 (9:30am) at Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
- Listen live on KDDL 'Cattle Country' 94.3FM, the Official Radio Home of Arizona Sundogs Hockey
- Online at www.cattlecountryradio.com
- Watch live online at http://chltv.insinc.com
- Saturday, March 13 (6:30pm) at Laredo Bucks
- Listen live on KDDL 'Cattle Country' 94.3FM, the Official Radio Home of Arizona Sundogs Hockey
- Online at www.cattlecountryradio.com
- Watch live online at http://chltv.insinc.com
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