[GDT] Flames vs Monsters - Saturday April 11 @ 5pm (MDT) & Sunday April 12 @ 3pm (MDT
Adirondack Flames (34-29-6-2) vs Lake Erie Monsters (Colorado Avalanche) (31-28-8-4)
Saturday April 11th @ 5:00pm MDT
Sunday April 12th @ 3:00pm MDT
Game Notes:
This is the final two meetings of the season between the teams
Flames lead the season series 2-0 outscoring the Monsters 7-4
Flames have won 3 of their last 6; Monsters have lost 4 straight
The Flames need at least one win in these weekend games to keep any playoff hope alive. Several teams can clinch a spot today with an Adirondack loss leaving only the 8th spot up for grabs (currently held by the Marlies with 79 points)
Roster Notes:
DEL - Corey Potter (D), Markus Granlund (F), Drew Shore (F), Michael Ferland (F) Tyler Wotherspoon (D), Joni Ortio (G), David Wolf (F), Brett Kulak (D), Emile Poirier (F) and John Ramage (D) - Called up to NHL Flames
DEL – Brian McGrattan (F) – Leave of Absence due to birth of 1st child
ADD - Brad Thiessen (G) - Reassigned by the Flames (arrived this morning with team)
ADD - Christopher Lalonde (F) and Taran Kozun (G) - Signed to PTO
The Flames now have 17 forwards, 8 defencemen and 4 goalies on the roster
Standings:
Adirondack sits in 21st (out of 30 teams) with 76 points and 4th in the North Division 19 points behind Utica, 3 points behind Toronto and 2 points behind Hamilton
Adirondack sits 11th in the Western Conference, 3 points out of a playoff spot.
Overall PP is 4th in the AHL at 19.4% (55/283). Home PP is 10th at 17.6%; Road PP is 4th at 21.3%
Overall PK is 18th in the AHL at 82.9% (257/310). Home PK is 28th at 79.7%; Road PK is 14th at 85.3%
Agostino (F) is 13th in Rookie Scoring (13G, 27A), 1st for Shorthanded Goals (3), 1st for Shorthanded Points (4) and the Flames team leader in points
Poirier (F) is 14th in Rookie Scoring (17G, 22A) and 5th in Rookie Shooting % (16.8%)
Wolf (F) is 17th in Rookie Scoring (19G, 17A), 2nd in Rookie PIM (152) and 4th in Rookie Shooting % (17.4%)
Hathaway (F) is 19th in Rookie Scoring (19G, 16A), tied for 4th in Rookie PP Goals (5) and tied for 2nd for Rookie Shorthanded Goals (2) and tied for 2nd in Rookie Shorthanded Points (3)
Culkin (D) is tied for 4th in Rookie PP Assists (10)
Point Streaks and Notables:
Arnold - 2G, 6A in 6GP
Acolaste - 5G, 13A in 24GP
Agostino - 9G, 17A in 24GP
Cundari - 5G, 14A in 21GP
Elson - 8G, 4A in 17GP
Ferland - 2G in 2 GP - Recalled to Calgary
Granlund - 9G, 8A in 18GP - Recalled to Calgary
Hanowski - 4G in 9GP - Injured
Hathaway - 4G, 2A in 6GP
Kulak - 1G, 5A in 9GP - Recalled to Flames
McGrattan - 4A in 6 GP - On Leave
Morrison - 1G, 4A in 6GP
Poirier - 2G, 6A in 4GP - Recalled to Flames
Potter - 5A in 9GP - Recalled to Flames
Reinhart - 4G, 5A in 6GP
Wolf - 5G, 5A in 11GP - Recalled to Flames
Injuries:
Ryan Culkin (Wrist/Tendon Injury) - Injured 02/07. Out for Season. Surgery on 02/10. Starting physical therapy 03/03. Skated without a stick on 04/09.
Bryce Van Brabant (Upper Body Injury) - Injured 03/14. Out for season. Surgery in late March.
Devin Setoguchi (Unknown) – Has missed a couple games and practices. Appears to be injured.
Ben Hanowski (Unknown) – Has missed a couple games and practices. Appears to be injured.
Holy crap what a scrap by Yevenko haha. Maggio must have a head like Homer Simpson, he should have been knocked out cold by a couple of those shots he took. As a college player, Yevenko shouldn't be accustomed to fighting either really, so even more impressive. Anyone watch the game, how does he look overall?
Also good to see Agostino, Arnold and Hathaway continuing to hit the scoresheet despite the loss.
Morrison still putting up numbers too so far. Nice, hopefully that is a sign of things to come.
Holy crap what a scrap by Yevenko haha. Maggio must have a head like Homer Simpson, he should have been knocked out cold by a couple of those shots he took. As a college player, Yevenko shouldn't be accustomed to fighting either really, so even more impressive. Anyone watch the game, how does he look overall?
Also good to see Agostino, Arnold and Hathaway continuing to hit the scoresheet despite the loss.
Morrison still putting up numbers too so far. Nice, hopefully that is a sign of things to come.
That's exactly what I thought watching that Yevenko fight. How is Maggio still upright?! That was old school. Love it.
Maggio is no stranger to fighting either. He had 21 fighting majors on the season coming into this game and 193 penalty minutes. He has 524 PIM's in 120 AHL GP.
I just couldn't get over Maggio with his equipment and jersey all over the ice and basically only wearing his skates and pants to the penalty box and Yevenko still had his helmet on.
That was a crazy fight by Yevenko. Not bad for his first hockey fight in maybe 4 years. Maggio is a pretty tough customer too, I think he had a good fight with Bollig in the preseason.
If Yevenko can play hockey, it'll be great to have a bottom pairing guy who can throw like that.
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Calgary Flames, PLEASE GO TO THE NET! AND SHOOT THE PUCK! GENERATING OFFENSE IS NOT DIFFICULT! SKATE HARD, SHOOT HARD, CRASH THE NET HARD!
Nice to see Sieloff taking advantage of the other guys being out, and getting himself on the score sheet two straight games. Did he just double his output on the season in two games?
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"Game has ebbs and flows"
"Thought we worked harder then the other team"
"We are playing well"
"We only focus on ourselves"
"We aren't watching what other teams are doing"
"We play in a tough division"
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