Month End Recap for January
(All October stats are from the AHL Daily Report for October 31, 2014. November stats are from the AHL Daily Report for November 30, 2014. December stats are from AHL Daily Report for December 31, 2014. January stats are from AHL Daily Report for Feb 1, 2015)
October: - Record of 3-5-1-0 (24th in the AHL, 4th in North Division)
- Average Goals Against - 4.11 (30th in the AHL)
- Average Goals For - 2.89 (14th in the AHL)
- Power Play - 25.0% (2nd in AHL)
- Penalty Kill - 71.4% (30th in the AHL)
- PIM - 227 (6th in the AHL)
November: - Record of 9-3-0-0 (9th in the AHL, 2nd in the North Division)
- Average Goals Against - 2.3 (20th in the AHL)
- Average Goals For - 3.0 (12th in the AHL)
- Power Play - 22.8% (3rd in the AHL)
- Penalty Kill - 83% (13th in the AHL)
- PIM - 400 (12th in the AHL)
December: - Record of 20-13-1-1 (7th in the AHL, 2nd in the North Divison)
- Average Goals Against - 2.74 (16th in the AHL)
- Average Goals For - 2.74 (17th in the AHL)
- Power Play - 19.7% (5th in the AHL)
- Penalty Kill - 86.3% (6th in the AHL)
- PIM - 607 (12th in the AHL)
January: - Record of 24-16-3-1 (13th in the AHL, 2nd in the North Division)
- Average Goals Against - 2.68 (12th in the AHL)
- Average Goals For - 2.82 (16th in the AHL)
- Power Play - 18.5% (8th in the AHL)
- Penalty Kill - 84.9% (11th in the AHL)
- PIM - 769 (12th in the AHL)
October Leaders: - Goals - Ferland (4)
- Assists - Ferland (5)
- Points - Ferland (9)
- PPG - Granlund/Hathaway (2)
- PPA - Culkin (3)
- Shots on Goal - Reinhart (30)
- SH% - Stevenson (20%)
November Leaders: - Goals - Hanowski (9)
- Assists - Arnold/Culkin/Cundari (7)
- Points - Hanowski/Arnold (12)
- PPG - Hanowski/Arnold/Hathaway (3)
- PPA - Cundari (6)
- Shots on Goal - Hanowski (49)
- SH% - Poirier (20%)
December Leaders: - Goals - Hanowski (11)
- Assists - Culkin (14)
- Points - Poirier (19)
- PPG - Hanowski/Hathaway (4)
- PPA - Culkin (9)
- Shots on Goal - Reinhart (83)
- SH% - Poirier (18.5%)
January Leaders: - Goals - Hanowski/Poirier/Wolf (12)
- Assists - Shore (23)
- Points - Shore (32)
- PPG - Hathaway (5)
- PPA - Shore (11)
- Shots on Goal - Reinhart (100)
- SH% - Grandlund (18.2%)
Goalie Stats for October:
Ortio - 3-3-1 with a 4.16 GAA and .879 SV%
Thiessen - 0-2-0 with a 2.98 GAA and .912 SV%
Goalie Stats for November :
Ortio - 9-4-1 with a 3.17 GAA, .900 SV% and 1 SO
(Stats for November were 6-1-0 with a 2.22 GAA, .924 SV% and 1 SO)
Thiessen - 3-4-0 with a 2.63 GAA and .919 SV%)
(Stats for November were 3-2-0 with a 2.48 GAA and .923 SV%)
Goalie Stats for December:
Ortio - 16-7-1 with a 2.56 GAA, .916 SV% and 3 SO
(Stats for December were 7-3-0 with a 1.70 GAA, .940 SV% and 2 SO)
Thiessen - 4-6-1 with a 2.48 GAA and a .922 SV%
(Stats for December were 1-2-1 with a 2.22 GAA and a .928 SV%)
Goalie Stats for January:
Ortio - 19-8-1 with a 2.45 GAA, .918 SV% and 3 SO
(Stats for January were 3-1-0 with a 1.76 GAA and a .937 SV%)
Thiessen - 5-7-3 with a 2.68 GAA, .914 SV% and 1 SO
(Stats for January were 1-1-2 with a 3.22 GAA, .887 and 1 SO)
Carr - 0-1-0 with a 3.09 GAA and a .906 SV%
Drury18's Player of the Month for January: David Wolf. With 7G and 2A in the 8 games in January prior to his call up to Calgary, Wolf became an unexpected offensive leader for the Adirondack Flames. Wolf scored points in 6 straight games and goals in 4 straight. Amazingly, during this streak Wolf did not record a single penalty minute and has not recorded a penalty since December 31st. Wolf also proved to be a versatile player during this time as he played with a number of linemates including Ferland, Poirier, Reinhart, McGrattan, Elson and Van Brabant while accumulating the points.
Honourable Mention: Emile Poirier. Yes, here is his name again. This kid is just like the Energizer Bunny. He keeps going and going and going. With 2G, 6A in 8 games, he was the 2nd highest scorer in January on the Adirondack Flames. If not for Drew Shore joining the team earlier this month, Poirier would be the points leader and points per game leader on the Flames. At the All Star Weekend, Poirier was the 2nd fastest skater in the AHL All Star Skills Competition and contributed 1G and 2A in the All Star Game.
Corey Potter should also be mentioned as he had 5A in 6GP in January. In fact, most of the Flames defence should be recognized as they were in on 17 of the 28 goals scored in January. Quite a bit of our offense actually came from the defence or originated from good plays by our defencemen. Yonkman, Ramage, Culkin, Potter, Acolaste and Wotherspoon were all involved in the January scoring.