AHL Toronto Marlies

The Rock report

March 1, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release


THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS...

The Hershey Bears are currently 5th in the East Division with 65 points and have a 32-26-1-0 record... The Bears are 7-3-0-0 in their last 10 games and are 19-12-1-0 at home this season... Hershey is ranked 13th while on the powerplay at 15.5% and are 14th while killing penalties at 84.6%... C Eric Perrin leads the team with 52 points (18G,34A) in 59 games this season... Goaltender Peter Budaj has an 25-16-0 record, four shutouts, a 2.65 GAA and a .920 save percentage... RW Marek Svatos has 5 points (3G,2A) in his last five games... The Maple Leafs are 2-1 against the Griffins this season.

The Grand Rapids Griffins are currently 5th in the West Division with 58 points and have a 28-25-1-1 record... The Griffins are 6-4-0-0 in their last 10 games and are 13-15-1-0 at home this season... Grand Rapids is ranked 19th while on the powerplay at 14.5% and are 13th while killing penalties at 84.7%... D Niklas Kronwall leads the team with 38 points (11G,27A) in 55 games this season... Goaltender Joey MacDonald has an 22-21-1 record, four shutouts, a 2.26 GAA and a .926 save percentage... C Kip Miller has 6 points (3G,3A) in his last five games... The Maple Leafs are 2-1 against the Griffins this season.

LEAFLETS...

- The Baby Leafs remain in 3rd place in the North Divsiion. The team is only seven points behind 2nd place Manitoba.

- Maple Leafs center Matt Stajan has five points (G,4A) in his last five games. Kyle Wellwood has 11 points (4G,7A) in his last 10 games.

- The Maple Leafs start an eight game - 18 day homestand this Friday against the Hershey Bears.

- St. John's is ranked 15th in the league while on the powerplay (15.3%) and while killing penalties (84.5%).

- The St. John's Maple Leafs will be looking for their first win this current road trip. The Leafs play Grand Rapids Wednesday before returning to Mile One Stadium.

AHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK...

CHICAGO RIGHT WING J.P. VIGIER NAMED CCM VECTOR/AHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced that Chicago Wolves right wing J.P. Vigier has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 27, 2005. Vigier recorded three goals and three assists for six points in three games on the week.

NEXT WEEK'S OPPONENT...

The Edmonton Roadrunners return to St. John's to do battle with the Maple Leafs next Friday and Saturday, March 11th and 12th. Friday's game will be broadcast LIVE on Rogers Television, while both games will also be broadcast LIVE on www.sjmapleleafs and Radio NL (930AM).

THIS WEEK IN LEAFS HISTORY...

March 5, 1993 - Dave Tomlinson scores twice to lead St. John' s past Moncton 4-3 in the opener of a two game series at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

March 5, 1996 - Kelly Fairchild's unassisted goal at 4:22 of overtime is the game winner as the Leafs edge the Cornwall Aces 5-4.

March 4, 1992 - Greg Johnston scores once and sets up two more as the Leafs begin their final road trip of the regular season schedule by trimming the Capital District Islanders 3-1 in Troy, New York.

Check out the Toronto Marlies Statistics



American Hockey League Stories from March 1, 2005


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central