Generic 07/08 Las Vegas Wranglers Thread

[Wranglers110]

If you'll humor me, I had a pseudo-journal like thread the past two seasons covering the Las Vegas Wranglers and I'd like to start one for this season. By all means, chip in at your leisure.

Two things to say from the start:

1.) We signed Peter and Chris Ferraro today. A little fringe NHL experience to add to the team.

2.) Training camp starts tomorrow. Now I'm completely under the weather. Snot....sneezing....coughing....fever.....dizzy... ..sometimes cold chills.....but in the event that I'm functioning enough, I'll hop in the car and drive down to the rink and take a peak. Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera which sucks because I'd love to provide some visual evidence.

LET'S GO WRANGLERS!

[Drunk Skunk]

Woohoo! I'm glad toe Ferraro brothers are in the organ-eye-zation. It's nice to know they're only a phone call away as well :D

[Reggie Dunlop]

Woohoo! I'm glad toe Ferraro brothers are in the organ-eye-zation. It's nice to know they're only a phone call away as well :D

They're Las Vegas property and have nothing to do with either the QC or Calgary Flames.

[Drunk Skunk]

I've been a fan of a AA team with affliates before. They are first place the AAA team goes looking for a call up, whether the guy is under a two-way or not ... Ferraro has shown that he doesn't stick around long in the ECHL either.

Don't harsh my buzz :p

[Reggie Dunlop]

I've been a fan of a AA team with affliates before. They are first place the AAA team goes looking for a call up, whether the guy is under a two-way or not ... Ferraro has shown that he doesn't stick around long in the ECHL either.

Don't harsh my buzz :p

There's really no pattern when it comes to players signed to AHL Professional Tryouts. They can come from any ECHL (the most likely source) team.

[Wranglers110]

I'm death bed sick and therefore unable to head out to training camp. This is the training camp roster, though:

G Mike McKenna

D Gerry Burke
D Jason Jozsa
D Sean Owens
D Jason Dest
D Mike Madill
D Tyson Strachan
D Aaron Power
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Shawn Limpright
LW Marco Peluso
LW Ryan Donally
C Tyler Mosienko
C Matt Beaudoin
C Curtis Fraser
C Justin Donati
RW Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
RW Adam Cracknell
RW Matt Byrnes
F Josh Sciba
F Kelly Czuy
F Thomas Harrison

[Reggie Dunlop]

So Donati gets sent down? Or was he a Wranglers guy all along?

P.S. Oh, and hope you get better!

[Wranglers110]

Gracias for the get well wish.....I'm positive that Donati is a send down.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

What? No Q-grads?

That just doesn't seem right. Sign a French Canadian goalie already :D

[Reggie Dunlop]

What? No Q-grads?

That just doesn't seem right. Sign a French Canadian goalie already :D

Is LaLande French-sounding enough?

[Wranglers110]

What? No Q-grads?

That just doesn't seem right. Sign a French Canadian goalie already :D

We've had two good Q-goalies pass through Vegas, Sebastien Centomo and Dany Sabourin. Centomo was one of my favorite players while he was here but sadly he'll be suiting up for our division rivals, the Fresno Falcons (San Jose Sharks affiliate).

I can't find it anymore, but there used to be a video clip on the internet of Centomo in a goalie fight while he was with us. I think it was against Davis Parley, but I could be wrong, but it was definately in Bakersfield. Centomo threw the first punch and knocked out the other goalie cold, one shot, reminiscent Jesse Boulerice and Aaron Downey.

[Wranglers110]

Some minor transaction news....added two try outs to the training camp squad:

German goalie Jan Muenster
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=51344

And goalie Stephan Siwiec, who played for Boston University in college and the Colorado Eagles of the CHL.



While I have a feeling the organization has very clear plans in net for Las Vegas, it certainly appears VERY foggy to us mere fans right now. Going into camp, Mike McKenna was the only netminder on the roster and we're 100% certain he will leave us for the AHL sooner than later.


edit....and for the record, Stephan Siwiec was born in Calgary.

[icarus]

I think it was against Davis Parley, but I could be wrong, but it was definately in Bakersfield. Centomo threw the first punch and knocked out the other goalie cold, one shot, reminiscent Jesse Boulerice and Aaron Downey.Davis Parley... wasn't he a Flame at some point? :ph34r:

[Sample00]

damn it! With only one goaltender in the tryout, I think I might phone down and see if I can get me a tryout! What a sweet deal, playing hockey and living in Vegas!

[SparkyOne]

With McElhinney injured, I'd say McKenna's going to get called up very soon!

[Wranglers110]

With McElhinney injured, I'd say McKenna's going to get called up very soon!

Unfortunately, he's St. Louis Blues property, so not sure if an AHL promotion means Quad Cities.

[SparkyOne]

Unfortunately, he's St. Louis Blues property, so not sure if an AHL promotion means Quad Cities.

Really? I read somewhere that he's got an ECHL-only contract with the Wranglers. St. Louis is pretty deep in goal, but I'd think McKenna would be good enough to be in Alaska if he belongs to the Blues.

[SparkyOne]

Gracias for the get well wish.....I'm positive that Donati is a send down.

Yep. He was in Calgary and QC.

Hope you're feeling better today, Wranglers!

[Reggie Dunlop]

McKenna was not successful in garnering a contract with the Blues.

[Wranglers110]

McKenna was not successful in garnering a contract with the Blues.

Ah, didn't know that. Kind of a bummer, he's a St. Louis native so I'm sure he was really excited by the prospect of playing in their organization.

but I'd think McKenna would be good enough to be in Alaska if he belongs to the Blues.

The ECHL has a wierd free agency policy. Players can only be signed to the current year, or rather they can't be signed to multi-year contracts....but in the off season, all teams can produce a "protected list" or players they want to reserve for next year, basically they can decide who is restricted free agent. We did that with McKenna, he was popular here, he liked playing for us, so even if he signed with the Blues, he'd HAVE to play for us since he was on our off season reserved list (and then subsequently signed a contract with us for this season).

In theory, we could have traded those rights to anyone including Alaska, he could have refused to sign, etc. But he was a restricted free agent and pretty much was reserved to Las Vegas for this season. If he gets sent down, it has to be to us unless we trade his rights.

[Tilley]

Donati was a scratch from the games in the QC this weekend and I saw him with the other players. Maybe with Peters being sent down, he'll make tracks to Vegas.

[Wranglers110]

Minor transaction news, LW Arpad Mihaly has gone to Italy and so the Wranglers have "suspended" him. Harsh as that term may be, it really just is a form of reserving the rights to a player who's unavailable to play.

[icarus]

Minor transaction news, LW Arpad Mihaly has gone to Italy and so the Wranglers have "suspended" him. Harsh as that term may be, it really just is a form of reserving the rights to a player who's unavailable to play.Not Arpad Mihaly! When will the Italians ever stop poaching our top talent? :confused:

[Drunk Skunk]

Donati was a scratch from the games in the QC this weekend and I saw him with the other players. Maybe with Peters being sent down, he'll make tracks to Vegas.
Good call. Donati got sent down to Vegas today

[SparkyOne]

Ah, didn't know that. Kind of a bummer, he's a St. Louis native so I'm sure he was really excited by the prospect of playing in their organization.



The ECHL has a wierd free agency policy. Players can only be signed to the current year, or rather they can't be signed to multi-year contracts....but in the off season, all teams can produce a "protected list" or players they want to reserve for next year, basically they can decide who is restricted free agent. We did that with McKenna, he was popular here, he liked playing for us, so even if he signed with the Blues, he'd HAVE to play for us since he was on our off season reserved list (and then subsequently signed a contract with us for this season).

In theory, we could have traded those rights to anyone including Alaska, he could have refused to sign, etc. But he was a restricted free agent and pretty much was reserved to Las Vegas for this season. If he gets sent down, it has to be to us unless we trade his rights.

Thanks! I've read about the protected list, but wasn't quite sure how it operated....

[Wranglers110]

Not Arpad Mihaly! When will the Italians ever stop poaching our top talent? :confused:

Heh....he's really too good for the ECHL but evidently not good enough for the AHL and so consequently has bounced up and down quite a bit. Chipped in for 10 goals for us last year.

The ECHL has age limitations....they tweak the details every season, but the last I checked, no team can have more than four "veterans", and a veteran was defined as any player with 260+ games of professional experience (although goalies are now an exception to the rule). The Ferraro twins make two...Shawn Limpright's probably has 260+....Jason Jozsa MIGHT....If Mike McBain comes back, he definately is.....and if there's no interested parties for Mihaly in the AHL, there's just no room in Vegas....

[Wranglers110]

I'm still sick as a dog and rolling around in bed with a fever, but I've found enough strength to hop on the computer for a second and tune into the season opener. We're about 18 minutes into the first period, 2-1 Bakersfield Condors lead. Bakersfield is an independent team in terms of affiliations, but they've gotten a little help from the Los Angeles Kings (who really are affiliated with Reading).

Just as I'm typing: GOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!! PETER FERRARO!!!!!

Matt Beaudoin has our other goal. Not sure who's in net for us, but it's probably McKenna. Yutaka Fukafuji in net for the Condors.

I'm probably just going to turn in for the night, but I promise for future games to give more detailed and interesting accounts.

[Wranglers110]

Oh, Jan Muenster is in net for us tonight. Siwiec is the backup, so no McKenna tonight....

[Drunk Skunk]

Nevermind, didn't bother to finish reading the thread :bag:

[Reggie Dunlop]

Oh, Jan Muenster is in net for us tonight. Siwiec is the backup, so no McKenna tonight....

A Second Division German Bundesliga goalie and a former Boston University third-stringer. Where did Gulutzan find these guys? Hanging out in a casino?

Hopefully the Wranglers get McKenna back soon, and Lalande heads there too.

[Wranglers110]

Okay, I'm still sick but better enough to function. Pre-season is over, it really begins for us on Friday, October 19th in Fresno (San Jose Sharks affiliate).

As you probably already know, Donati and Madill are down here. McKenna was signed by the Portland Pirates.

[Azure]

Can this thread be stickied so that it doesn't fall off the page?

[Wranglers110]

I was working tonight, missed the game, but I present a faux-box.

Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
Fresno Falcons - 1
OT/F

Goals
F Kelly Czuy (PP, GW)
D Aaron Power

Assists
D Gerry Burke
D Jason Jozsa
RW Chris Ferraro

Fights
F Kelly Czuy

Goalie
John Curry, 1 GA, 33 saves, win

Stars
F Kelly Czuy

Penalty Kill: 7/8

Also, as you can see by our goalie that we picked up a new...goalie. John Curry is actually assigned, strangely enough, by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He's a rookie out of Boston University. Had some great numbers last year in college with a 2.01 GAA, .928% with 7 shutouts. We also have new uniforms which look like Canadian junior unis if you ask me.
http://lasvegaswranglers.com/shop/images/products/detail/jerseyhomereplica.jpg


Next game is at home on Sunday versus the Stockton Thunder.

[chris lindberg]

So, who are Calgary's ECHL guys, Adam Cracknell, Aki Seitsonen and ...?

[Wranglers110]

October 21st

Stockton Thunder - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
F

Goals
LW Shawn Limpright
RW Peter Ferraro (GW)
RW Chris Ferraro
RW Adam Cracknell

Assists
RW Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro (2)
F Matt Beaudoin
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
LW Ryan Donally
D Aaron Power

Fights
none

Goalie
John Curry, 1 GA, 23 saves, win

Stars
G John Curry
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Chris Ferraro

Penalty Kill: 6/7

edit: Tim Boron was our backup in net.

Next game: Tuesday, October 23rd @ Stockton Thunder

[Wranglers110]

Minor transaction news....

D Tyson Strachan comes off the IR while D Sean Owens goes on it. F Matt Beaudoin was traded to the Dayton Bombers. No idea what we got in return.

I guess in future faux boxes, I'll add a list of "other players dressed."

edit....Aki Seitsonen comes down from QC and Beaudoin was traded for the infamous "player to be named later."

[Wranglers110]

Hey, John Curry of the Wranglers was named as the ECHL Goalie of the Week! Congrats to our man in net!


It's early, but the division standings before tonight's game:

1st - Bakersfield Condors, 2-0-0, 4pts
2nd - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 2-0-0, 4pts
3rd - Fresno Falcons, 0-0-2, 2pts
4th - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 0-2-0, 0pts

[icarus]

Hey, John Curry of the Wranglers was named as the ECHL Goalie of the Week! Congrats to our man in net!This guy seemingly comes out of nowhere and he has already won a goalie of the week nod?

[Reggie Dunlop]

This guy seemingly comes out of nowhere and he has already won a goalie of the week nod?

Curry's not bad actually. Pretty good with Boston University (Van der Gulik's alma mater).

He keeps it up, he might bump McKenna back down to the ECHL.

[Wranglers110]

October 23rd

Stockton Thunder - 2
Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
F

Goals
LW Bruce Mulherin (2, GW)
RW Peter Ferraro

Assists
D Jason Jozsa (2)
D Jason Krischuk
F Aki Seitsonen
LW Shawn Limpright
C Jason Donati

Fighting
none

Goalie
John Curry, 2 GA, 25 saves, win

Stars
LW Bruce Mulherin
D Jason Jozsa
G John Curry

Penalty Kill: 4/6

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Gerry Burke, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Aaron Power
LW Marco Peluso, LW Ryan Donally
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Chris Ferraro
F Kelly Czuy

edit....alright, we're 3-0! Sparse attendance, unfortunately, only a scant 3400, but a Tuesday night during the first week of the season, not a major surprise/disappointment. It'll build up, it always does.

edit x 2....standings for the division.
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 3-0-0, 6pts
2nd - Bakersfield Condors, 2-0-0, 4 pts
3rd - Fresno Falcons, 1-0-2, 4pts
4th - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 0-3-0, 0pts

[Wranglers110]

Oh, our next game is on Friday against the only Canadian team in the ECHL, the Victoria Salmon Kings (Vancouver Canucks affiliate). It's on the road.

By the way, out of sheer boredom, I attempted to string together a video montage of our beloved team....the video clips derive from the official team website and the music is the Dead Kennedys version of "Viva Las Vegas":

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3PGHuJ09a_Y

[Wranglers110]

Minor transaction news....

Emergency backup goalie Tim Boron was released, and two players swapped positions on the IR with D Aaron Power going on and F Curtis Fraser coming off.

G Julien Ellis of Victoria was called up to Manitoba so we won't be seeing him tonight. :whistle:

[Wranglers110]

Friday, October 26th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Victoria Salmon Kings - 3
F

Goals
LW Bruce Mulherin (2)
RW Chris Ferraro (gw)
RW Adam Cracknell

Assists
C Justin Donati (2)
D Gerry Burke
D Mike Madill
RW Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
C Justin Donati

Goalie
John Curry, 3 ga, 29 saves, win

Stars
LW Bruce Mulherin

Penalty Kill: 3/5

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Krischuk, D Tyson Strachan
LW Marco Peluso
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen, F Kelly Czuy

[Drunk Skunk]

How is Donati looking down there?

[STeeLy]

I thought u'd just released Tim Boron yet he still backed up Curry.

[Wranglers110]

How is Donati looking down there?

I haven't been able to get to a game yet, but it sounds like he's been a little sparkplug. I'll listen to tonight's game on the radio and try to give a near play by play here, so hopefully I'll get a better picture of him tonight.

I thought u'd just released Tim Boron yet he still backed up Curry.

Me too....the ECHL transaction wire is unusual. It's possible that he was released from his short term EBUG contract and signed to a full time one, but that's a complete guess on my part.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, October 27th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
Victoria Salmon Kings - 4
FINAL

Goals
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Adam Cracknell (pp)

Assists
C Chris Ferraro
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Jason Donati (2)
F Adam Cracknell
D Jason Jozsa

Fights
none

Goalie
John Curry, 4 ga, 26 saves, loss

Stars
none

Power Play: 1/3, 1 shorthanded conceded
Penalty Kill: 4/5

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Gerry Burke, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest
LW Ryan Donally
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen, F Kelly Czuy


PRE-GAME
edit....There are three sets of brothers playing in tonight's game. For Victoria, Jordan and Derek Krestanovich along with Wes and Ash Goldie....of course, Chris and Peter Ferraro are dressed for us.

FIRST PERIOD
edit....and we're underway....
edit....15:00 left, scoreless.....Vegas with the early lead on shots, 5-1, but it sounds like the lone Kings shot was a nice one with a big gasp from the crowd....most of the action is in the Kings end....
edit....14:00 left, scoreless....Ryan Wade heading to the box, not sure what the call is, but Wranglers are on the power play....Madill, Burke, Czuy, Mullherin are out there for us, not sure the fifth player....Madill with a wild shot from the blueline, no threat to Kings goalie and ex-Binghamton Senator Billy Thompson....penalty killed off, dang...
edit....12:00 left, scoreless....Adam Cracknell with a high hit, he's getting two....Kings peppering Curry with big bombs from outside, Seitsonen clearing...successfully killed....
edit....11:00 left, scoreless....Curry with a big double save after a turnover at the blueline!!!....Madill the other way, apparently loves to shoot often from way out, pad save from Thompson....one of our boys just got wrecked in a hit, I think Czuy....
edit....5:00 left, scoreless....Mulherin spending a lot of productive time in the opposing crease....great blue collar work!!
edit....4:00 left, VICTORIA SCORES, 1-0....ex-Calgary Hitman Dylan Yeo's first professional goal puts the Kings on top first....
edit...1:00 left, 1-0 Victoria....ex-Kelowna Rocket Kiel McLeod has been a monster for Victoria, throwing the body around all period long....I think he's the one that leveled Czuy earlier...
edit....end of 1st, 1-0 Victoria....10 shots apiece, but Victoria definately feeling better about that period than we are...Aki Seitsonen led the period with 4 shots on goal for us...

FIRST INTERMISSION, 1-0 Victoria
edit...interview with Kings Head Coach Mark Morrison...heavily paraphrased: lots of parity this year in the conference, even previously lousy teams (including Victoria and Phoenix) are now tough teams yet the previously good teams have lost nothing.....Vegas is a fast team, well coached, and has depth to the point that losing players doesn't affect on ice performance....recruiting is harder than you'd think for Victoria because a lot of BC guys want to get new experience rather than stay home and the Kings have to shake off the stigma of being a losing team...

SECOND PERIOD
edit....1-0, Victoria.....and we're underway....Yeo takes a slapshot off the shins....he's functioning but not feeling well....Donati working hard on the forecheck....
edit....17:00 left, 1-0 Victoria....Kings d-man Paul Ballantyne leaves the bench for the locker room....evidently injured tonight, he did break his leg a year or two ago....
edit...14:00 left, 1-0 Victoria....our notoriously unfair play by play man describes the Victoria crowd as "tame and quiet"....
edit...10:00 left...1-0 Victoria....Peter Ferraro forces a highlight reel save from Thompson!....Ryan Donnaly gets a roughing call and an unsportsmanlike...Ty Morris goes for Victoria, but that puts us shorthanded....Czuy goes long shorthanded but Thompson stops the attempt...
edit...8:00 left, 1-0 Victoria....WRANGLERS SCORE!!!!!!!...PETER FERRARO!!!!!!....Brother Chris and Mulherin with the assists!....
edit....7:00 left, 1-1 game....looks like we're going on a powerplay....Aki Seitsonen was getting beat up in the corner and so the offending Kings player gets a roughing...our play by play man notes that Curry is not much for playing the puck, he doesn't really leave the crease...
edit....6:00 left, 1-1 game....our power play looks terribly ineffective, most of the time spent looking for the puck in our own end....aaaand, VICTORIA SCORES A SHORT HANDER......
edit....end of period, 2-1 Victoria...11-8 shots on goal for that period in favor of Las Vegas, 21-18 for us on the game...

SECOND INTERMISSION, 2-1 Victoria
edit....interview with Wranglers C Tyler Mosienko is the interview...paraphrased: says he's glad McKenna's not around as they're going into Canada because McKenna was a big pro-American and Tyler's big pro-Canadian and they always argued about the differences between the countries when visiting Victoria....thinks Vegas is tough this year....feels he has a slow start personally, but the team is playing so well that it doesn't matter so far....chemistry can be a problem on the team with so many new people and lots of linemate tinkering by the coach, but the feeling is that everyone is interchangably good as far as talent goes....likes that Canadian tv sports is all hockey all the time....CFL has bigger end zones because there's just a lot of real estate in Canada for the room....

THIRD PERIOD
edit...2-1, Victoria....for the record, it was Madill that got burned on that short handed goal at the end of the previous period.....aaaand we're just about underway....
edit...15:00 left, 2-1 Victoria....if you count our torrid finish from last season, then we have a 17 game regular season winning streak on the line tonight....
edit...14:00 left, 2-1 Victoria....WES GOLDIE WITH A MONSTEROUS SHOT OFF THE FACEOFF, VICTORIA SCORES.....3-1 Kings....
edit...12:00 left, 3-1 Victoria....Donnally hanging out in front of the net, gets jumped by a Kings player, and then gets a cross checking penalty for it...Victoria power play....
edit....10:00 left, 3-1 Victoria...Donnally hops out of the box for a breakaway but cracks one wide of the net....
edit...9:00 left, 3-1 Victoria...Jason Dest, about to be hit by Kiel McLeod, accidentally high sticks McLeod when putting his hands up to brace himself for the hit....there's blood....this is a double minor...
edit...8:00 left, 3-1 Victoria....delayed tripping call....VICTORIA POWER PLAY GOAL, WES GOLDIE WITH A HAT TRICK...Ryan Donnally is still going to the box for tripping...5-on-3 for two minutes....
edit...4:00 left, 4-1 Victoria....gotta hand it to Kings goalie Billy Thompson, he has been very sharp tonight....we've had our shots on net, 32 so far...
edit...3:00 left, 4-1 Victoria....BRANDON KALENIECKI PULLS ONE BACK, WRANGLERS GOAL!!!!!....
edit...2:00 left, 4-2 Victoria....McLeod with a nasty charge on Madill, Vegas will have a power play down the final moments of the game...ADAM CRACKNELL SMACKS ONE HOME!!!! POWER PLAY GOAL WRANGLERS!!!!!!....
edit...1:00 left, 4-3 Victoria....Curry is pulled....
edit...FINAL: 4-3 Victoria, our play by play guy says this is the first time the Wranglers have lost in regulation since March 10th, 2006....I assume he means 2007, but he might not, we've been a wrecking ball for a long, long time...edit....nope, it's March 10th, 2006 the last day we've lost in regulation in a regular season game....

Next game: November 2nd vs. Utah Grizzlies

[evman150]

Not that it matters, but I thought it was interesting that I had dinner at the table next to three Las Vegas players last night.

I didn't recognize any of them, and they said none of them was Calgary Flames property, but they were impressed I knew who a bunch of the guys on the team were.

[chris lindberg]

Who did Justin Donati receive a contract from, Calgary, Quad City or Las Vegas?

[Drunk Skunk]

He's not signed to the Flames, either Quad City or Calgary. He was on a ATO contract with Quad City, which he was released from shortly after the season started.

[Wranglers110]

Local story on our goalie, John Curry:

http://lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sports/2007/oct/27/566626451.html


Also mentioned in the story, Curry will leave the Wranglers next weekend as a member of an American select team to play in Germany.

edit...also, F Kelly Czuy was placed on a 30-day IR. Yikes!!!

[Reggie Dunlop]

I like Curry. Followed him a bit when he was with Boston U. with Van der Gulik. Should be a good pro at the ECHL level and even maybe more. Hope you get 'im back after this tourney-thing.

Boy, Gulutzan really has to scramble for goalies this season!

Oh, and cool video, BTW.

[Wranglers110]

Some transaction news....D Sean Owens and LW Shawn Limpright hopped onto the IR and D Aaron Power came off.

We host the Utah Grizzlies for two games. Tomorrow (Friday, November 2nd) and Saturday, the 3rd. Grrr! :chair:



One of my favorite games to see in person during a regular season was against the Grizzlies. We had some loud mouth Utah fans behind us and Utah put up a 5-0 score on us going into the third period.* ENORMOUS trash talking from said fans. And to watch them squirm in their seat and sink deeper and deeper as we put up 1 goal....2 goals....3 goals....4 goals....FIVE goals in the third period to take it to overtime. That we actually lost in OT seemed insignificant (hey, 1 point) as we got to watch the hecklers be humbled quite a bit.


*my memory may exaggerate a little, but not intentionally

[Wranglers110]

Friday, November 2nd

Utah Grizzlies - 8
Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
Final

Goals
D Jason Jozsa (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko (ps)
RW Peter Ferraro
LW Bruce Mulherin
RW Adam Cracknell

Assists
C Chris Ferraro (2)
LW Bruce Mulherin (2)
D Jason Jozsa
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
D Tyson Strachan
LW Ryan Donally
LW Marco Peluso

Goalie
John Curry, starter-39 minutes, 5 ga, 17 saves
Tim Boron, 20 minutes, 3 ga, 2 saves

Stars
none

Shots: 44 for, 27 against
Power Play: 1 for 8
Penalty Kill: 5 for 8

Other Dressed Players
D Gerry Burke, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
C Justin Donati
F Aki Seitsonen

edit....I don't want to be a snot, but I can't believe we've lost two in a row. We've grown spoiled on regular season dominance for so long, two losses back to back is intolerable. Shabby goaltending from us and even shabbier penalty killing was it. Chippy game, lots of action, we had 44 shots on goal and even had a penalty shot tally from Mosienko. Oh well. Saturday night is the rematch.

[Drunk Skunk]

How did Donally look in his fight?

[Wranglers110]

How did Donally look in his fight?

Sadly, I continue to work evening shifts and miss games. I'm too beat to go to tonight's but will relay info as I listen to the broadcast.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, November 3

Utah Grizzlies - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
Final

Goals
LW Ryan Donally (gw)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko (pp)
D Jason Krischuk (pp)
RW Adam Cracknell

Assists
C Curtis Fraser (3)
RW Peter Ferraro (2)
RW Adam Cracknell
LW Marco Peluso
D Sean Owens

Fights
C Chris Ferraro
LW Ryan Donally

Goalie
G Tim Boron, 1 ga, 24 saves, win

Stars
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
C Curtis Fraser
G Tim Boron

Shots: 33 for, 25 against
Power Play: 3 for 9
Penalty Kill: 4 for 4

Other Dressed Players
D Gerry Burke, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Aki Seitsonen
C Justin Donati



FIRST PERIOD
edit....12:00 left, scoreless....I joined in late to listen to this game...a huge fight breaking out in the process. Chris Ferraro has been ejected for having his jersey come undone during a fight....17 penalty minutes for him! Tim Boron is our only goalie, so I guess Curry is probably off to Germany....we're on the powerplay after a tripping call on the Grizzlies...
edit.....10:00 left, scoreless....Peter Ferraro to the box....hey, a name I don't recognize, C Curtis Fraser.....announcers are singing his praises as a big guy who apparently is hustling hard and playing well tonight thus far...Announcers feeling bad for Tim Boron, sitting on the bench for so long and then being thrown into last night's firestorm mercilessly....Boron was the backup goalie to the CHL Champion Colorado Eagles last season and he did have a 7-game winning streak in December of '06....
edit....8:00 left...scoreless.....WRANGLERS GOOOOOALLLL!!!!! RYAN DONALLY!!!!!!....Fraser and Donally with a 2-on-1 with Grizzlies goalie Brett Jaeger....Jaeger played for the pass to Fraser, Donally kept it and stuffed it home!!! 1-0!!!....Insult to injury, a penalty to Utah not 10 seconds after the ensuing faceoff...
edit....7:00 left, 1-0 Vegas.....BRANDON KALENIECKI!!!!!! BACK DOOR STUFF, POWER PLAY GOOOOOALLL!!!!!!.....Adam Cracknell with a BEAUTIFUL assist!....and the Wranglers go back on the power play immediately after the faceoff again!!!
edit...5:00 left, 2-0 Vegas...11-4 shots on goal for us....Fraser has been a revelation so far....
edit...2:00 left, 2-0 Vegas....Donati with a hooking call....knock on wood, penalty isn't over, but it looks like our penalty kill is better than last night...
edit....end of period, 2-0 Vegas....Seitsonen ends the period with a big check....

SECOND PERIOD
edit....2-0 Vegas....aaand we're underway....
edit....18:00 left, 2-0 Vegas...Vegas gets a power play...WRANGLERS GOAL!!!!!!!! POWER PLAY!!!!!!....Peluso with the shot, Mosienko might have tipped it!....oh, and Curry was re-called to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the A. Mike Katz will be our EBUG, but he's not listed as playing tonight...Bruce Mulherin went on the 3-day IR....
edit...15:00 left, 3-0 Vegas...a couple of fights broke out....Fraser and Donally are the Wranglers dropping the gloves...Utah player messing with Peter Ferraro and Donally stepped in for his teamate....we get a power play out of this....
edit....10:00 left, 3-0 Vegas...Kaleniecki with a comical tripping call, we're killing a penalty....Aaron Power commits a penalty immediately into it with an interference or something of that sort...5-on-3 for nearly 2 minutes...
edit...7:00 left, 3-0 Vegas....power play to us....hate to be cocky, hate to show hubrus, but tonight feels like a walk in the park....
edit...3:00 left, 3-0 Vegas....our announcers are furious...as Utah commits icing and their tired players have to stay on the ice, the announcers watch Utah goalie Jaeger untie his goalie pads and then skate to the refs to tell them he has an equipment issue that needs to be resolved, giving his teamates time for a breather....
edit...2:00 left, 3-0 Vegas.....WRANGLERS GOOOOOAL!!!!!! PETER FERRARO WITH A SCREEN, KRISCHUK WITH A SLAPSHOT OVER JAEGER'S SHOULDER!!!!......4-0!!!
edit...end of period, 4-0 Vegas....our power play is working, our penalty kill is working, we're testing their goalkeeper, they ain't testing ours....walk in the park, a walk in the park....

THIRD PERIOD
edit...18:00 left, 4-0 Vegas.....Utah scores, but I feel enough hubrus to mail this one in....I won't be listening in and updating play by play, but rather coming back to check on things....

[chris lindberg]

Has Seitsonen been playing in Vegas or has he been recalled to Quad City?

[Svartsengi]

I noticed Adam Cracknell has 9 points in 6 games. Do you think he is ready to be recalled to Quad City?. They need help offensively by the looks of it.

[Wranglers110]

Seitsonen has been playing, although not really registering on much in the way of stats (if you look in my faux box scores, he seems to always be listed under "Other Players Dressed"). However, he seems to be throwing the body around and playing well.

Cracknell's definately red hot right now. He's on a four game scoring streak. Players who have consistently performed at this level have taken time to adjust up there, but at the end of the day, he's probably better than the last two players we've sent up the pipeline (Hambly and Pardy).

[Wranglers110]

Division standings as we wake up today....

1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 5-2-0, 10pts
2nd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 4-3, 8pts
3rd - Fresno Falcons, 3-2-2, 8pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 3-3-2, 8pts

[Svartsengi]

Thanks for the info on Cracknell and Seitsonen. I was wondering about Aki too but forgot to ask. I expect more production after seeing him in Prince Albert a few times and at the World Juniors. Hopefully he gets on track offensively soon. Thanks for the updates Wranglers110.

[Wranglers110]

How about some statistical factoids?

Record: 5-2-0, 10pts, 1st in the division, 1st in the conference

Goals
5 - RW Adam Cracknell
LW Bruce Mulherin
4 - RW Peter Ferraro
2 - C Chris Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
C Tyler Mosienko

Assists
6 - C Chris Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
C Justin Donati
5 - RW Peter Ferraro
4 - RW Adam Cracknell

Points
9 - RW Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro
8 - LW Bruce Mulherin
C Chris Ferraro
7 - D Jason Jozsa

Fights
2 - Ryan Donally
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
D Tyson Strachan
LW Marco Peluso
C Chris Ferraro

Goalies
John Curry, 6gp, 2.81gaa, 4-1-0, .905%
Tim Boron, 2gp, 3.00gaa, 1-1-0, .867%

Stars of the Game
2 - G John Curry
LW Bruce Mulherin
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
C Curtis Fraser
G Tim Boron

Goals For: 26
Goals Against: 20
Power Play: 20%, 10th in the league
Penalty Kill: 77%, 21st in the league

[Wranglers110]

We officially have a new number 1 goalie. His name is Daniel Manzato, he's from Switzerland, and he's property of the Carolina Hurricanes. He played for Victoriaville in the Q before putting up 4 reasonably good seasons in the Swiss league. He's got 2 games under his belt in the ECHL this year already for the Charlotte Checkers, going 2-0, 2.00 GAA, with a .947%.

Our next game is on Saturday at Phoenix.


edit....oh, and Mulherin came off the IR while Peluso and Peter Ferraro went on the 30-day one. I'm not exactly thrilled about that bit of news.

[Wranglers110]

Alright, tonight the boys are playing in Phoenix. Should start in 10-20 minutes...Peter Ferraro is back off the IR and we'll get the debut of our new goalie.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, November 10

Las Vegas Wranglers - 6
Phoenix Roadrunners - 2
Final
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell (pp, gw) (2)
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Chris Ferraro (pp)
LW Ryan Donally (pp)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

Assists
C Justin Donati (2)
D Aaron Power (3)
C Tyler Mosienko
D Jason Jozsa
RW Peter Ferraro
D Jason Krischuk
D Gerry Burke
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
LW Ryan Donally (ko win, complete domination)
D Gerry Burke (punched opponent down, but cut and bleeding)

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 23 saves, win

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
D Aaron Power

Shots: 58 for, 25 against
Power Play: 3 for 14
Penalty Kill: 7 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Sean Owens, D Tyson Strachan
C Curtis Fraser
F Aki Seitsonen

FIRST PERIOD
edit...0-0, 20:00 left...the Ferraro brothers have been split up to two different lines...Madill and Dest are scratches....It's Daniel Manzato's Wranglers debut!...
edit...0-0, 12:00 left...very uneventful game, neither team can break into the opponent's zone, lots of turnovers....no penalties...2 shots for Phoenix, 1 for us so far...
edit...0-0, 8:00 left....Phoenix with a penalty, not sure what the call is, but here we go...ADAM CRACKNELL!!!!! OFF THE FACE OFF, SLAPSHOT!!!!....that power player didn't last one two seconds, the tally comes off the faceoff immediately after the call....Donati won the faceoff for the assist....
edit...1-0, Las Vegas, 5:00 left....Donati took a stick to the face, that's a penalty!...aaand, nuthin' doin' on that power play...
edit...1-0, Las Vegas, 2:00 left....BRUCE MULHERIN!!!!!!!.....That's his 6th and yet another one sitting in front of the net, this guy is a mucker!!!....2-0, Las Vegas!...
edit...2-0, Las Vegas, 1:00 left....Tyson Strachan with a vicious cross check, threw a Roadrunner into the boards and we have a late penalty....and this penalty will be broken up by the first intermission.

FIRST INTERMISSION
D Mike Madill interview...heavily paraphrased: nice weather in Phoenix compared to Montreal...deflects praise for his previously awesome record against Phoenix, says he tries his best....calls former college teamate G Mike McKenna a fun experience to play with, St. Lawrence College was an awesome experience....although Canadian, ended up going to prep school in the States and playing college hockey seemed like the logical choice.....his twin brother is getting a Master's degree and playing Canadian college hockey, winning a championship last year....doesn't look anything like his twin....Mike McKenna somewhat of a help in recruiting Madill to the Wranglers....recalls his rookie season for the Texas Wildcatters was a blast, great team that fell in the first round last year....won a bunch of awards, All ECHL, All Rookie team, etc....Wranglers dressing room great, everyone is tight nit, good work ethic, aspire to great things this year....

SECOND PERIOD
edit....20:00, 2-0 Las Vegas....aaaand here we go, Vegas killing the remnants of a Roadrunner power play....Seitsonen, interestingly enough, takes the opening face off....it should be noticed that Phoenix so far this year gets better as the game gets going, slow starters, strong finishers, with a 20-10 third period goal record....penalty killed...
edit...15:00, 2-0 Las Vegas....SLAPSHOT FROM THE BLUE LINE AFTER A FACE OFF WIN FOR PHOENIX, 2-1 VEGAS......Momentum turning towards Phoenix....
edit...14:00, 2-1 Las Vegas....Peter Ferraro gets a double minor after a blood inducing cross check/high stick....
edit...11:00, 2-1 Las Vegas....and that double minor is canceled out with a Roadrunners penalty....4-on-4 for now and about 25 seconds of power play for us...big sequence of shots for us!!!!....nothing doing for scoring, but a real scare for Phoenix....
edit....10:00, 2-1 Las Vegas....well, there we go, Mulherin with a call, 4-on-3 power play for Phoenix for 9 seconds...
edit....9:00, 2-1 Las Vegas....call on Phoenix...you know, a supervisor of officials is in the house tonight and so I guess the zebras are trying to get their quota of calls in now...
edit....8:00, 2-1 Las Vegas....Peter Ferraro was held, that's a penalty!!!! We're going to have a 5-on-3 soon here...Getting a little chippy....Power dings one off the post!!!!! Dang!!!....Donally obviously baiting Roadrunners player Reagan Rome to fight....he's dumped Peter Ferraro and Tyler Mosienko after whistles recently....CHRIS FERRARO FROM PETER AND AARON POWER!!!!!!! 3-1 LAS VEGAS!!!!!...
edit...6:00, 3-1 Las Vegas...Mulherin going to the box....
edit...4:00, 3-1 Las Vegas....two on one!!! Cracknell and Fraser!....WRANGLERS GOALLLLL!!!!!!!! CRACKNELL USES FRASER AS A PASSING DECOY TAKES IT HIMSELF!!!!! Adam is RED HOT right now....He is ready for Quad Cities.....unassisted....and Roadrunners get a penalty right after the faceoff!

THIRD PERIOD
edit....19:00, 4-1 Las Vegas....and here we go....PHOENIX GOAL.....50% of all Roadrunner goals have come in the 3rd period, so we might have a storm to weather here....
edit...18:00, 4-2 Las Vegas....lots of chippiness...Roadrunner trying to induce Krischuk to fight, jabbing him with his stick a couple times....some matching minors coming out of this....actually, we may have a power play out of this?....mass confusion!....RYAN DONALLY!!!! POWER PLAY TALLY!!!!!....He gobbled up a rebound!!!....
edit...16:00, 5-2 Las Vegas....Donati to the box for hooking...Phoenix IMMEDIATELY picks up an unsportsmanlike on the faceoff...completely negates Phoenix's powerplay...in fact, it's a double minor? Four on four for two minutes and then a powerplay for us....nevermind, Krischuk gets 2 minutes for tripping a few seconds into the next play....
edit...12:00, 5-2 Las Vegas....complete confusion on the penalty situation as the Wranglers were shorthanded for awhile but just went on a power play without any players entering or leaving the penalty boxes....neither bench seems to be demanding explanation from the refs....and now we're 5 on 5 again...officiating supervisors in attendance have a lot to talk about tonight!...
edit...11:00, 5-2 Las Vegas....another penalty for Phoenix....we have no idea what's going on here...
edit...10:00, 5-2 Las Vegas...Donally dropped the gloves!!....Donally muscled his opponent briefly and then knocked him out, they're needing to wake up the Roadrunner....Donally was defending Peter Ferraro from harassment...Ryan needs an assist for the Gordie Howe....
edit....6:00, 5-2 Las Vegas...Gerry Burke drops the gloves and then drops his opponent....Burke is bleeding, though....Gerry got a clean cross through his opponent's jaw...
edit....5:00, 5-2 Las Vegas...BRANDON KALENIECKI!!!!!....HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF THE NET, 6-2 VEGAS!!!!......Donati with an assist, Cracknell may have yet another point on this one, too!...Roadrunners player jumping C Curtis Fraser from behind after the faceoff....Roadrunner dropped gloves, Fraser didn't, might be 2 minute power play for roughing....
edit...3:00, 6-2 Las Vegas....another cheap shot from a Roadrunner, this is now an issue of surviving the rest of the game from Phoenix' taking frustration out on us...another dirty hit into the boards, left the feet, no call on that one...no return of violence from us....
edit...1:00, 6-2 Las Vegas....26 shots on goal this single period is a franchise record...Fraser threatening with a good on himself...we have 58 shots on goal in total thus far...
edit...final, 6-2 Las Vegas...complete and utter domination...

[Drunk Skunk]

I would like to see Donati get the call soon in favor of sitting Sutter or sending him down. Unfortunately, I don't see where Cracknell would get into the lineup at winger now, though, unless there is a call-up to Calgary.

[Wranglers110]

I would like to see Donati get the call soon in favor of sitting Sutter or sending him down. Unfortunately, I don't see where Cracknell would get into the lineup at winger now, though, unless there is a call-up to Calgary.

Yeah, I can't say that I'm terribly familiar with the depth chart and needs of Quad Cities (really, I should be paying more attention around here), but I will say this: Adam Cracknell is our best player right now. He's red hot not just offensively, but he's starting to really throw the body around and suck up pucks defensively like a black hole. His game is well rounded, it seems.

If nothing else, I would suggest that Quad Cities fans feel secure that they have some good depth down the right wing in Cracknell.

[chris lindberg]

Are Justin Donati & Adam Cracknell playing on the same line?

[Drunk Skunk]

Yeah, I can't say that I'm terribly familiar with the depth chart and needs of Quad Cities (really, I should be paying more attention around here), but I will say this: Adam Cracknell is our best player right now. He's red hot not just offensively, but he's starting to really throw the body around and suck up pucks defensively like a black hole. His game is well rounded, it seems.

If nothing else, I would suggest that Quad Cities fans feel secure that they have some good depth down the right wing in Cracknell.
I definitely feel better about having Cracknell down there if something happens here, or if there's a call-up to Calgary. I'm also impressed by Donally so far. Two goals, and four points, through eight games. Add that in with four fights and a KO, he's doing pretty well for a thumper.

[Wranglers110]

Are Justin Donati & Adam Cracknell playing on the same line?

No, Cracknell's been playing with Mosienko most of the time but I think he was paired up with Chris Ferraro last night. Believe it or not, Donati's the third line center, although Gulutzan seems to roll all four lines for equal time.

edit...and we have an early start time tonight, again in Phoenix at 4pm Pacific time.

[Drunk Skunk]

No, Cracknell's been playing with Mosienko most of the time but I think he was paired up with Chris Ferraro last night. Believe it or not, Donati's the third line center, although Gulutzan seems to roll all four lines for equal time.

edit...and we have an early start time tonight, again in Phoenix at 4pm Pacific time.
I think I might have to watch that game on the b2 :D

[Wranglers110]

I'm probably going to be entertaining some guests tonight so updating the game might be tricky. I will say there are two other games of interest today. Bakersfield is up 3-1 in Elmira early in the third. We want Bakersfield to lose that one. The other two division rivals, the Stockton Thunder (Edmonton Oilers) and Fresno Falcons are playing each other in Stockton. They play in a few minutes and we probably want Fresno to win since Stockton is second place.

[Wranglers110]

Sunday, November 11

Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
Phoenix Roadrunners - 1
Final
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
D Gerry Burke (gw)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (sh)
C Curtis Fraser (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko
D Aaron Power (pp)

Assists
D Jason Krischuk
C Tyler Mosienko (3)
C Curtis Fraser (3)
D Sean Owens
D Tyson Strachan

Fights
none

Goalie
Tim Boron, 1 ga, 37 saves, win

Stars
C Curtis Fraser
C Tyler Mosienko

Shots: 35 for, 38 against
Power Play: 2 for 6
Penalty Kill: 6 for 6 (1 shorthanded goal)

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Mike Madill
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Ryan Donally
C Chris Ferraro, C Justin Donati
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Adam Cracknell
F Aki Seitsonen

[Wranglers110]

Some division standings....amazingly, the Stockton/Fresno game was postponed after ice conditions were determined to be unsafe, so that directly affects the standings and ensures our first place position tonight. Bakersfield won big, big whoop.

1 - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 7-2-0, 14pts (1st in Conference)
2 - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 6-4-0, 12pts (4th in Conference)
3 - Bakersfield Condors, 4-6-2, 10pts (7th in Conference)
4 - Fresno Falcons, 3-2-2, 8pts (8th in Conference)

[Wranglers110]

Some factoids.

Record: 7-2-0, 1st in Division, 1st in Conference, 5th in League.

Goals
7 - RW Adam Cracknell (10th in the League)
6 - LW Bruce Mulherin (15th in the League)
4 - RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
3 - C Chris Ferraro
Tyler Mosienko

Assists
9 - C Justin Donati (10th in the League)
7 - C Chris Ferraro (19th in the League)
D Jason Jozsa
6 - RW Peter Ferraro
C Curtis Fraser

Points
12 - RW Adam Cracknell (15th in the League)
10 - RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro
9 - LW Bruce Mulherin
C Justin Donati

Fights
3 - Ryan Donally
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
D Tyson Strachan
LW Marco Peluso
C Chris Ferraro
D Gerry Burke

Goalies
John Curry, 6gp, 2.81 GAA, 4-1-0, .905% (no longer with team)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2.14 GAA, 2-1-0, .926%
Daniel Manzato, 1gp, 2.00 GAA, 1-0-0, .920%

Stars of the Game
2 - G John Curry
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Curtis Fraser
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
G Tim Boron
RW Adam Cracknell
D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko

Goals For: 37
Goals Against: 23
Power Play: 21%, 8th in the League
Penalty Kill: 82%, 15th in the League

[Reggie Dunlop]

So, which of Curry or Manzato goes if Kevin Lalande is reassigned to the Wranglers?

You'd think given the affiliation agreement, a spot for Lalande is prioritized.

[Wranglers110]

So, which of Curry or Manzato goes if Kevin Lalande is reassigned to the Wranglers?

You'd think given the affiliation agreement, a spot for Lalande is prioritized.

Curry's already gone. He got called up to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton but has been playing in Germany for Team USA in the Deutschland Cup (Silver Medal finish, by the way).

There may be room. Tim Boron was signed as an Emergency Backup goalie and just simply got a full time contract when Curry was called up. He's probably more expendable than Manzato. Manzato is Carolina Hurricanes property, so he could always be called up at some point, too.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Thanks 110.

Bit of a revolving door this year, huh?

Big change from previous years as far as the goaltending goes.

[Wranglers110]

Alright, tonight we play a bitter, bitter rival in the Bakersfield Condors. They're an independent team, although they've received quite a bit of help from the Los Angeles Kings in the past. It's at Bakersfield.

Also, the ECHL had a blurb about the Deutschland Cup. John Curry played for Team USA. The article is available here:

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12684

[Wranglers110]

Wednesday, November 15

Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Bakersfield Condors - 3
Final/Shootout

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
D Gerry Burke (pp)
RW Adam Cracknell
C Curtis Fraser

Assists
C Tyler Mosienko (2)
D Gerry Burke
D Jason Krischuk
C Chris Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen

Fights
C Chris Ferraro
C Curtis Fraser

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3 ga, 26 saves, win

Stars
G Daniel Manzato

Shots: 34 for, 29 against
Power Play: 1 for 4
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Aaron Power
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Ryan Donally
C Justin Donati
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Brandon Kaleniecki

edit....I forgot about the early start time to this one, so I missed it.
:bag:

[chris lindberg]

I wish Adam Cracknell would be called up to see of he could score at the AHL level also.

[Wranglers110]

First off, some news...congrats to our boy C Curtis Fraser who got himself a PTO with San Antonio. He's been a great spark plug and deserves to have a look up there in the A.

Friday, November 16th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Bakersfield Condors - 0
Final

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell (2)
RW Peter Ferraro (pp)
LW Bruce Mulherin (gw)

Assists
D Gerry Burke
D Jason Krischuk
C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
LW Bruce Mulherin
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

Fights
LW Ryan Donally

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 38 saves, shutout, win

Stars
G Daniel Manzato
RW Adam Cracknell

Shots: 33 for, 38 against
Power Play: 1 for 9
Penalty Kill: 8 for 8

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Tyson Strachan, D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko, C Curtis Fraser, C Justin Donati
F Aki Seitsonen

edit...I worked tonight, so I couldn't listen in. Our next game is in Bakersfield (again) at 5pm Pacific time on Sunday. Adios!

[Wranglers110]

A few more factoids.

Division Standings
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames) 9-2-0, 18pts (1st in Conference)
2nd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 6-7-0, 12pts (5th in Conference)
3rd - Bakersfield Condors, 4-7-3, 11pts (6th in Conference)
4th - Fresno Falcons, 4-4-2, 10pts (7th in Conference)

Goals
10 - RW Adam Cracknell (2nd in the League)
7 - LW Bruce Mulherin
5 - RW Peter Ferraro
4 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
3 - C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko

Assists
9 - C Justin Donati
C Chris Ferraro
7 - RW Peter Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
6 - C Tyler Mosienko
C Curtis Fraser

Points
15 - RW Adam Cracknell
12 - RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro
11 - LW Bruce Mulherin
9 - C Tyler Mosienko
C Justin Donati

Fights
4 - Ryan Donally
2 - C Chris Ferraro
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
D Tyson Strachan
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke
C Curtis Fraser

Goalies
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905%
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926%
Daniel Manzato, 3gp, 3-0-0, 1 shutout, 1.62 GAA, .947%

Stars of the Game
2 - G John Curry
LW Bruce Mulherin
G Daniel Monzato
C Curtis Fraser
RW Adam Cracknell
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
G Tim Boron
D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko

Goals For: 45
Goals Against: 26
Power Play: 20.5%, 8th in the League
Penalty Kill: 83%, 13th in the League

[Wranglers110]

In an hour an fifteen minutes we'll be playing another one at the Rabobank in Bakersfield. Let's make this a 3-game sweep! A win tonight would make us 5-0 on a five game road trip.
:cool:

[Wranglers110]

Sunday, November 18

Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
Bakersfield Condors - 2
Final
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
C Tyler Mosienko (pp)
C Chris Ferraro (pp)
RW Peter Ferraro (pp) (gw)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa (2)
D Aaron Power (2)

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 30 saves, win

Stars
RW Peter Ferraro

Shots: 24 for, 32 against
Power Play: 3 for 7
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Gerry Burke, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Tyson Strachan, D Mike Madill
LW Ryan Donally, LW Bruce Mulherin
C Justin Donati
RW Adam Cracknell, RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Aki Seitsonen

PRE-GAME
edit....Jozsa will be the first intermission interview, Donally the second intermission Q and A....our interviews are pre-recorded before the game, for the record...

FIRST PERIOD
edit....scoreless, 20:00 left....Condors commit a penalty almost immediately into the game, here we go!
edit...scoreless, 14:00 left....As far as the Condors and their fans are concerned, Ryan Donally just took a run at their goalie....and he's going to get a 5 minute major for goalie interference and a game misconduct....
edit...scoreless, 10:00 left....Condors goalie Yutaka Fukuji has to leave the game injured after 1 save....perennial west coast ECHLer Jamie Hodgson has to come in....I think he's played for every team in California...
edit....scoreless, 9:00 left....a quick hooking and delay of game by Bakersfield puts us up for a 5-on-3 for more than a minute, although the ref will probably give the Condors a makeup call and ruin it for us...MOSIENKO!!!!!! POWER PLAY GOAL PUTS US UP, 1-0!!!!!....there's still time on the second penalty, so we continue on the power play....
edit...1-0, Las Vegas, 4:00 left....Madill just got crushed....seems okay....
edit...1-0, Las Vegas, 1:00 left...Sean Owens to the box, let's kill this off!....

SECOND PERIOD
edit...1-0, Las Vegas, 16:00 left....BAKERSFIELD SCORES, Manzato had an 88 minute shutout streak up to that point....big rebound surrendered and the Condors pounced....
edit...1-1 tie, 14:00 left....some Condork took a run at Cracknell....seems like he's alright....
edit...1-1 tie, 13:00 left....Condors definately trying to injure out there, now Mulherin takes one high....maybe revenge for their goalie heading out of the game?...
edit...1-1 tie, 9:00 left....Strachan and Peter Ferraro are getting physical after the whistle with the Condors, things might get ugly here...Peter's going to the box for roughing....Gully is reportedly turning red with anger...
edit...1-1 tie, 5:00 left....CHRIIIIIIS FERRRRARO!!!!!!! ON THE POWER PLAY!!!!....so many penalty calls coming that I didn't feel obliged to mention this one, but so it is, a power play goal and a 2-1 lead for the Wranglers!...

[Wranglers110]

At a time when we most need it due to call ups and injuries, I hear LW Shawn Limpright will be back very soon off of IR. He's a spark plug that's good for the Gordie Howe hat trick. LW Kelly Czuy and LW Marco Peluso are still injured but probably won't be back too soon.

[SparkyOne]

This is great! Listening to the LV-Phoenix game and the Wranglers are up 4-1. Apparently the fans get free tacos if Vegas scores 5....the fans are chanting, "We want tacos!" :lol:

[Wranglers110]

Transaction wire is wacky today...the Wranglers suspended LW Arpad Mihaly and then unsuspended him but it's unclear which happened first given that he was under suspension when the day started.

I said it before, but a reminder: in the ECHL, a team given suspension is like putting someone on the injured reserve who isn't injured. It frees up a roster spot and that player basically is a restricted free agent within the narrow scope of the ECHL. You suspend players who have personal issues, or have chosen to play in Europe, or play in another lower AA-level minor league (like the CHL or the IHL, etc.). Mihaly is suspended so he doesn't count against the roster limitations but if he plays in the ECHL, he has to play for us. Of course, we can trade his rights or simply relinquish them, but the point is that suspending a player means more that you want to keep them than get rid of them, as far as the context of ECHL roster nuances go.

Also, G Daniel Manzato has a piece in the paper on him:
http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12758http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12758 (http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12758http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12758)


Tuesday, November 20th

Phoenix Roadrunners - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Final

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell (gw)
D Sean Owens
F Aki Seitsonen
C Chris Ferraro

Assists
D Jason Krischuk (2)
RW Peter Ferraro (2)
C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
LW Bruce Mulherin

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 1 ga, 29 saves, win

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
C Chris Ferraro
D Sean Owens

Shots: 34 for, 30 against
Power Play: 0 for 3
Penalty Kill: 3 for 3

Other Dressed Players
G Tim Boron
D Gerry Burke, D Jason Jozsa, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Tyson Strachan
LW Ryan Donally
C Justin Donati

[Wranglers110]

Division Standings

1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 11-2-0, 22pts
2nd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 6-7-1, 13pts
3rd - Fresno Falcons, 4-4-3, 11pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 4-8-3, 11pts

Coach Glen Gulutzan said this was going to be a "rebuilding year" before the season started. :D

[Wranglers110]

I'm probably going to the next game this Sunday. Hope to bring back a good look.

[Wranglers110]

Well it's official, Kevin Lalande is a Wrangler. :w00t:

[STeeLy]

Wrangler, How has Donati been lately? He's been dressed but doesn't show up on the score sheet often

[Wranglers110]

Wrangler, How has Donati been lately? He's been dressed but doesn't show up on the score sheet often

I'll get a good look tomorrow, but he's been on the last line so far this year. Chris Ferraro, Mosienko, and Fraser have all been higher in the depth charts, but will all the call ups and injuries this week, I'll see enough of him tomorrow to bring back an impression.

On the other hand, Gully likes to roll lines alot, being low on the depth chart doesn't mean less playing time here, really.

I'll say more tomorrow night.

[Wranglers110]

Flurry of transaction news:

OUT
G Daniel Manzato - called up to Albany (AHL)
D Jason Krischuk - called up to Quad Cities
G Tim Boron - traded to Charlotte for financial considerations
LW Bruce Mulherin - placed on 3-day Injured Reserve

IN
G Kevin Lalande - sent down by Quad Cities
D Aaron Power - activated off of the Injured Reserve

[KevanGuy]

How has Gerry Burke looked this year? Candidate for a call-up to QC?

[Hack&Lube]

Phoenix Roadrunners - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Final


Aww, too bad, that means no Tacos :(

[Wranglers110]

Okay, I finally had a night off of work AND the Wranglers were playing at home, which means I got to see myself a hockey game!

Phoenix Roadrunners - 0
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Final

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png


Goals
LW Shawn Limpright (gw)
LW Ryan Donally (2, both pp)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (pp)

Assists
C Chris Ferraro (2)
D Sean Owens (2)
RW/D Mike Madill

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 18 saves, win, shutout

Stars
LW Ryan Donally
G Kevin Lalande
C Chris Ferraro

Shots: 37 for, 18 against
Power Play: 3 for 6
Penalty Kill: 2 for 2

Other Dressed Players
G Mike Katz
D Gerry Burke, D Jason Jozsa, D Jason Dest, D Tyson Strachan, D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen

edit....so we only had 13 skaters tonight and managed to easily destroy Phoenix. Not the toughest team in the league, but we were pretty clinical.

Since this is my first game to attend this season, an impression of each individual player:

G Kevin Lalande - Never really tested. A few confident glove snatches in the third but probably faced no more than 3 threatening shots as the defense in front of him was stifling. Every breakaway was broken up with pokechecks from defenders.

D Gerry Burke - Managed 5 shots on goal. Joined the rush, played the power play, made no mistakes whatsoever.
D Jason Jozsa - Played back....big guy, good skating ability for ECHL level, but wasn't especially ambitious with a short bench and long shift times. Managed 3 shots. Brilliant poke checks tonight, probably broke up 3-4 breakaways. Our best blueliner.
D Sean Owens - Big guy who doesn't throw his body around, but again, might be strategical choice with a short bench. Really played alot up front as a forward on the power play. Smothering defensively. Sometimes awkward when contesting a loose puck. Some average to bad shifts, but over the course of 60 minutes, as good as Jozsa.
D Jason Dest - Great positionally. Never really beaten. Didn't catch my attention so much other than I noticed lots of playing time--again, short bench!
D Tyson Strachan - I have a theory: he showed up late today. He didn't play a single shift, as far as I saw, in the first period. And yet he was out there constantly in the second. In fact, I think he was out there for the first six minutes in a row. The physical defenseman of the day.
D Aaron Power - On paper, I believe him to be the best d-man in Vegas, but he seemed really flat today. Awkward skating, beaten by some of the more ambitious Phoenix forwards. An off night.

LW Shawn Limpright - Wanted to fight, was ticking off opponents and was a general pest. Had one great breakaway but had a pretty tame shot on goal. Still, you can see the sparkplug nature in him and it's only a matter of time before he starts picking things up on the scoresheet.
LW Ryan Donally - Wow! Great night! Threw his body around like a madman, seemed to be everywhere all at once. Definately the player of the game. Two goals, big on the boards, big in front of the net. Physically imposing player!

C Tyler Mosienko - You can see the pedigree in Bill's grandson. His stickhandling is sublime, he cut through the Phoenix defense with ease. Keeps the puck on a string. Very physical, big on the boards. Amazing he was kept off the scoresheet.
C Chris Ferraro - Like Tyler, you can see that this guy is on another level than everyone else on the ice. Played a hard, honest game, and looked like a leader. Two assists.

RW Mike Madill - Great game...for someone listed as blueliner, he looked very, very comfortable handling the puck. Good speed at the ECHL level. Good game, lots of hustle.
RW Brandon Kaleniecki - Muscled out of most plays, good when cycling the puck. Managed a power play tally.

F Aki Seitsonen - Bad skating tonight. Seemed to hit all the ruts in the ice, never really imposed himself, was outhustled. The only player with a bona fide bad game. Little to contribute tonight. Not for a lack of trying, though. He just looked outclassed.

[Wranglers110]

The ECHL has posted a story declaring our dominance.

http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=12831

The first half of the article is the most interesting for me:

Las Vegas posted back-to-back home wins against Phoenix to extend its winning streak to eight games, tying the ECHL season best, and improve to 12-2-0 for a league-leading winning percentage of .857.

The Wranglers continue their six-game home stand hosting Bakersfield on Tuesday and Idaho on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Las Vegas has lost only twice in the last 27 regular season games, including winning the first four games of the season to extend their regular season winning streak to an ECHL record 17 games, surpassing the record of Louisiana (Nov. 23-Dec. 22, 2001) and Knoxville (Dec. 28, 1993-Jan. 29, 1994).

Las Vegas won the Brabham Cup for the regular season point championship with 106 points (53-13-6) in 2006-07 after finishing second in 2005-06 with 112 points (53-13-6) which is the third-highest point total in ECHL history.

The Wranglers lead the ECHL in goals scored with 4.00 per game and goals allowed with 2.07 per game while ranking third on the power play at 23.2 percent (23-for-99).

edit....oh, and also we signed G Mike Katz as an emergency backup keeper. He seems to be the career e-bug who pops up here and there. Our first e-bug, Tim Boron was waived by the team that acquired him and was picked up by the Stockton Thunder, a division rival and affiliate of those pesky Edmonton Oilers. So we'll probably be shooting on Boron rather than protect him in the near future.

[Wranglers110]

New e-bug....Mike Katz is out and some fellow named Jay White is in. Doesn't exist on hockeydb.com.

[Wranglers110]

Tuesday, November 27th

Bakersfield Condors - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Peter Ferraro (2, gw)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
C Tyler Mosienko (en)

Assists
C Chris Ferraro (2)
RW Mike Madill
LW Ryan Donally

Fights
LW Shawn Limpright (beat up a punching bag, easy win)
LW Ryan Donally (challenged a bigger guy, lost, wrestled down)

Goalie
G Kevin Lalande, 1ga, 29 saves, win

Stars
RW Peter Ferraro
G Kevin Lalande
C Chris Ferraro

Shots: 38 for, 30 against
Power Play: 0 for 5
Penalty Kill: 5 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G Jay White
D Gerry Burke, D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Tyson Strachan, D Aaron Power
F Aki Seitsonen

THIRD PERIOD
edit...1-0 Vegas, 14:00 left....okay, I feel like listening to a few minutes on the net broadcast, so a few notes late in the game...
edit...1-0 Vegas, 13:00 left....BRANDON KALENIECKI!!!!....Owens to Madill, whose back to the blueline now....
edit...2-0 Vegas, 11:00 left....PETER FERRARO!!!!!
edit...3-0 Vegas, 10:00 left...Shawn Limpright is beating the hell out of some poor Condork...
edit...3-0 Vegas, 10:00 left...Donally's dropped the gloves with a big giant...taking a couple shots to the face...wrestled down in the end and probably loses that one...he lost to someone who is 6'5", 245#....
edit...3-0 Vegas, 7:00 left....Aki Seitsonen doing so good handiwork on the penalty kill...
edit...3-0 Vegas, 3:00 left....OWN GOAL as they say in soccer....Lalande's shutout streak is over after Jason Jozsa pops one into our own net...radio guys say Lalande looks comfortable tonight and while it's now 3-1, he still hasn't given up a goal from an opposing team.
edit...3-1 Vegas, 1:00 left...MOSIENKO WITH AN EMPTY NETTER...this one is pretty much over....will there be a taco time goal?
edit...4-1 Vegas, Final....that's 9 wins in a row...

[STeeLy]

No Donati again?

[Wranglers110]

No Donati again?

Not sure what's up. Couldn't be an honest healthy scratch given that we're short on the bench.

In the ECHL, you can only have a player or two on the 3-day and 7-day IR, although unlimited players on the 30-day IR. I suppose that, given our injury bug, the 3 and 7 day lists are filled up and maybe Donati has an undisclosed injury that's not serious enough to put him on the 30-day IR, and hence a scratch?

That's a COMPLETE guess, though.

[Wranglers110]

While we are riding a 9-game winning streak, we also have done much of it at the expense of the conference bottom feeders. The upcoming schedule should prove to be a tad more difficult.

Our next three series:

Thurs. 11/29 vs. Idaho Steelheads (Dallas/Iowa)
Fri. 11/30 vs. Idaho Steelheads
Sat. 12/1 vs. Idaho Steelheads
Fri. 12/7 @ Stockton Thunder (Edmonton/Springfield)
Sat. 12/8 @ Stockton Thunder
Wed. 12/12 @ Utah Grizzlies (Islanders/Bridgeport Sound)
Fri. 12/14 @ Utah Grizzlies
Sat. 12/15 @ Utah Grizzlies

Let's see where we're standing when we wake up on December 16th...

[Wranglers110]

Some interesting factoids.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 13-2-0, 26pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 6-5-3, 15pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 7-9-1, 15pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 4-10-3, 11pts

Goals
11 - RW Adam Cracknell (currently in Quad Cities)
8 - RW Peter Ferraro
7 - LW Bruce Mulherin
6 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
5 - C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko

Assists
14 - C Chris Ferraro
9 - RW Peter Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
C Justin Donati
7 - C Tyler Mosienko
D Aaron Power
D Jason Krischuk (currently in Quad Cities)

Points
19 - C Chris Ferraro
17 - RW Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro
12 - C Tyler Mosienko
11 - LW Bruce Mulherin

Fights
5 - Ryan Donally
2 - C Chris Ferraro
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
D Tyson Strachan
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Shawn Limpright

Goalies
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
Daniel Manzato, 5gp, 5-0-0, 1 so, 1.57 GAA, .948% (currently with Albany)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)
Kevin Lalande, 2gp, 2-0-0, 1 so, 0.50 GAA, .979%

Stars of the Game
4 - C Chris Ferraro
3 - RW Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro
2 - G John Curry
LW Bruce Mulherin
G Daniel Monzato
C Curtis Fraser
G Kevin Lalande
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
D Jason Jozsa
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
G Tim Boron
D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko
D Sean Owens
LW Ryan Donally

Goals For: 60
Goals Against: 30
Power Play: 22%, 5th in the League
Penalty Kill: 85%, 10th in the League

[Wranglers110]

Thursday, November 29th

Idaho Steelheads - 3
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (gw)
D Gerry Burke (pp)
D Sean Owens (pp)
D Aaron Powers

Assists
LW Bruce Mulherin (2)
C Justin Donati (2)
D Jason Jozsa
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro
D Aaron Power

Fights
LW Ryan Donally
D Tyson Strachan

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 3ga, 15 saves, win

Stars
D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
LW Bruce Mulherin

Shots: 24 for, 18 against
Power Play: 2 for 7
Penalty Kill: 7 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk
LW Shawn Limpright
F Aki Seitsonen

[Wranglers110]

Friday, November 30

Idaho Steelheads - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Peter Ferraro (2, gw)

Assists
D Mike Madill
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Ryan Donally
D Aaron Power

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 1 ga, 19 saves, win

Stars
C Peter Ferraro
G Kevin Lalande

Shots: 32 for, 20 against
Power Play: 1 for 4
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Mike McBain, D Sean Owens, D Jason Krischuk, D Tyson Strachan
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko, C Justin Donati
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Aki Seitsonen

edit...we can't stop winning....and our beloved veteran who has been with the franchise since day one, D Mike McBain was activated and played today!

[STeeLy]

Kevin Lalande is turning out REALLY REALLY well for you guys.

5 GA in 4GP, thats like a 1.25 GAA... and looks like its definitely a .900+ Save Percentage! Lets hope he can keep this up!

[icarus]

Kevin Lalande is turning out REALLY REALLY well for you guys.

5 GA in 4GP, thats like a 1.25 GAA... and looks like its definitely a .900+ Save Percentage! Lets hope he can keep this up!Fantastic. Would be nice to have AHL and ECHL all-star goalies and a Canadian WJC gold medal winning goalie by season's end.

[icarus]

NHL.com story: Ferraro brothers so happy together

Despite numerous offers from American Hockey League and European clubs -- where the grass would unquestionably have been greener -- Peter and Chris opted to sign deals with the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL. Not only did “Sin City” offer them a chance to play for one of the league’s annual top teams, but it also provided them a chance to reunite after being separated in 2006-07.
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=344840

[Wranglers110]

Kevin Lalande is turning out REALLY REALLY well for you guys.

5 GA in 4GP, thats like a 1.25 GAA... and looks like its definitely a .900+ Save Percentage! Lets hope he can keep this up!

I think the only negative thing I'd throw in to poo poo the numbers is that the defense in front of him is playing lights out. He's not really seeing 20 shots a game and all of those are pretty wimpy (his first goal allowed came from an errant backwards clearance from a Wranglers defenceman).

That being said, if instilling confidence in Lalande is a major purpose of sending him down to Vegas, then that certainly is being accomplished.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, December 1st

Idaho Steelheads - 2
Las Vegas Wranglers - 1
FINAL-SHOOTOUT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/IdahoSteelheads.png

Goals
LW Ryan Donally (gt, pp)

Assists
C Tyler Mosienko
D Aaron Power

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 1ga, 33 saves, tie

Stars
G Kevin Lalande
LW Ryan Donally

Shots: 28 for, 35 against
Power Play: 1 for 4
Penalty Kill: 7 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Mike McBain, D Sean Owens, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Tyson Strachan
LW Bruce Mulherin
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Aki Seitsonen

[icarus]

Another solid outing for Lalande. Great showing for a first year pro, I don't care what league it is.

[Wranglers110]

Three points to mention this late night/morning.

-A goalie who isn't even playing for us anymore won an award for good play for us. G Daniel Manzato was named the goalie of the month for November. He was 5-0-0, 1so, 1.57GAA, .948% for us that month. Congrats to our boy!
http://www.echl.com/upload_images/DanielManzatoAction.jpg

-D Jason Jozsa has been sent back to us. Thanks, Quad Cities. :cool:

-We play Friday, December 7th in Stockton against the Thunder. They are, of course, the affiliate to the Edmonton Oilers, so the fans of the big boys might especially be interested in sticking it to the Oilers in an indirect way.

[Wranglers110]

Friday, December 7, 2007

Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
Stockton Thunder - 3
FINAL-SHOOTOUT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/StocktonThunder.png

Goals
D Tyson Strachan
LW Ryan Donally (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen

Fights
LW Ryan Donally

Goalie
John Ceci, 2ga, 29 saves, tie

Stars
LW Ryan Donally

Shots: 27 for, 32 against
Power Play: 1 for 6
Penalty Kill: 7 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Ryan Nakken
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, December 8th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
Stockton Thunder - 1
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
C Chris Ferraro (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko (sh, gw)

Assists
D Mike Madill
RW Peter Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen

Fights
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
D Tyson Strachan

Goalie
John Ceci, 1ga, 29 saves, win

Stars
C Chris Ferraro
G John Ceci

Shots: 22 for, 30 against
Power Play: 1 for 4
Penalty Kill: 3 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G Ryan Nakken
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Ryan Donally
RW Brandon Kaleniecki


edit....some notes:
-Across the way from us, Tim Boron was the goalie for Stockton. Of course, he had been awesome for us earlier this year.
-G Ryan Nakken is our e-bug. I know nothing about him at all.
-G Kevin Lalande is back in Quad Cities.
-D Mike McBain is back on the 3-day IR.

[Wranglers110]

It's time to face the facts.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 16-2-2, 34pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 11-6-3, 25pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 9-11-2, 20pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 5-13-5, 15pts

Goals
11 - RW Adam Cracknell (currently in Quad Cities)
10 - RW Peter Ferraro
7 - LW Bruce Mulherin
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
6 - C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Ryan Donally

Assists
15 - C Chris Ferraro
12 - RW Peter Ferraro
11 - D Jason Jozsa
C Justin Donati
10 - D Aaron Power

Points
22 - RW Peter Ferraro
21 - C Chris Ferraro
17 - RW Adam Cracknell
15 - C Tyler Mosienko
14 - LW Bruce Mulherin

Penalty Minutes
93 - LW Ryan Donally
42 - C Chris Ferraro
40 - LW Shawn Limpright
31 - D Tyson Strachan
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

Fights
7 - LW Ryan Donally
3 - D Tyson Strachan
2 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Shawn Limpright
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Tyler Mosienko

Goalies
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
Kevin Lalande, 5gp, 4-0-1, 1 so, 1.18 GAA, .950% (currently with Quad Cities)
Daniel Manzato, 5gp, 5-0-0, 1 so, 1.57 GAA, .948% (currently with Albany)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)
John Ceci, 2gp, 1-0-1, 1.44 GAA, .951%

Stars of the Game
5 - C Chris Ferraro
4 - RW Peter Ferraro
G Kevin Lalande
3 - RW Adam Cracknell
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Ryan Donally
2 - G John Curry
G Daniel Monzato
C Curtis Fraser
D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
D Jason Jozsa
G Tim Boron
C Tyler Mosienko
D Sean Owens
G John Ceci

Goals For: 71
Goals Against: 40
Power Play: 23% (3rd in the League)
Penalty Kill: 87% (4th in the League)

[STeeLy]

So... Gulutzen (sp?) says its a rebuilding year, yet they... are... 16-2-2 while they're rebuilding...

So, what exactly is the case with Donati atm?

[SEALEGS]

so...this is good to see that they are winning lots. What to heck is with up with Quad? They take Cracknell yet they hardly ever play the kid. How do you develop if you do not see regular game ice? I say play him or send him back to Vegas! We miss him!!

[Wranglers110]

Some news....

-D Jason Jozsa has been sent back down from Quad Cities. He's been one of, and maybe the best blueliner on the team this year, so we're certainly glad to see him again. Second leading scorer for d-men with 11pts. in 15 games.

-G Daniel Manzato has been sent back down from Albany. He was great with us on our first stint and if I'm not mistaken, it's another player with Wrangler rights in Albany as the other goalie in Mike McKenna?

-We play tomorrow night in Utah against the Grizzlies.

[Wranglers110]

Wednesday, December 12th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 6
Utah Grizzlies - 2
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
F Josh Sciba (2) (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko (pp)
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (sh)
LW Shawn Limpright (gw)

Assists
D Mike Madill (2)
D Sean Owens
D Jason Krischuk
C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
D Aaron Power

Fights
LW Ryan Donally

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2ga, 28 saves, win

Stars
F Josh Sciba
RW Peter Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko

Shots: 32 for, 30 against
Power Play: 2 for 7
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Jozsa, D Jason Dest, D Tyson Strachan

edit...as you can see LW Kelly Czuy has come off the IR....we signed a castoff F Josh Sciba from the last place Bakersfield Condors and he puts up 2 goals. Go figure....we're now 13-0-2 in our last fifteen games.....

[Wranglers110]

December 14th, 2007

Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Utah Grizzlies - 3
FINAL-SHOOTOUT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
D Sean Owens (pp)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
LW Ryan Donally (pp)

Assists
D Jason Krischuk (2)
RW Peter Ferraro

Fights
LW Ryan Donally

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3ga, 42 saves, win

Stars
G Daniel Manzato

Shots: 35 for, 45 against
Power Play: 2 for 6
Penalty Kill: 6 for 8

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Jozsa, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Tyson Strachan, D Aaron Power
LW Shawn Limpright
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
F Josh Sciba, F Aki Seitsonen, F Kelly Czuy

[STeeLy]

Wow, it seems that the games have been much closer games since the departure of Kevin Lalande.

[Wranglers110]

Article on Ryan Donally in today's Las Vegas Review Journal.

Wranglers’ Donally Continues To Improve
http://www.echl.com/upload_images/RyanDonallyMUG.jpg
December 15, 2007


By Todd Dewey
Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/)

LAS VEGAS - Off the ice, Wranglers left wing Ryan Donally (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=957) is a self-described "laid-back dude" who loves to have fun and will pull a prank on a teammate at any time.

On the ice, though, the 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pound Donally fills the role of enforcer for Las Vegas but needs to play with more of a mean streak if he is to realize his dream of playing in the NHL.

"It's something I'm working on, but it's not necessarily a natural thing for me," said Donally, 22, a 2003 third-round draft pick of the Calgary Flames who leads the Wranglers with 100 penalty minutes. "I have to park my personality off the ice and play with a different personality on the ice.

"I have to play with more of an edge and be more physical and more intense."

Donally also needs to improve his offensive game, and he has done that so far in his second season with the Wranglers. He leads the team with five power-play goals, scoring 10 points in 21 games. Last season, he scored just eight points in 33 games with Las Vegas, spending most of the season playing sparingly for Omaha of the American Hockey League.
"He's made big improvements," Las Vegas coach Glen Gulutzan said. "He's always been a character guy, willing to fight and protect his teammates, but his offensive game is really starting to come along.''

Donally has gained valuable experience playing on a line with the Ferraro brothers, Peter and Chris, who lead Las Vegas with 24 and 22 points, respectively.

"He creates a lot of space out there for us and he's our protector, that's the bottom line," Chris Ferraro said. "He continues to get better and impress, and I think it's just a matter of time before things open up for him."

Gulutzan said Donally has a legitimate chance to make it to the NHL.
"He's still got to make some strides, but he's definitely one of the players here I consider an NHL prospect," the coach said.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, December 15th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 7
Utah Grizzlies - 5
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
F Aki Seitsonen (2) (sh)
C Chris Ferraro (2) (en)
LW Kelly Czuy
D Aaron Power (pp)
F Josh Sciba
LW Ryan Donally (pp, gw)

Assists
D Tyson Strachan (3)
RW Peter Ferraro (4)
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa
C Chris Ferraro (3)
F Kelly Czuy

Fights
D Tyson Strachan

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 5ga, 23 saves, win

Stars
C Chris Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen

Shots: 23 shots for, 28 against
Power Play: 2 for 5
Penalty Kill: 4 for 7 (shorthanded goal scored)

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

[Wranglers110]

Not sure what "Raw Vegas TV" is, but there's a short little video clip featuring the Las Vegas Wranglers and a few questions to LW Shawn Limpright here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgfXI9_NJaQ

[Wranglers110]

If anyone is staying up late tonight and feels like listening to a hockey broadcast, the Las Vegas Wranglers are dropping the puck at midnight tonight against the Phoenix Roadrunners. Every year we do a midnight game and tonight's the night.

[STeeLy]

Thanks for the heads up... I might actually do that...ahaha

[Wranglers110]

Monday, December 17th (Midnight Game)

Phoenix Roadrunners - 5
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL-SHOOTOUT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/PhoenixRoadrunners.png

Goals
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (pp)
D Tyson Strachan
RW Peter Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko (pp)

Assists
F Aki Seitsonen (2)
D Jason Jozsa
C Chris Ferraro
RW Adam Cracknell
LW Shawn Limpright

Fights
none

Goalie
John Ceci, 4ga, 14 saves, tie

Stars
RW Peter Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen
D Tyson Strachan

Shots: 36 for, 19 against
Power Play: 2 for 4
Penalty Kill: 3 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Ryan Donally
F Kelly Czuy

edit....from all accounts, this game was lost entirely between the pipes....John Ceci was to give Manzato a rest tonight but just wasn't up to the task, which wasn't much of a tast given the even power plays and the lopsided shot totals in our favor. There were two disallowed Wrangler goals to top it off. Oh well, there's still a point in the standings for us.

[Wranglers110]

Up to date division standings.

1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 19-2-3, 41pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 13-7-3, 29pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 10-13-2, 22pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 6-16-5, 17pts

edit....and some factoids.

Goals
12 - RW Peter Ferraro
11 - RW Adam Cracknell
10 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
8 - C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko; LW Ryan Donally

Assists
20 - C Chris Ferraro
18 - RW Peter Ferraro
12 - D Jason Jozsa
11 - D Aaron Power
C Justin Donati

Points
30 - RW Peter Ferraro
28 - C Chris Ferraro
18 - RW Adam Cracknell
C Tyler Mosienko
15 - D Aaron Power

Penalty Minutes
105 - LW Ryan Donally
44 - C Chris Ferraro
D Tyson Strachan
40 - LW Shawn Limpright
35 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki

Fights
9 - LW Ryan Donally
3 - D Tyson Strachan
2 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Shawn Limpright
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
C Justin Donati
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Tyler Mosienko
D Tyson Strachan

Goalies
Daniel Manzato, 8gp, 8-0-0, 1 so, 2.20 GAA, .930%
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
Kevin Lalande, 5gp, 4-0-1, 1 so, 1.18 GAA, .950% (currently with Quad Cities)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)
John Ceci, 3gp, 1-0-2, 2.21 GAA, .911%

Stars of the Game
6 - C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
4 - G Kevin Lalande
3 - RW Adam Cracknell
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Ryan Donally
G Daniel Monzato
2 - G John Curry
C Curtis Fraser
D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
D Jason Jozsa
G Tim Boron
D Sean Owens
G John Ceci
D Tyson Strachan

Goals For: 92
Goals Against: 55
Power Play: 25% (2nd in the league)
Penalty Kill: 84% (10th in the league)

[Wranglers110]

Wednesday, December 19th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
Idaho Steelheads - 0
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
C Tyler Mosienko (pp, gw)
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Adam Cracknell (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
D Jason Krischuk
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Shawn Limpright
LW Ryan Donally
D Aaron Power

Fights
LW Kelly Czuy
LW Ryan Donally
D Tyson Strachan

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 22 saves, win, shutout

Stars
C Tyler Mosienko
G Daniel Manzato

Shots: 24 for, 22 against
Power Play: 2 for 4
Penalty Kill: 4 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba, F Aki Seitsonen

edit...we're currently on a 19 game unbeaten streak if you count overtime and shootout losses as ties. We have an .860 winning percentage. :cool:

[Drunk Skunk]

I'd really like to see Donally get a shot up here, he's really impressing this season. He's more than doubled his point output(now over half a point a game, pretty good for a big thumper like him). He has 14 points so far in the 25 games he's played. He has 110 PIM in 25 games, but 55 of those are from fighting majors, 10 came from an instigator misconduct, and 10 came from 5 matching minors. So, that leaves 35 PIM in 25 games. If you take away 15 of those, a charging major and game misconduct, that leaves 20 PIM ... 10 minor penalties in 25 games from an enforcer is pretty good I think. In my opinion, if an enforcer can give you more points then minor penalties when he hurts the team(puts the other team on the PP), then he's doing a hell of a job.

[SEALEGS]

Donally on his way!

[icarus]

Is Tyler Mosienko a former Calgary Hitman?

[SEALEGS]

no here are his stats:

Tyler MosienkoCenterBorn Mar 21 1984 -- West St. Paul, MAN Height 5.08 -- Weight 175 -- Shoots L --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2000-01 Kelowna Rockets WHL 60 5 10 15 24 6 0 1 1 22001-02 Kelowna Rockets WHL 70 18 24 42 34 15 0 3 3 102002-03 Kelowna Rockets WHL 64 30 53 83 49 19 11 10 21 22003-04 Kelowna Rockets WHL 72 13 28 41 61 17 4 7 11 82004-05 Kelowna Rockets WHL 72 15 36 51 27 24 5 14 19 202005-06 Greenville Grrrowl ECHL 72 13 34 47 87 6 1 3 4 42006-07 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 71 18 34 52 77 10 6 3 9 102007-08 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 25 9 12 21 29--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Current statistics as of 2007-12-20

[Freeway]

The ECHL is announcing the line-up for the National Conference's All-Star Team tomorrow (Friday) at noon MT on ECHL.com. It's likely that some Wranglers will be on the team.

[Wranglers110]

I hate to sound like a blind homer, but I really think just about anyone on our team is deserving of the All Star honors. The Ferraro brothers are the most obvious picks. I think D Jason Krischuk and D Jason Jozsa might be deserving as well as any goalie not named Ceci. Cracknell also seems an obvious choice although I think Mulherin might be a darkhorse pick.

[Freeway]

From ECHL.com:
F Peter Ferraro is a starter; D Tyler Strachan and G Daniel Manzato are reserves.

Full roster:http://www.echl.com/upload_images/2008NationalConferenceRoster.pdf

[Wranglers110]

Friday, December 21st

Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
Idaho Steelheads - 4
FINAL-OVERTIME

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Goals
D Sean Owens
LW Aki Seitsonen
D Mike Madill (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (2)
RW Adam Cracknell (2)

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 4 ga, 27 saves, tie

Stars
D Mike Madill
LW Aki Seitsonen

Shots: 30 for, 31 against
Power Play: 1 for 3
Penalty Kill: 3 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Aaron Power, D Jason Krischuk, D Jason Dest, D Tyson Strachan
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Kelly Czuy
F Josh Sciba

PRE-GAME
edit.....I'm going to have the game on but not necessarily listen to it closely as I have guests and intend to go out for the night. But I'll throw up some updates whenever I am listening.
edit....LW Shawn Limpright had a small confrontation with Idaho pest Lance Galbraith during the warmups with some expectation by the radio announcers that a fight might occur....

FIRST PERIOD
edit...0-0 game, 17:00....no fisticuffs out of the gate for these two teams that love each other dearly...looks like they're there to play hockey tonight...
edit...0-0 game, 16:00 left....a Wrangler shot slides along the Idaho goal line but does not cross!...
edit...0-0 game, 15:00 left....Lance Galbraith, the Claude Lemieux of Idaho, is swinging his fist at everyone on our team trying to get a fight out of anyone....we get a power play, although it ain't Lance in the box...
edit...0-0 game, 9:00 left....Manzato was shaken up when Krischuk was shoved into him...Mike Madill sort of stands out on the effort front tonight, so far...
edit...0-0 game, 7:00 left....wow, Aki Seitsonen nearly challenged someone to a fight after they took a run at Manzato....flow of play meant both Aki and the Steelhead had to skate on and play and nothing really happened after all...
edit...0-0 game, 5:00 left....bollocks, Steelheads score first....I'm getting a beer....

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, December 22nd

Las Vegas Wranglers - 0
Idaho Steelheads - 2
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/IdahoSteelheads.png

Goals
none

Assists
none

Fights
D Tyson Strachan
D Jason Dest
F Kelly Czuy

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 21 saves, loss

Stars
none

Shots: 31 for, 23 against
Power Play: 0 for 5
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Brandon Kaleniecki, RW Adam Cracknell
F Josh Sciba, F Aki Seitsonen

edit....so it goes...the Las Vegas Wranglers unbeaten streak ends at 20 games. :(

[Wranglers110]

Time for a factual update.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 20-3-4, 44pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 14-8-3, 31pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 11-14-2, 24pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 7-15-5, 19pts

Goals
13 - RW Peter Ferraro
12 - RW Adam Cracknell
10 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
9 - C Tyler Mosienko
8 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Ryan Donally (currently in Quad Cities)

Assists
20 - C Chris Ferraro
19 - RW Peter Ferraro
14 - D Jason Jozsa
12 - C Tyler Mosienko
D Aaron Power

Points
32 - RW Peter Ferraro
28 - C Chris Ferraro
21 - RW Adam Cracknell
C Tyler Mosienko
16 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
D Aaron Power

Penalty Minutes
110 - LW Ryan Donally
64 - D Tyson Strachan
48 - LW Shawn Limpright
44 - C Chris Ferraro
35 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Kelly Czuy

Fights
10 - LW Ryan Donally
6 - D Tyson Strachan
3 - F Kelly Czuy
2 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Shawn Limpright
1 - C Justin Donati
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
LW Bruce Mulherin
C Tyler Mosienko
D Jason Dest

Goalies
Daniel Manzato, 11gp, 9-1-1, 2 so, 2.15 GAA, .928%
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
Kevin Lalande, 5gp, 4-0-1, 1 so, 1.18 GAA, .950% (currently with Quad Cities)
John Ceci, 3gp, 1-0-2, 2.21 GAA, .911%
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)

Stars of the Game
6 - C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
4 - G Kevin Lalande
G Daniel Monzato
3 - RW Adam Cracknell
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Ryan Donally
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen
2 - G John Curry
C Curtis Fraser
D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba
1 - LW Kelly Czuy
D Jason Jozsa
G Tim Boron
D Sean Owens
G John Ceci
D Tyson Strachan
D Mike Madill

Goals For: 98
Goals Against: 61
Power Play: 25%, 2nd in the league
Penalty Kill: 84%, 9th in the league

[Wranglers110]

Thursday, December 27th

Idaho Steelheads - 2
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
D Aaron Power (pp)
D Jason Krischuk
F Aki Seitsonen (gw)
D Sean Owens (en)

Assists
RW Peter Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
G Daniel Manzato
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 22 saves, win

Stars
F Aki Seitsonen
D Jason Krischuk
D Aaron Power

Shots: 32 for, 24 against
Power Play: 1 for 6
Penalty Kill: 8 for 10

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Tyson Strachan
LW Shawn Limpright
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba, F Kelly Czuy

[Wranglers110]

For once, I don't work tomorrow (the 28th) and the Wranglers are playing at home. I'm going. :cool:

[STeeLy]

Hope you had a good holiday Wrangler! Thanks for these updates!!!

[Wranglers110]

Hope you had a good holiday Wrangler! Thanks for these updates!!!

Thank you, thank you!

Friday, December 28th

Idaho Steelheads - 3
Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/IdahoSteelheads.png

Goals
C Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro

Assists
D Mike Madill
LW Kelly Czuy
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Shawn Limpright

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3 ga, 29 saves, loss

Stars
C Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro

Shots: 31 for, 29 against
Power Play: 0 for 9
Penalty Kill: 6 for 6

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk, D Tyson Strachan, D Aaron Power
LW Sean Owens, LW Aki Seitsonen
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Josh Sciba, RW Brandon Kaleniecki

edit....some notes about the game....we had it in the first period, but Idaho's defense just clamped up and gave us no chances. We may have outshot them, but it was pretty wimpy stuff. 0-for-9 on the power play pretty much says it all. Cracknell looked great, played solid defense with a couple of picked pockets and at least one crushing body check. Cracknell played center for most of the night. D Mike Madill showed a lot of effort as usual, but some wimpy shooting from the blue line. LW Aki Seitsonen was nearly a third defenseman, playing back alot tonight. Good on the faceoff, very protective of the puck offensively. We just were second best tonight.

[Freeway]

Brent Krahn returned to the nets last night, so I'd expect to see Kevin Lalande returned to Las Vegas very soon.

[Wranglers110]

Sunday, December 30th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
Bakersfield Condors - 3
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/bako.jpg

Goals
D Aaron Power (pp)
LW Shawn Limpright

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
D Jason Krischuk
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3ga, 18 saves, loss

Stars
none

Shots: 27 for, 21 against
Power Play: 1 for 5
Penalty Kill: 0 for 6

Other Dressed Players
G John Ceci
D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Tyson Strachan
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Aki Seitsonen
C Adam Cracknell
RW Josh Sciba, RW Brandon Kaleniecki

[Wranglers110]

Brent Krahn returned to the nets last night, so I'd expect to see Kevin Lalande returned to Las Vegas very soon.

I hope so....not sure that Manzato can handle playing every night like this.

C Justin Donati was suspended from the team. I think he was already on injured reserve, so I don't know that we actually get a free roster spot with his suspension. And I'm not sure why he was suspended, but these things usually precede said player signing to another team in another league.

[Wranglers110]

I hope so....not sure that Manzato can handle playing every night like this.

C Justin Donati was suspended from the team. I think he was already on injured reserve, so I don't know that we actually get a free roster spot with his suspension. And I'm not sure why he was suspended, but these things usually precede said player signing to another team in another league.

Oh, what a little googling will do. Donati is going to college and playing for UPEI.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=92248&sc=99

[SparkyOne]

Wow! That's something of a surprise! Best of luck to Justin....a very nice kid.

[Wranglers110]

No big surprise: G John Ceci was released today. Making room for Lalande, no doubt.

He played 3 games, had a record of 1-0-2, had a GAA of 2.21, and a save percentage of .911, which all seems fine and dandy, but our defense has been so sharp that I would rate against those numbers. On December 17th, he gave up 4 goals on only 18 shots and never saw ice time again for us.

[Freeway]

No big surprise: G John Ceci was released today. Making room for Lalande, no doubt.

He played 3 games, had a record of 1-0-2, had a GAA of 2.21, and a save percentage of .911, which all seems fine and dandy, but our defense has been so sharp that I would rate against those numbers. On December 17th, he gave up 4 goals on only 18 shots and never saw ice time again for us.

As such, NHL.com's news page reports that Lalande as been returned to Vegas.

[Wranglers110]

Tuesday, January 1st

Stockton Thunder - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL

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Goals
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Shawn Limpright (2)
D Mike Madill (gw)

Assists
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro (3)
C Adam Cracknell
D Tyson Strachan (3)

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 1 ga, 33 saves, win

Stars
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
D Tyson Strachan

Shots: 40 for, 34 against
Power Play: 0 for 2
Penalty Kill: 4 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Aki Seitsonen
RW Brandon Kaleniecki, RW Josh Sciba

[Freeway]

Kevin Lalande made 33 saves in his return to the Wrangler net as Las Vegas topped Stockton 4-1. Shawn Limpright had 2 goals and Tyson Strachan & Peter Ferraro each had 3 assists in the win.

The Wranglers [22-5-1-3] are in action again on Friday when they host Fresno.

[Wranglers110]

Congratulations to our boy, D Tyson Strachan, who is now a Peoria Riverman. Well deserving of the promotion.

[Wranglers110]

Congratulations to our boy, D Tyson Strachan, who is now a Peoria Riverman. Well deserving of the promotion.

And congratulations are in order to our Head Coach Glen Gulutzan, who was named along with Victoria Salmon Kings (Vancouver Canucks affiliate) Head Coach Mark Morrison as the National Conference coaching staff for this year's ECHL All Star Game.

The profile on Gully as per the ECHL news release:

Glen Gulutzan, Las Vegas Wranglers

Glen Gulutzan is in his fifth season as general manager and head coach of Las Vegas. He led Las Vegas to the Brabham Cup championship in 2006-07 as the Wranglers won their last 13 regular season games to finish with a 46-12-14 record and 106 points, becoming only the second team in ECHL history to score 100 points in back-to-back seasons. Las Vegas won the first five games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs to tie the professional hockey league record for consecutive wins. Gulutzan was named ECHL Coach of the Year in 2005-06 after the Wranglers finished second overall with 112 points and a 53-13-6 record, tying the league record for second-most wins and finishing with the third-highest point total in the 18-year history of the ECHL. The Wranglers are 173-80-35 and have reached the Kelly Cup Playoffs each of the last two years and three times since joining as an expansion team in 2003-04, losing to the eventual Kelly Cup champion each time. Before stepping behind the Las Vegas bench, the 34-year-old Gulutzan spent four seasons as player-assistant coach with Fresno of the West Coast Hockey League. He was named All-WCHL in 1999 and 2000 and helped the Falcons win the championship in 2002 and advance to Game 7 of the finals in 2003. Gulutzan began his professional career in 1996-97 with Fresno and had a team record 80 assists and 110 points in 60 games while also playing in the International Hockey League with Utah and Las Vegas. In addition to six seasons in Fresno, the native of The Pas, Manitoba also played in both Finland and Sweden. Glen and his wife, Nicole, live in Las Vegas with their son, Landon, and their daughters, Emma, Brielle and Gracie.

[Wranglers110]

Friday, January 4th

Fresno Falcons - 5
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL-OVERTIME

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Goals
LW Kelly Czuy
D Jason Krischuk
RW Josh Sciba
RW Adam Cracknell (pp, gt)

Assists
LW Aki Seitsonen
D Jason Krischuk
C Chris Ferraro
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
C Tyler Mosienko

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 5 ga, 31 saves, tie

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
LW Kelly Czuy

Shots: 31 for, 36 against
Power Play: 1 for 7
Penalty Kill: 9 for 10

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill
LW Shawn Limpright
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

edit...after scoring the first goal, we were down 4-1 with half of the third period over. The game tying goal came with less than 20 seconds left in the game.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, January 5th

Fresno Falcons - 3
Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
FINAL - OVERTIME

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Goals
C Tyler Mosienko
RW Adam Cracknell

Assists
RW Adam Cracknell
D Jason Jozsa
RW Josh Sciba
D Sean Owens

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3 ga, 34 saves, loss

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
G Daniel Manzato

Shots: 21 for, 37 against
Power Play: 0 for 4
Penalty Kill: 5 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Mike Madill, D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk
LW Shawn Limpright, LW Kelly Czuy, LW Aki Seitsonen
C Chris Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki, RW Peter Ferraro

PRE-GAME
edit....word is that D Aaron Power has a broken finger....we'll see if he suits up or not, but he wasn't placed on IR as far as I know...

[Wranglers110]

Just the facts.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 22-5-6, 50pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 17-9-4, 38pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 13-16-2, 28pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 8-18-6, 22pts.

[Wranglers110]

Wranglers' Limpright Enjoys Being Agitator

http://www.echl.com/upload_images/ShawnLimpright.jpg January 6, 2008


By Todd Dewey
Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/)

LAS VEGAS - Whenever an altercation breaks out during a Wranglers game, Las Vegas left wing Shawn Limpright (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=571) is usually the first player on the scene to support a teammate or settle a score.

Then again, there's a good chance the savvy six-year ECHL veteran instigated the incident in the first place.

Limpright, 26, enjoys being an agitator on the ice and said engaging in psychological warfare helps get him into his game.

"I like to get under a few guys' skin. It's always fun just to see their reaction," he said. "It kind of gets me fired up in the game. To have a guy running at me all game, that's fun. I like that."




Full Story (http://www.lvrj.com/sports/13403562.html)

[browndog]

Quesdtion

I have some awesome photos of one game I went to in November. Is there any copyright problems etc on posting the pics or some of them. Or maybe a link to the photos? I have to say that some of these photos are outstanding and even got some of a good fight

[Wranglers110]

Tuesday, January 8th

Fresno Falcons - 2
Las Vegas Wranglers - 1
FINAL - OVERTIME

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/FresnoFalcons.png

Goals
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
D Mike Madill

Fights
RW Adam Cracknell

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 24 saves, tie

Stars
RW Brandon Kaleniecki

Shots: 36 for, 26 against
Power Play: 1 for 8
Penalty Kill: 7 for 8

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Aki Seitsonen, LW Shawn Limpright
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro

[Wranglers110]

One of our old buddies got an AHL monthly award! Congrats, John.

This story was featured on echl.com

Former ECHL Goalie Curry Named
Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie Of The Month

January 9, 2008


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League announced that former Las Vegas and Wheeling goaltender John Curry (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=1631) has been named the Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month for December.
http://www.echl.com/upload_images/JohnCurryActionWilkesBarre.jpg
The 23 year old was 4-1-1 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.48 and a save percentage of .939 in six starts for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in December.

The Wheeling Nailers are the ECHL affiliate of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

Curry attended training camp with Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton before being assigned to Las Vegas where he was 4-1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.81 and a save percentage of .905 in six games before heading to Hanover, Germany for the Deutschland Cup (http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&id=12684) where he helped the United States capture the silver medal.

He was reassigned to Wheeling upon his return from Germany and after making one start for the Nailers was reassigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by Pittsburgh. He is 6-3-1 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.99 and a save percentage of .921 in 10 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

He started three seasons for Boston University and was 59-29-15 with 13 shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.08 and a save percentage of .923 in 107 games from 2004-07. He was named the Hockey East Player of the Year, First-Team All-America and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in 2006-07, going 17-10-8 with seven shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.01 and a save percentage of .928 in 36 games.

[Wranglers110]

Friday, January 11th

Victoria Salmon Kings - 0
Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Peter Ferraro (2, gw)
LW Kelly Czuy
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko

Assists
C Chris Ferraro (3)
LW Aki Seitsonen (2)
D Jason Jozsa
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
LW Shawn Limpright

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 0 ga, 25 saves, win, shutout

Stars
G Daniel Manzato
RW Peter Ferraro
C Chris Ferraro

Shots: 47 for, 25 against
Power Play: 0 for 3
Penalty Kill: 4 for 4

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk
RW Josh Sciba, RW Brandon Kaleniecki, RW Adam Cracknell

[STeeLy]

Quesdtion

I have some awesome photos of one game I went to in November. Is there any copyright problems etc on posting the pics or some of them. Or maybe a link to the photos? I have to say that some of these photos are outstanding and even got some of a good fight
It shouldn't be a problem... DrunkSkunk posts a lot of pictures of QC Flames games... so..

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, January 12th

Victoria Salmon Kings - 3
Las Vegas Wranglers - 1
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/VictoriaSalmonKings.png

Goals
RW Josh Sciba

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
D Sean Owens

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 3 ga, 20 saves, loss

Stars
RW Josh Sciba

Shots: 33 for, 23 against
Power Play: 0 for 5
Penalty Kill: 2 for 3

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Shawn Limpright, LW Aki Seitsonen
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Adam Cracknell, RW Brandon Kaleniecki

[Wranglers110]

We have a good chunk of days off for rest, but for good reason as the Wranglers will play 3 games in 3 nights starting on January 18th.

Here are the remaining games for the month:

Friday, 18th @ Bakersfield Condors
Saturday, 19th @ Stockton Thunder
Sunday, 20th @ Stockton Thunder
Wednesday, 23rd ALL STAR GAME @ STOCKTON
Friday, 25th @ Utah Grizzlies
Saturday, 26th vs. Utah Grizzlies
Sunday, 27th vs. Utah Grizzlies
Wednesday, 30th @ Phoenix Roadrunners

[Drunk Skunk]

What's up with the Wranglers' over-18 promo night coming up? :D

[Wranglers110]

These are facts.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 23-6-7, 53pts
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 20-9-4, 44pts
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 16-17-2, 34pts
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 9-20-6, 24pts

Goals
16 - RW Peter Ferraro
15 - C/RW Adam Cracknell
12 - C Tyler Mosienko
10 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
8 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Ryan Donally (currently with Quad Cities)

Assists
25 - RW Peter Ferraro
24 - C Chris Ferraro
20 - D Jason Jozsa
17 - C Tyler Mosienko
13 - D Jason Krischuk

Points
41 - RW Peter Ferraro
32 - C Chris Ferraro
29 - C Tyler Mosienko
27 - C/RW Adam Cracknell
22 - D Jason Jozsa

Penalty Minutes
110 - LW Ryan Donally
68 - D Tyson Strachan (currently in Peoria)
66 - LW Shawn Limpright
58 - C Chris Ferraro
55 - C Tyler Mosienko

Fights
10 - LW Ryan Donally
6 - D Tyson Strachan
3 - F Kelly Czuy
2 - C Chris Ferraro
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
1 - C Justin Donati (now with UPEI)
LW Marco Peluso
D Gerry Burke (currently with Quad Cities)
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
LW Bruce Mulherin
D Jason Dest
C/RW Adam Cracknell

Goalies
Daniel Manzato, 17gp, 11-3-3, 3 so, 2.15 GAA, .925%
Kevin Lalande, 8gp, 5-1-2, 1 so, 1.86 GAA, .930%
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
John Ceci, 3gp, 1-0-2, 2.21 GAA, .911% (now with Laredo)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)

Stars of the Game
8 - RW Peter Ferraro
7 - C Chris Ferraro
6 - RW Adam Cracknell
G Daniel Manzato
4 - G Kevin Lalande
F Aki Seitsonen
C Tyler Mosienko
3 - LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Ryan Donally
D Aaron Power
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba
2 - G John Curry
C Curtis Fraser
D Tyson Strachan
LW Kelly Czuy
1 - D Jason Jozsa
G Tim Boron
D Sean Owens
G John Ceci
D Mike Madill
D Jason Krischuk
LW Shawn Limpright

Goals For: 123
Goals Against: 83
Power Play: 21% (6th in the league)
Penalty Kill: 85% (9th in the league)

[Wranglers110]

Congrats to our own RW Peter Ferraro will be named the captain of the National Conference All Star Team.

The boys finally return to the ice tonight after a nice rest. We're butting heads with our old hated division foes, the Bakersfield Condors in Bakersfield.


edit....and with Strachan still in the AHL, D Jason Dest has been named as his replacement.

[Wranglers110]

Deft Touch Helps All-Star Coach
Gulutzan Keep Wranglers In Line
January 18, 2008

http://www.echl.com/upload_images/GlenGulutzan.jpg
By Todd Dewey
Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/)

LAS VEGAS - In a scene straight out of the movie "Miracle," irate Wranglers coach Glen Gulutzan canceled a scheduled off day last Sunday and put his players through grueling wind sprints the morning after a 3-2 home loss to the Fresno Falcons.

Two nights later, after Las Vegas' third straight loss in overtime, Gulutzan relented and let his players head to a local nightclub for an early birthday party for the Ferraro twins, Chris and Peter, who turn 35 on Jan. 24.

The Wranglers responded with a 5-0 thrashing of Victoria on Friday, further proof of the value of Gulutzan's even-handed coaching style. Las Vegas leads the ECHL National Conference with a 23-6-7 record.

"If I'm mad, I'm mad, and if I'm not, I'm not. I don't try to be mad when I'm not," said Gulutzan, also the team's general manager. "(Assistant coach Brent Bilodeau) and I have taken the idea that we'd rather teach and try to develop and get guys on our side without trying to be a tyrant.

"It's worked so far, and if it doesn't work, the luxury I have as the GM is to just trade the guy."


Full Story (http://www.lvrj.com/sports/13746992.html)

http://media.lvrj.com/images/2371937.jpg

[Wranglers110]

Friday, January 18th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
Bakersfield Condors - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/bako.jpg

Goals
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
D Aaron Power (pp)
D Jason Krischuk

Assists
C Adam Cracknell
D Jason Krischuk
D Jason Jozsa
C Tyler Mosienko
D Sean Owens

Fights
LW Shawn Limpright (loss, mostly a wrestling match vs. Jason Kostadine)

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 4 ga, 23 saves, loss

Stars
none

Shots: 30 for, 27 against
Power Play: 1 for 3
Penalty Kill: 4 for 5

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Marco Peluso
C Chris Ferraro
F Kelly Czuy, F Aki Seitsonen


PRE-GAME
edit...WOW, THREE players return to the lineup!!!! LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Marco Peluso, and D Aaron Power all will play tonight!! What a huge boost. RW Josh Sciba didn't make the trip and is now on the 7-day IR while RW Peter Ferraro will get a rest tonight. G Daniel Manzato will start tonight.

FIRST PERIOD
edit....20:00 left....alright, here we goooo!....Cracknell opens things up with a big hit....AND SCORE!!!!! BRANDON KALENIECKI!!!!!!! I think Cracknell set him up? And Krischuk!
edit....14:00 left...Condor tries to take out Peluso and gets penalized for it....AND AARON POWER SMACKS ONE HOME FROM DEEP OUT!!!!....2-0, Las Vegas!!!....Welcome back, Aaron Power!
edit....12:00 left....Bakersfield streaks down the ice to pull one back....Peluso gets dropped with a big but clean bodycheck soon afterwards....
edit....11:00 left....LW Shawn Limpright tries to protect C Tyler Mosienko after he takes a hit from a Condor and they drop the gloves....Mostly a wrestling match but our own announcer gives it to the Condor as a win.....Limpright gets a game misconduct and is outta here....
edit....10:00 left....Bakersfield becoming very, very physical here, they have no interest in folding to a first place team...
edit....9:00 left....Jason Dest going to the box for some reason....he was hustling but apparently a bit too much....
edit...4:00 left....Bakersfield ties this one up.....you can feel the momentum going towards the last place side...
edit...1:00 left....Geez, I just want this period to end...and it does...

FIRST INTERMISSION
edit....A chat with LW Marco Peluso, heavily paraphrased: 1 point in 5 games at the start of the season and then to get injured is terribly frustrating....only way to know if he's really ready is at game time....Gully skates us hard during practice, though.....eager to play....

SECOND PERIOD
edit....20:00 left....here we go...
edit....15:00 left....I have a piercing headache, I'm going to bail out here...

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, January 19th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
Stockton Thunder - 1
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell (2, both pp)
LW Kelly Czuy, (2, pp, sh, gw)

Assists
C Chris Ferraro (2)
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (2)
D Jason Krischuk
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Marco Peluso
D Aaron Power

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 1 ga, 33 saves, win

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
G Kevin Lalande

Shots: 32 for, 34 against
Power Play: 3 for 8
Penalty Kill: 4 for 4, 1 short handed goal

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill
LW Shawn Limpright
C Tyler Mosienko
F Aki Seitsonen

[Wranglers110]

Sunday, January 20th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 0
Stockton Thunder - 1
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/StocktonThunder.png

Goals
none

Assists
none

Fights
none

Goalie
G Kevin Lalande, 1 ga, 27 saves, loss

Stars
G Kevin Lalande

Shots: 50 for, 28 against
Power Play: 0 for 7
Penalty Kill: 3 for 3

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Mike Madill, D Aaron Power, D Jason Dest, D Jason Krischuk
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Shawn Limpright, LW Marco Peluso
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Brandon Kaleniecki, RW Adam Cracknell
F Aki Seitsonen

[STeeLy]

wow... 0 for 7 so far on the PK... thats... ouch.

[Wranglers110]

Let's get two days in one post, shall we?

Tuesday, January 22nd - ECHL ALL STAR SKILLS COMPETITION

Participating Wranglers:

RW Peter Ferraro (puck control relay-loss, breakaway relay-win)
G Daniel Manzato (rapid fire-tie, breakaway relay-win)
D Jason Dest (breakaway relay-win)

Wednesday, January 23rd - ECHL ALL STAR GAME

American Conference - 7
National Conference - 10
FINAL

Participating Wranglers:

F Peter Ferraro, captain, 2 goals, 3 assists, +5, 4 shots
D Jason Dest, +3
G Daniel Manzato, 20 minutes, 4 ga, 11 saves
Head Coach Glen Gulutzan

Oh, and we're part of the National Conference....

[Wranglers110]

Friday, January 25th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 1
Utah Grizzlies - 0
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell (gw)

Assists
LW Shawn Limpright

Fights
LW Shawn Limpright

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 32 saves, win, shutout

Stars
G Kevin Lalande
RW Adam Cracknell

Shots: 35 for, 32 against
Power Play: 0 for 3
Penalty Kill: 6 for 6

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Sean Owens, D Jason Dest, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Aaron Power
LW Marco Peluso
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro
F Kelly Czuy, F Aki Seitsonen

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, January 26th

Utah Grizzlies - 1
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Bruce Mulherin (gw)
RW Adam Cracknell
C Chris Ferraro (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa
D Sean Owens
LW Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
LW Aki Seitsonen
LW Bruce Mulherin
RW Adam Cracknell

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 1 ga, 23 saves, win

Stars
RW Adam Cracknell
G Kevin Lalande
LW Bruce Mulherin

Shots: 23 for, 24 against
Power Play: 1 for 7
Penalty Kill: 7 for 8

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Krischuk, D Mike Madill, D Aaron Power
LW Shawn Limpright, LW Marco Peluso

edit....interesting note: Utah had 4 shots on goal in the 1st period, Las Vegas had 4 shots on goal in the 2nd, and 4 shots on goal in the 3rd. Enormous power play advantage for Utah in the 2nd and 3rd periods explains the low shot output for us, but we scored 3 of our goals on those 8 shots.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, January 27th

Utah Grizzlies - 2
Las Vegas Wranglers - 3
FINAL-SHOOTOUT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell
D Aaron Power (pp)

Assists
D Jason Jozsa

Fights
LW Marco Peluso

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 2 ga, 30 saves, win

Stars
G Daniel Manzato
RW Adam Cracknell
D Aaron Power

Shots: 29 for, 32 against
Power Play: 1 for 9
Penalty Kill: 6 for 6

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Sean Owens, D Jason Krischuk, D Mike Madill
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Shawn Limpright
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro
F Aki Seitsonen, F Kelly Czuy

[Wranglers110]

Courtesy of echl.com

Manzato Works To Fulfill Potential
January 27, 2008


By Todd Dewey
Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/)

LAS VEGAS - When the Carolina Hurricanes selected Wranglers goalie Daniel Manzato (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=1636) in the fifth round of the 2002 NHL Draft, they did so on the glowing recommendation of esteemed Anaheim Ducks goalie coach Francois Allaire.
http://www.echl.com/upload_images/DanielManzatoMug.jpg

After watching him play at a summer camp, Allaire
said Manzato, a 6-foot Swiss netminder, was as good as four-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Roy was at his age.

Manzato, who turned 24 on Jan. 17, has yet to live up to that lofty praise, but he's working hard to realize his potential.

"My dream is to play in the NHL, and I will try to do my best to one day play in the NHL," the affable Manzato said in a thick Swiss accent. "I'm still young, I can improve and I will try to stay here in North America."

Full Story (http://www.lvrj.com/sports/14465142.html)

[Wranglers110]

Wednesday, January 30th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 7
Phoenix Roadrunners - 4
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Adam Cracknell
C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
LW Ryan Donally
D Mike Madill (pp)
C Tyler Mosienko (gw)
LW Aki Seitsonen (sh)

Assists
D Jason Krischuk (3)
C Chris Ferraro (3)
LW Marco Peluso (2)
D Mike Madill
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Kelly Czuy
LW Bruce Mulherin
LW Shawn Limpright

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 4 ga, 33 saves, win

Stars
C Chris Ferraro

Shots: 34 for, 37 against
Power Play: 1 for 4
Penalty Kill: 3 for 5, 1 shorthanded goal

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Aaron Power

[Wranglers110]

Mike McBain has been a member of the Las Vegas Wranglers from day one. An original roster member, sort of still with us:

Wranglers' McBain Retiring, In Stages
January 31, 2008
http://www.echl.com/upload_images/MikeMcBain.jpg

By Rob Miech
Las Vegas Sun (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sports/)

LAS VEGAS - Stuck at 599 career games, Mike McBain (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=557) was also getting stuck just trying to pull on his socks.

A bulging disk in his lower back was the worst of several injuries that made the 30-year-old captain feel twice his age at the end of last season, and the last original Wrangler knew retirement was reality.

With one caveat. One more game. He wanted No. 600.

Glen Gulutzan, the only coach and general manager in the five-year history of the Wranglers, enlisted McBain as a pseudo assistant this season.

But the 6-foot-2 defenseman still has a spot on the roster, and his No. 2 jersey and equipment occupy a locker in the dressing room.


Full Story (http://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/30/retiring-rink-stages/)

edit.....and the full story has a picture of our rink....I think we have a beautiful and very comfortable arena, so I thought I'd copy that pic for you to take a gander:
http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2008/01/29/scaled.0117_spt_MCBAIN02_t651.jpg?f88c8649bbadbb80 5ebb7b1c2020cc5b10765421

[Wranglers110]

Friday, February 1st

Fresno Falcons - 3
Las Vegas Wranglers - 4
FINAL-SHOOTOUT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
LW Ryan Donally
C Tyler Mosienko (pp)
RW Peter Ferraro (pp)

Assists
C Chris Ferraro
RW Peter Ferraro
D Jason Jozsa
D Aaron Power
LW Ryan Donally
C Chris Ferraro

Fights
none

Goalie
G Kevin Lalande, 3 ga, 33 saves, win

Stars
LW Ryan Donally
RW Peter Ferraro

Shots: 34 for, 36 against
Power Play: 2 for 7
Penalty Kill: 6 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Krischuk, D Mike Madill, D Brad Cole, D Gord Baldwin
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Shawn Limpright, LW Marco Peluso
C Bruce Mulherin
RW Aki Seitsonen, RW Adam Cracknell

FIRST PERIOD
17:00 left....scoreless....exciting night! We have a full roster, for once, and we have two new guys in the form of D Brad Cole and D Gord Baldwin sent down from Quad Cities. Announcers are very, very excited to see two big guys come in seeing how we get outmuscled by the physical teams....
16:00 left...scoreless....the Falcons getting all the shots so far, 4-1, even though we have all the puck possession in Fresno's end....Lalande got beat and a puck rang off the post, but didn't go in...
12:00 left...scoreless...Lalande with a big stop on a 2-1 breakaway for Fresno....some tension in the air with some post-whistle jostling...
7:00 left....scoreless....Lalande, big save!!!! He's coming out of his crease and challenging these shooters!.....Not sure who they're paired off with, but the new guys Cole and Baldwin are not paired with each other....
1:00 left....scoreless....we're going on a power play....not many whistles, this period went by fast....Lalande has been spectacular thus far, big saves with no rebounds....

SECOND PERIOD
20:00 left....scoreless....I'm going to watch the end of the Oilers/Stars game but I'll be back to check in on this one....
14:00....1-0 Fresno....Falcons scored while I was watching Oilers/Stars and they just tallied again....2-0, Fresno....
11:00...2-0 Fresno.....monster slap shot from Luke Curtin on the power play puts Fresno up 3-0....The Wranglers sound like they're completely flat....

THIRD PERIOD
19:00 left...3-0 Fresno....RYAN DONALLY!!!! We bag an early one, lots of time to claw back!...
15:00 left...3-1 Fresno....we've got a 5-on-3 power play, Wranglers playing a little crafty now....
13:00 left...3-1 Fresno....Tyler Mosienko out front!!!!! SCOOOOOOREEE!!!!!!....we're still on the power play, too!....AND WE IMMEDIATELY SCORE AGAIN!!!! WHAT IS GOING ON?!!! OFF THE CENTER ICE FACE OFF?!!!!....Donally just chucked the puck down the length of the ice and Peter Ferraro charged full speed and tucked it in!...

OVERTIME
5:00 left...3-3 tie....alright, an extra frame tonight!....we will start the OT with a tiny power play....
0:00 left...3-3 tie...LALANDE LITERALLY SAVES THE GAME!....with less than a second to go in the game, Lalande stands tall to smother the final shot of the game! Wow! Shootout!!!

SHOOTOUT
Falcons' first shooter.....saved by Lalande! 0-0
RW Peter Ferarro......kick save. 0-0
Falcons' second skater....stick save, Lalande! 0-0
C Tyler Mosienko....stick save, showing five hole, takes it away. 0-0
Falcons' third skater.....hits the post! 0-0
RW Aki Seitsonen.......BACKHANDER SCORES!!!!!! 1-0, Las Vegas
Falcons' fourth skater....puck goes wide! 1-0, Las Vegas
LW Ryan Donally can win it here....right kick save. 1-0, Las Vegas
Falcons' fifth skater, Lalande can finish it.........beats Lalande glove side. 1-1.
C Bruce Mulherin.....SCOOOOORES!!!!!!! WRANGLERS WIN!!!!!!!!

[PIMking]

thanks bud good to see Big D score twice in two games.

[Wranglers110]

Saturday, February 2nd

Las Vegas Wranglers - 2
Fresno Falcons - 6
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/FresnoFalcons.png

Goals
C Bruce Mulherin (pp)
D Mike Madill (pp)

Assists
RW Adam Cracknell
D Jason Jozsa
D Brad Cole
RW Aki Seitsonen

Fights
C Bruce Mulherin

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 6 ga, 31 saves, loss

Stars
none

Shots: 26 for, 37 against
Power Play: 2 for 4
Penalty Kill: 7 for 9

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Krischuk, D Gord Baldwin, D Aaron Power
LW Kelly Czuy, LW Shawn Limpright, LW Ryan Donally
C Chris Ferraro, C Tyler Mosienko
RW Peter Ferraro, RW Brandon Kaleniecki

[Wranglers110]

Tuesday, February 5th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
Phoenix Roadrunners - 3
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
LW Marco Peluso (pp)
D Aaron Power (pp)
LW Shawn Limpright (2) (pp, en)
C Tyler Mosienko (gw)

Assists
D Jason Krischuk
F Kelly Czuy
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Brandon Kaleniecki
RW Adam Cracknell
D Brad Cole
LW Shawn Limpright
D Aaron Power

Fights
none

Goalie
Daniel Manzato, 3 ga, 30 saves, win

Stars
C Tyler Mosienko

Shots: 33 for, 33 against
Power Play: 3 for 8
Penalty Kill: 5 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Kevin Lalande
D Jason Jozsa, D Mike Madill, D Gord Baldwin
LW Bruce Mulherin, LW Ryan Donally
F Aki Seitsonen

[Wranglers110]

Thursday, February 7th

Las Vegas Wranglers - 5
Phoenix Roadrunners - 2
FINAL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/boilermaker78/LasVegasWranglers.png

Goals
RW Brandon Kaleniecki (pp)
RW Peter Ferraro (2), (pp), (gw)
RW Kelly Czuy (2), (pp)

Assists
LW Shawn Limpright
D Aaron Power
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Ryan Donally
RW Adam Cracknell
D Gord Baldwin
C Bruce Mulherin
LW Marco Peluso

Fights
none

Goalie
Kevin Lalande, 2 ga, 41 saves, win

Stars
RW Peter Ferraro
RW Kelly Czuy

Shots: 36 for, 43 against
Power Play: 3 for 9
Penalty Kill: 6 for 7

Other Dressed Players
G Daniel Manzato
D Jason Jozsa, D Mike Madill, D Jason Krischuk, D Brad Cole
C Aki Seitsonen


PRE-GAME
edit...this is from the ECHL Today press release:
Las Vegas Wranglers (30-9-7) at Phoenix RoadRunners (16-25-6) 7:11 p.m. MT
• Wranglers lead season series 6-0-1, including 4-0-0 at Phoenix, and are 20-2-3 all-time against the RoadRunners.
• RoadRunners defenseman Reagan Rome (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=770) scored career-high two goals on Tuesday against Las Vegas.
• Las Vegas’ Tyler Mosienko (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=564) has two game-winning goals and four points (3g-1a) in his last four games.
• Daniel Sisca (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/player.php?lang_id=en&id=1384) leads the RoadRunners at home with 16 assists and 22 points in 22 games.
-edit....pre-game National Anthem done with an acoustic guitar playing, sounds like a folky, Jose Feliciano version.

FIRST PERIOD
17:00 left....scoreless.....defensive minded conservativeness from the Wranglers, lots of dump ins and such...
13:00 left....scoreless.....Lalande with some good stickhandling....He's Marty Turco!
10:00 left...scoreless....Phoenix with the first big scoring chance and Lalande holds steady. No rebounds so far tonight....Hooking call on Phoenix a few moments later and Vegas gets the first power play of the night....KALENIECKI OFF THE FACE OFF!!!!!!!!.....face off win, pass, pass, and boom!.....Wranglers get called for a penalty for goaltender interference, Bruce Mulherin....
2:00 left....1-0, Las Vegas....PHOENIX TIES IT UP...TURNOVER IN OUR OWN ZONE....not sure who was responsible for the turnover, but Madill, Mosienko, Seitsonen, Baldwin, and Donally will all be getting minuses there...
end of period....1-1 tie.....Gotta say that might marginally have been the Roadrunners' period. Kind of a dull 20 minutes aside from two good goals. Definately room for improvement.

FIRST INTERMISSION
Interview with LW Shawn Limpright....very paraphrased: feels good to now be an all time scorer (for the Wranglers)....tired of being razzed on for almost being the all time scorer and now he's finally there...at first, didn't want to go to Las Vegas when traded from Dayton but now enjoys himself alot....going now for 500 career Las Vegas PIMs, although current leader Adam Huxley holds it and wants to come back to Las Vegas....Aaron Power scored the goal that gave Shawn the all time franchise mark via assist....not really a point a game kind of guy....enough points to go around this team....Mosienko's goal the other night was pretty, splitting two d-men to score....Phoenix is early in their existence and we've been fortunate to be successful against them, it's important to keep focus....big loss against Fresno, well everyone is due for a bad night over a long season and Fresno is a great team, you won't win every game and it's good to get a bad one out of the way, it happens....neat to see Shaquille O'Neal in the building before the morning skate at a press conference...have to look up to see him....hi to the fans in Las Vegas and family!

SECOND PERIOD
19:00....1-1 tie....Phoenix seems to be more physical than we are...Roadrunners with a flurry of shots!.....and the Wranglers breakout.....AND PETER FERRARO WITH A LASER SHOT!!!!!...a breakaway and Peter took it all the way down the ice and puts us back on top....
17:00....2-1, Vegas....A flurry of shots by the Wranglers and the action is ended with a vicious cross check by a Phoenix player that takes out Kelly Czuy....back on the power play...Czuy is okay...RYAN DONALLY CENTERS TO PETER FERRARO WHO ONE TIMES IT IN!!!!....POWER PLAY GOAL AND PETER HAS TWO QUICK ONES!!!....Aki Seitsonen takes a big hit not long after the goal....
10:00...3-1, Vegas.....TURNOVER IN THE PHOENIX ZONE....CZUY SCOOOORES!!!!!!...do a wookie wail, everyone ("Czuy" pronounce Chew-ee).
8:00...4-1, Vegas....Phoenix is gonna get a 5-on-3 here....refs looking to help out a little bit...
4:00...4-1, Vegas...now we're getting a big power play....Limpright taken out with a cheap shot from Reagan Rome and we have a 5-on-3 for a minute and a half....KELLY CZUY ON THE DOORSTEP!!!!!....WOOHOO!!!!....POWER PLAY GOAL...
2:00...5-1, Vegas...Now only the defensive minded Aki Seitsonen is the only forward without a point tonight....now things are getting chipping, big hit from a Phoenix player, I think on Seitsonen....Brad Cole stepped in to protect his teamates, so he'll be hitting the box....Phoenix player being sent to the dressing room in addition to the one in the box....nope, Cole is back on the ice....
1:00....5-1, Vegas...things are getting out of control...ref is throwing everyone in the penalty box to settle things down now....Limpright got a double minor!!!.....
0:05...5-1, Vegas....PHOENIX SCORES....Well, chop that double minor down, I guess....

THIRD PERIOD
13:00...5-2, Vegas.....it's a penalty fest, with the refs trying to keep an out of control game on as mellow a level as possible....
9:00....5-2, Vegas....we're officially in complete defensive mode...
6:00...5-2, Vegas....another power play for us....the box score already shows the stars of the game, the local media has literally mailed this one in...
4:00....5-2, Vegas....excellent save by Lalande....
2:00....5-2, Vegas....nasty slash by Peluso puts the Roadrunners on the power play.....Lalande toughing out some good pressure....
end....5-2, Vegas....penalty killed, Vegas wins!

[Wranglers110]

Time for facts.

DIVISION STANDINGS
1st - Las Vegas Wranglers (Flames), 31-9-7, 69pts.
2nd - Fresno Falcons, 25-11-7, 57pts.
3rd - Stockton Thunder (Oilers), 19-24-3, 41pts.
4th - Bakersfield Condors, 13-22-9, 35pts.

Goals
21 - C/RW Adam Cracknell
20 - RW Peter Ferraro
16 - C Tyler Mosienko
12 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
10 - C Chris Ferraro

Assists
30 - C Chris Ferraro
28 - RW Peter Ferraro
26 - D Jason Jozsa
22 - C Tyler Mosienko
20 - D Jason Krischuk

Points
48 - RW Peter Ferraro
40 - C/RW Adam Cracknell
40 - C Chris Ferraro
38 - C Tyler Mosienko
28 - D Jason Jozsa

Penalty Minutes
118 - LW Ryan Donally
102 - LW Shawn Limpright
87 - C Chris Ferraro
68 - D Tyson Strachan (currently with Peoria)
67 - C Tyler Mosienko

Fights
10 - LW Ryan Donally
6 - D Tyson Strachan
4 - LW Shawn Limpright
3 - F Kelly Czuy
2 - C Chris Ferraro
C Tyler Mosienko
LW Marco Peluso
C/LW Bruce Mulherin
1 - C Justin Donati (now with UPEI)
D Gerry Burke (currently with Quad Cities)
C Curtis Fraser (currently with San Antonio)
D Jason Dest
C/RW Adam Cracknell

Goalies
Daniel Manzato, 21gp, 14-4-3, 3 so, 2.35 GAA, .920%
Kevin Lalande, 15gp, 10-3-2, 2 so, 1.91 GAA, .935%
John Curry, 6gp, 4-1-0, 2.81 GAA, .905% (currently with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
John Ceci, 3gp, 1-0-2, 2.21 GAA, .911% (now with Laredo)
Tim Boron, 3gp, 2-1-0, 2.14 GAA, .926% (now with Stockton)

Stars of the Game
10 - RW Adam Cracknell
RW Peter Ferraro
8 - G Kevin Lalande
C Chris Ferraro
7 - G Daniel Manzato
5 - C Tyler Mosienko
4 - F Aki Seitsonen
LW Bruce Mulherin
D Aaron Power
LW Ryan Donally
3 - RW Brandon Kaleniecki
F Josh Sciba
LW/RW Kelly Czuy
2 - G John Curry
C Curtis Fraser
D Tyson Strachan
1 - D Jason Jozsa
G Tim Boron
D Sean Owens
G John Ceci
D Mike Madill
D Jason Krischuk
LW Shawn Limpright

Goals For: 161
Goals Against: 110
Power Play: 21%, 4th in the league
Penalty Kill: 85%, 8th in the league

[chris lindberg]

Wow, the Ferraro brothers have quite the playing history together don't they...

[Wranglers110]

I love the Las Vegas Wranglers to a religious level, and to that end, I will attempt to continue this thread business as usual. That being said, I've suffered a pretty devestating personal tragedy and unfortunately life must trump hockey.

In the event that any interest for the Wranglers has been spurred by this thread but I am unable to continue information, the two reliable sources you can check on are obviously as follows:
www.lasvegaswranglers.com (http://www.lasvegaswranglers.com)
www.echl.com (http://www.echl.com)

If this is au revoir (and it probably isn't), then I hope all is well with anyone reading this.

Of course, there is no better remedy to punctuations of tragedy as sport and so hopefully I will be MORE in tune than ever to the fortunes and failings of my favorite hockey team.

Take care,
Matt

[Drunk Skunk]

Thanks a lot for all the work you've done keeping us up to date on the Wranglers Matt. Best wishes to you with your personal issues, I'm sure everyone here understands.

[lvwranglersfan]

I only stumbled on this forum yesterday, and after reading the Wranglers section, I am here to help keep you guys updated.

I am a season ticket holder and attend almost every home game. I have missed 1 in the last 2 seasons. I am also a member of the Wranglers Hockey Booster Club, so I can give keep you informed. I don't know if I can go into the depth of Wranglers110, but I can try to help. I do keep a web site with the Wranglers stats, schedule and a brief recap of the games. If you are interested, the location is in my profile.

So if you guys have any Wranglers questions, let me know and I will try to answer them.

[Drunk Skunk]

Welcome aboard. Were my pics of Madill able to help you out with your scrap book for him?

[lvwranglersfan]

Absolutely, thank you very much for those. I took some of Donally and Jozsa for some scrapbooks too. But that is all they get used for. They are great quality pictures, much better than I get with my simple point and shoot camera.

[Drunk Skunk]

It's my pleasure. Let me know if you or anyone else needs pictures of Jozsa from his time in Grand Rapids, I have a few good pics from last weekend.

[lvwranglersfan]

It's my pleasure. Let me know if you or anyone else needs pictures of Jozsa from his time in Grand Rapids, I have a few good pics from last weekend.

Are they on your site? If so, I will go take a look. I think we could use some more. He may be staying up there since he is on their Clear Day list, but we'll see. Also, you mentioned getting some pictures signed. Did you still want that? I can get them signed for you if you want. Let me know.

[lvwranglersfan]

Well, last night was a big game for the Wranglers. With the overtime victory, not only did they clinch the number 1 spot in the conference, they reached 100 points for the 3rd straight year (1st team in ECHL history), and Peter Ferraro eclipsed the record for most goals scored in a season with 35. Now the focus has to be getting in playoff shape, hoping to get some players back from the AHL, and staying healthy.

Right now, the IR has Chris Ferraro (concussion), Sean Owens (concussion) and Shawn Limpright (knee). The only one expected back for the early rounds of the playoffs in Owens. We have 8 players in the AHL. QC has Burke, Cole and Baldwin, San Antonio has Curtis Fraser, Milwaukee has Mike Madill, Bridgeport has Tyler Mosienko, Peoria has Tyson Strachan, and Grand Rapids has Jason Jozsa. At least I think that is everyone. Of those players on recall, 6 are defensemen. Right now we have 4 playing, with Ryan Donally filling in.

Grand Rapids just got eliminated from the playoffs, so Jozsa should be coming back eventually. I'm sure the 10 games most teams have remaining will decide how many of our guys come down.

In the first round of the playoffs we will either be playing Bakersfield, Phoenix or Stockton. I would say the team we would least like to face is Bakersfield as they give us a hard fight each time we play them, especially with the new guys they have brought in. We'll see what the next 2 weeks holds before our playoff matchup is determined.

[Svartsengi]

I only stumbled on this forum yesterday, and after reading the Wranglers section, I am here to help keep you guys updated.

I am a season ticket holder and attend almost every home game. I have missed 1 in the last 2 seasons. I am also a member of the Wranglers Hockey Booster Club, so I can give keep you informed. I don't know if I can go into the depth of Wranglers110, but I can try to help. I do keep a web site with the Wranglers stats, schedule and a brief recap of the games. If you are interested, the location is in my profile.

So if you guys have any Wranglers questions, let me know and I will try to answer them.

I noticed Aki Seitsonen has been putting up more points than earlier in the year. Has his play really improved?. Had high hopes for him coming out of Junior in Prince Albert. He looked good for Finland at the world juniors too.

Also curious to hear what you think of the other Flames draft picks on the team. Adam Cracknell, Ryan Donnelly,and Kevin Lalande.

[lvwranglersfan]

I noticed Aki Seitsonen has been putting up more points than earlier in the year. Has his play really improved?. Had high hopes for him coming out of Junior in Prince Albert. He looked good for Finland at the world juniors too.

Also curious to hear what you think of the other Flames draft picks on the team. Adam Cracknell, Ryan Donnelly,and Kevin Lalande.

This is by far the most successful year Aki has had with us. He seems to be in the right place at the right times and is finally burying his chances.
As for the others, Cracknell is doing what he normally does down here, then he goes up to QC and is either a healthy scratch or on a checking line. That won't do it for him.
Donally is having some issues with his hand but he is going to be a good power forward with his size. He has even been dabbling in playing defense these last couple of weeks.
Kevin LaLande is a solid goalie, but sometimes overplays his angles a little too much and has some problems controlling rebounds. But in this league that is normal. I think it would do him some good to be back down here next year so he can play consistently. I think he would only be a back up in the AHL next year.

[dlogint]

Can you please give us reports on the playoffs?

[lvwranglersfan]

Can you please give us reports on the playoffs?

When they start, I'll do my best. We start on Friday at home against Stockton. We should handle them pretty easily, but they did get a bunch of reinforcements from Springfield and we are still waiting for ours from QC. They should be here in time for game 4.

[lvwranglersfan]

Well, our reinforcments have arrived. According to the ECHL website, we added Ryan Donally and Gerry Burke today, so we actually have 7 D. Amazing considering the last few weeks. Now we actually have to scratch a D man. We still have 2 players in the AHL, one in Peoria, so he will be back shortly and one in San Antonio. Unfortunately for us, they made the playoffs so we have to wait for him.

It will be good to get back to ECHL hockey tonight. I've been watching the Calgary/San Jose series but not rooting for Calgary. I'm from the Bay Area so I want the Sharks to advance. Hopefully there will be as much intensity tonight as there has been in the Sharks series.

[PIMking]

I've been watching the Calgary/San Jose series but not rooting for Calgary. I'm from the Bay Area so I want the Sharks to advance.

BOOOO

[lvwranglersfan]

BOOOO

I had a feeling that was going to be unpopular, but if you look at it, the Flames are a lot of former Sharks so there is a natural connection. They've been a good couple of games. My only complaint was that the refs let too much hooking, holding and interference go on Calgary's part. But still good games.

[PIMking]

How bout you give us donally back and you can have Kolanos ( the guy in my sig that shoots himself into the goal.)

[dobbles]

How bout you give us donally back and you can have Kolanos ( the guy in my sig that shoots himself into the goal.)

then we wouldn't have anybody to continually shoot from behind the goal line?!?!?!?!?!?!

i know this is a bit off topic, but i love watching kolanos play with chucko. it actually makes him not look like the most worthless guy out there. i love watching kolanos move the puck down and put a great pass to chucko in front of the net and then watching chucko give the puck away because he sux0rs.

[lvwranglersfan]

Well, the first round the of the playoffs started and it was a disappointing game. The effort seemed to be there, but Lalande had a bad game. Basically, of the 5 real goals scored (not including the empty netter), they were all soft. We got 41 shots on goal, so we were trying, but not much got past the Stockton goalie. Not many penalties called, although there could have been a lot of them. Game 2 is tonight, so hopefully they will rebound with a solid effort.

[Cliche]

Is there an update on the Wranglers? I was looking at the scoring race for the ECHL playoffs for this year, and it seems that Adam Cracknell is sitting in 4th with 10 points.

Looking at the summary, it does seem that some of the Flames prospects have figured heavily into the success of the Wranglers this post season.

[lvwranglersfan]

Is there an update on the Wranglers? I was looking at the scoring race for the ECHL playoffs for this year, and it seems that Adam Cracknell is sitting in 4th with 10 points.

Looking at the summary, it does seem that some of the Flames prospects have figured heavily into the success of the Wranglers this post season.

Now that I can come here again, being a Sharks fan and all, I can give an update. Last night the Wranglers defeated Stockton to win their series 4-2 and now move on to play Alaska. The Flames prospects have done well, especially Cracknell. Burke has been OK, Seitsonen was good until last night, where he basically disappeared, and Lalande has been iffy at best, but last night he was great. The best player for us last night was another AHL callup we just got back from San Antonio, Curtis Fraser. Ryan Donally is out for a while with a "lower body injury", but the boot on his foot indicated where the injury is. Also, we got our other goalie back from the Swiss national team thanks to the Ducks giving them Jonas Hiller.

Now we move on to the series everyone wanted to see, Vegas vs. Alaska. We have a great rivalry and it should be a fun series.

[icarus]

Now we move on to the series everyone wanted to see, Vegas vs. Alaska. We have a great rivalry and it should be a fun series.Vegas and Alaska have a great rivalry... bizarre.

[lvwranglersfan]

Vegas and Alaska have a great rivalry... bizarre.

Playoffs will do that. We have been eliminated by them twice I believe. Also, we were battling for the Brabham Cup (most points) a couple years ago and they beat us by 1. We have a big rivalry with Idaho too for the same reason, playoff elimination.

[dlogint]

LVWranglersfan: Thanks for the update. Are there additional forums covering the Wranglers and oher fans? Think I'll B2 Friday night now that the Big Guys R out.

[lvwranglersfan]

LVWranglersfan: Thanks for the update. Are there additional forums covering the Wranglers and oher fans? Think I'll B2 Friday night now that the Big Guys R out.

There are 2 other forums that I know of. Intotheboards is one, they have an ECHL forum with a lot of Alaska and Bakersfield fans. We basically get told we are the worst behaved fans in the league in there and probably 3 regular fans of Vegas post. But the conversations should be pretty spirited once the series starts. And the other is hockeymayhem. They created a Wranglers forum for us, but there isn't a lot of activity there yet.

[HOOT]

If the Wranglers win their series and the Salmon Kings win their series will they meet next round?

I am trying to look at the ECHL website(http://echl.leaguestat.com/hm/bracket.php) but it makes no sense to me :(

[lvwranglersfan]

If the Wranglers win their series and the Salmon Kings win their series will they meet next round?

I am trying to look at the ECHL website(http://echl.leaguestat.com/hm/bracket.php) but it makes no sense to me :(

I believe that is the way it works. I have put together my own bracket on my web site. You can go to www.gareth.org/echltree.html (http://www.gareth.org/echltree.html) and that should help you.

[Freeway]

The Wranglers laid a pair of whuppin's down on the Alaska Aces for the past two evenings:

FRIDAY: Las Vegas wins 8-0
-G Kevin Lalande made 20 saves and both Peter Ferraro and Adam Miller scored 2 goals and 3 assists as the Wranglers won 8-0, outshooting the Aces 46-20. Aces G Marek Schwarz was in net for the entire game. Yep. Flames prospect Aki Seitsonen got an assist while Adam Cracknell was pointless with 4 shots.

SATURDAY: Las Vegas wins 3-1
-G Kevin Lalande made 22 saves and D Jason Jozsa scored the game-winning and set up the insurance goal mid-way through the third period as Vegas topped Alaska 3-1, out-shooting them 43-23. Flames prospect Adam Cracknell scored the opening goal, while Aki Seitsonen was pointless with 4 shots.

The next games are Tuesday and Thursday in Alaska.

FLAMES PROSPECTS IN THE ECHL PLAYOFFS:
-G Kevin Lalande: 6 wins, 2 losses; 2.42 gaa, 1 shutout in 8 games (also has 1 assist)
-RW Adam Cracknell: 4 goals, 7 assists, +5 in 8 games
-C Aki Seitsonen: 3 goals, 1 assist, +3 in 8 games
-LW Ryan Donally: 2 goals, 2 assists, -4 in 4 games [last played Apr. 18 against Stockton]

[SparkyOne]

I B2'd Friday's game and listened to part of Saturday's game....plan to watch the Tuesday and Thursday games on B2 as well!

The Wranglers are a fun team to watch and it's great to see Lalande again and (hopefully from here on!) doing well. They just got their other goalie back (sorry, can't remember his name and I'm kinda too rushed to look...) so it could be that Lalande won't be seeing as much ice time. Hope they stick with him while he's hot, though!

The Aces are using a goaltender, Marek Schwarz, who QC saw a lot when he was with Peoria. Their other goalie, Chris Beckford-Tseu, also played in Peoria, as did a few of their other players.

I'm getting into this series in a big way!!!

GO, WRANGLERS!!!

[dobbles]

sounds like the blues moved their goalies around as much as we did. both schwarz and becky-sue played in st. louis, peoria, and alaska.

[Freeway]

Las Vegas is a win away from the National Conference Finals following a 5-2 decision over the Alaska Aces Tuesday night in Anchorage. Despite outshooting the Wranglers for the first time in the series, the Aces failed to get much past G Kevin Lalande (who made 37 saves). Flames prospect Adam Cracknell set up 2 goals, while Aki Seitsonen was -1 with 0 points. The points moved Cracknell into a 3-way tie for the scoring lead in the ECHL playoffs (4 goals & 9 assists in 9 games). Lalande improved his record to 7-2.

Game 4 goes Thursday night in Anchorage.

[dlogint]

I watched the game on the B2...Pretty good hockey.

Lalande played very well and Cracknell is doing fantastic. He's on fire!
Hope Donnaly can get back. Burke was hitting everything in the defensive corners. Burke is a little of a curiosity to me. Wonder if we'll see him in camp this year.

I was impressed with the game and quality of play...LV is fast and gets out of the defensive zone quickly. Lalande left no fat rebounds and came up big with a pad save on a clean breakaway. Cracknell looked awesome along the boards in the offensive zone maintianing possesion and using his body very well. Hope I can catch another game.

Good luck Wranglers.

[SparkyOne]

I'm guessing Burke will be at camp. He impressed the QC crew this season and was a valuable contributor.

As for Lalande, I've been a fan since day 1. That kid can make some phenomenal stops!

The Wranglers are clicking on all cylinders right now. It's a blast to watch them!!!

[Freeway]

Game 4's tied at 5-5 and heading to overtime!

[lvwranglersfan]

Heartbreaking defeat last night in overtime. Some questionable calls including giving Alaska 4 straight power plays including a 5 on 3. Our penalty kill just didn't get it done. Game 5 is tonight, hopefully they won't be coming back home for game 6.

[Freeway]

And the Wranglers closed it out tonight with a 6-3 win over Alaska. Lalande didn't start (after giving up many, many goals last night), but Cracknell was -1 with an assist and Seitsonen was +1.

The Wranglers await the winner of the Victoria/Utah series.

[loknessmonsters]

I watched Lalonde last year and I thought that he was as good as Keetley for most of the year. I have a feeling that in the future the 3some of Keetley, Lalonde, and Irving will push eachother to great things. Nice to have some solid goalie prospects in the pipeline.

[HOOT]

I believe that is the way it works. I have put together my own bracket on my web site. You can go to www.gareth.org/echltree.html (http://www.gareth.org/echltree.html) and that should help you.

Thanks for your help!

Your tree is WAY better than the actual ECHL website.

[foofighter15]

Thanks for your help!

Your tree is WAY better than the actual ECHL website.
Looks like we might have to go and be the away team fans next week Hoot! You should redo your sign for the Wranglers and the Kelly Cup

[Freeway]

In the meantime, while we wait for the Conference Finals, a Wranglers/Flames stat update:

RW Adam Cracknell: 4 goals, 10 assists, +7 in 11 games
C Aki Seitsonen: 3 goals, 2 assists, +1 in 11 games
LW Ryan Donally: 2 goals, 2 assists, -4 in 4 games [Hasn't played since first round]
G Kevin Lalande: 7 wins, 3 losses (1 in overtime), 1 shutout, 2.71 goals against average, .901 save percentage in 10 games

[foofighter15]

Freeway, was it you that was at my house last thursday or was that Driveway?

[dlogint]

Freeway I'm wondering why you did not include Burke:

D Burke: 2 goals, 4 assists, +6 11 games

[Freeway]

Freeway I'm wondering why you did not include Burke:

D Burke: 2 goals, 4 assists, +6 11 games

Burke wasn't at Flames camp and isn't considered a prospect. C Curtis Fraser has 6 points in 6 games since returning from CIS, but he's also unsigned (but was at the NHL camp).

Incidentally, Game 1 of the Conference Finals will take place either May 9 or 10 in Las Vegas.

[Freeway]

Utah closed out their series and will meet Las Vegas in the conference final.

For the curious, the season series:

Nov. 11: Utah 8 at Las Vegas 5
Nov. 12: Utah 1 at Las Vegas 5
Dec. 12: Las Vegas 6 at Utah 2
Dec. 14: Las Vegas 4 at Utah 3 (SO)
Dec. 15: Las Vegas 7 at Utah 5
Jan. 25: Las Vegas 1 at Utah 0
Jan. 26: Utah 1 at Las Vegas 4
Jan. 27: Utah 2 at Las Vegas 3 (SO)
Mar. 14: Utah 1 at Las Vegas 2
Mar. 15: Utah 3 at Las Vegas 4
Mar. 26: Las Vegas 3 at Utah 2 (OT)

The Wranglers have amassed a 10-1-0 record against Utah this season. If you were going to pick a more perfect playoff opponent, I don't think you could find one.

[Hunter74]

What happened to Donally?

[SparkyOne]

What happened to Donally?

"Lower body injury"....so who really knows?

They talk about it here, (http://www.lvrj.com/sports/18312834.html) down in the Notes.

I'm hoping Vegas can win the West and that it's Cincy in the East....we could drive to Ohio to watch at least one of those games, depending on the schedule!!

[SparkyOne]

Here's the finals schedule, (http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/schedule.php?view=month) for anyone interested!

[lvwranglersfan]

What happened to Donally?

Last time I saw him, which was about 2 weeks ago, he was using crutches and wearing a boot, so I would guess, and I emphasize guess, it's either a high ankle sprain or a broken or sprained foot. I don't remember seeing an injury when I was watching on b2, so I can't favor one over the other. We did OK without him, but I would really like to see him out there against Utah.

[chris lindberg]

Why didn't Quad City send down any reinforcements to Vegas?

[Freeway]

Why didn't Quad City send down any reinforcements to Vegas?

I'm not entirely sure, but I think if you're on the AHL team's anointed playoff roster, you can't get sent down to the ECHL except for emergency injury replacements or whatnot.

EDIT: The press release vaguely explaining the rules...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Josh Fisher

Las Vegas NV - The Las Vegas Wranglers ® announced today the team’s 2008 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster.
ECHL rules state that a team may hold up to 23 players on its playoff rosters, including 20 active players. A team may hold an emergency back up goaltender without having that player count on the roster. Defensemen Jason Jozsa, Gerry Burke and Tyson Strachan all remain in the American Hockey League. Forwards Ryan Donally and Curtis Fraser also remain in the AHL. Center Chris Ferraro will start the playoffs on the injured reserve list.
2008 Las Vegas Wranglers Kelly Cup Playoff Roster
3 - Gerry Burke - D
4 - Jason Jozsa - D
7 - Sean Owens - D
8 - Jason Dest - D
9 - Mike Madill - D
10 - Jason Krischuk - D
13 - Chris Ferraro - C
14 - Tyler Mosienko - C
16 - Kelly Czuy - LW
17 - Peter Ferraro - RW
18 - Aki Seitsonen - C
19 - Bruce Mulherin - F
21 - Brandon Kaleniecki - C
23 - Adam Cracknell - RW
26 - Shawn Limpright - LW
27 - Marco Peluso - LW
33 - Tyson Strachan - D
43 - Ryan Donally - LW
44 - Curtis Fraser - C
57 - Aaron Power - D
81 - Adam Miller - C

35 - EMG - Tyler Sims
38 - G - Kevin Lalande
56 - G - Daniel Manzato

[lvwranglersfan]

Why didn't Quad City send down any reinforcements to Vegas?

In the ECHL, we are limited to our 23 man roster we submit. We took a chance and left Cole and Baldwin off since we were heavy on D. However, they have to have played 5 games with us during the season to be eligible, so we got everyone we could except for Cole and Baldwin. That's why we got Curtis Fraser from San Antonio for 1 game before the season ended, so he had 5 games with us.

[Gugstanley]

When the series shifts to Utah I might just have to go cheer against the Grizzlies.

[lvwranglersfan]

When the series shifts to Utah I might just have to go cheer against the Grizzlies.

I'm sure our boys could use the support. I would have gone too if there was a game on Saturday, but that is the one day they aren't playing. I'll just have to stick to watching on B2.

[Hunter74]

Thank you for the info on Donally it is much appreciated.

I am really rooting for Donally, I love those long shot dark horse prospects. Not only that I really like those big mean power forward types as well. Also I got to watch alot of him when he was in the OHL and thought he was a good guy with some untapped potential. To bad injuries bothered him so much though as they really set him back dev wise.

Donally's pro numbers seem to be better than his junior numbers...lol

Link: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=62222

[lvwranglersfan]

Thank you for the info on Donally it is much appreciated.

I am really rooting for Donally, I love those long shot dark horse prospects. Not only that I really like those big mean power forward types as well. Also I got to watch alot of him when he was in the OHL and thought he was a good guy with some untapped potential. To bad injuries bothered him so much though as they really set him back dev wise.

Donally's pro numbers seem to be better than his junior numbers...lol

Link: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=62222

Playing on a line with the Ferraros for part of the season doesn't hurt. But he seems to be learning how to use his size to his advantage, and on top of that he is a really nice guy, not much of an ego on him. My guess is next year he plays in the AHL full time, but only if Calgary renews his contract as he is an RFA.

[dlogint]

"Las Vegas players under NHL contract to Calgary are forward Aki Seitsonen, right wing Adam Cracknell (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/1089), left wing Ryan Donally (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/2165) and goaltender Kevin Lalande (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/5291). Goaltender Daniel Manzato is under NHL contract to the Carolina Hurricanes (http://www.hockeyfights.com/teams/6), who assigned him to the Wranglers. Las Vegas also has defenseman Gerry Burke (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/3199), who is under contract to Quad City, which is the AHL affiliate of the Flames. Other AHL-contracted players assigned to the Wranglers are defenseman Jason Jozsa (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/2137) from Grand Rapids, center Curtis Fraser (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/7669) from San Antonio and defenseman Tyson Strachan (http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/7397) from Peoria."

For complete article see :http://echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&cat=1&id=15271

[chris lindberg]

Hopefully Donally can be a Moen type for us down the road.

[Freeway]

Kevin Lalande made 31 saves and Adam Cracknell was the game's second star with the opening goal and spirited play as the Las Vegas Wranglers bested the Utah Grizzlies 5-2 in the opening game of the National Conference Final series in front of 4,299 at the Orleans Arena.

D Gerry Burke was +2, F Aki Seitsonen was +1 and Curtis Fraser was E with a goal for the Wranglers, who were narrowly out-shot by the Grizzlies 33-32.

Game 2 goes tonight at Orleans Arena. The puck drops at 8:05 pm MT.

[lvwranglersfan]

Lalande made some incredible saves last night and the 2 goals he gave up, he had no chance on. The defense didn't look great, but this is the first opening game of a series Utah didn't win.

I saw Donally after the game without the walking boot and no crutches. Hopefully he will be back soon.

It was a very physical game last night and we should expect the same tonight, hopefully with the same result. Cracknell was hitting everyone in sight. I expect them to be better tonight.

[Freeway]

Donally was in the booth for the whole radio broadcast and was surprisingly good.

[lvwranglersfan]

He's a very smart young man and articulate. It doesn't surprise me that he sounded good. I didn't even think to check the broadcast booth to see if anyone else was there.

[Freeway]

Las Vegas out-shot Utah 38-25 and overcome an early second period goal and a last-second tying goal to defeat the Grizzlies 4-3 in overtime. RW Adam Cracknell and C Aki Seitsonen each had a pair of goals, with Seitsonen potting the winner 1:36 into OT, and Kevin Lalande made 22 saves for his 9th win of the playoffs.

Las Vegas takes a commanding 2-0 lead on the road when they visit the Grizzlies Thursday and Friday.