[GDT] Flames vs Stars - Friday Dec 5 @ 5:00pm (MST)

[Drury18]

Adirondack Flames (12-9-1-0) vs Texas Stars (Dallas Stars) (7-6-7-0)


#16 - Mathieu Tousignant
Tousignant is an undrafted Centre signed to an AHL contract who has spent the past 7 years playing in the AHL and ECHL after finishing in the QMJHL. Tousignant is more known for his physical play then his points as in his 278 game AHL career he's amassed 28G, 38A and 437 PIM.

Game Notes:

• This is the first of 2 meetings between the Flames and Stars this year. They will meet again April 1st
• The Stars (2014 Calder Cup Champions) are not the same threat as they were last season and no longer the powerhouse of the AHL. Currently, they have only won 1 game in their last 10.
• The Flames will look to bounce back from a 3 game losing skid.
• Last season, the Heat and Stars met 8 times with the Stars taking the season series 5-3 and outscoring the Heat 29-16 in those games. Three of those games saw one team scoring more than 7 goals in the game. References to a 1970's horror film were made repeatedly.

Roster Notes:

• Markus Granlund (F), Sven Baertschi (F) and Michael Ferland (F) are up with the Calgary Flames.
• Corban Knight (F) was reassigned to Adirondack and will be in the lineup.

Standings:

• Adirondack sits in 11th (out of 30 teams) in the AHL and 2nd in the North Division
• PP is 4th in the AHL at 21.9% (23/105)
• PK is 14th in the AHL at 82.3% (79/96)
• Ortio (G) is tied for 2nd in the AHL in wins (9), 3rd in the AHL for minutes played (909:25) and 5th for saves (424)
• Poirier (F) is 4th in rookie shooting percentage with 19.2%
• Hanowski (F) and Poirier (F) lead the team with 19.2% shooting percentage
  

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Arnold - 2G, 1A in 4GP
• Culkin - 1G, 7A in 9GP
• Cundari 7A in 9GP
• Hanowski - 7G in 9GP
• Knight - 4G, 2A in 8GP
• Poirier - 5G, 7A in 13GP
• Setoguchi - 1G, 1A in 1GP
• Vause - 1G, 3A in 7GP
• Wolf - 2G, 5A in 10GP - Injured
• Wotherspoon - 3A in 5GP
• Baertschi - 3A in 3GP - Recalled by Flames
• Ferland - 3G, 5A in 5 GP - Recalled by Flames
• Granlund - 3G in 4GP - Recalled by Flames
  

Injuries:

• Ken Agostino (Facial Injury) - Day to Day. Practicing with the team.
• David Wolf (Head/Neck) - Unknown. Returned to practice on Wednesday.
• Dustin Stevenson (Unknown) - Unknown. Is not skating with team.
• John Ramage (Unknown) - Unknown. Is not skating with team.
• Patrick Sieloff (Hand?) - Unknown. Returned to practice on Wednesday.
• Tyler Spurgeon (Lower Body Injury) - Unknown. Is not skating with team.

Preview from the Adirondack Flames:

Preview from the Texas Stars:

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[sureLoss]

Diana C. Nearhos @dianacnearhos
Ramage is back. Spurgeon and Stevenson are still out. Wolf is still in yellow.

[sureLoss]

Diana C. Nearhos @dianacnearhos
Looks like Gillies, Reid, Ramage and Sieloff will be tonight's healthy scratches. Wolf is still an injured scratch (and Stevenson, Spurgeon)

[flamesfan55]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Diana C. Nearhos @dianacnearhos
Looks like Gillies, Reid, Ramage and Sieloff will be tonight's healthy scratches. Wolf is still an injured scratch (and Stevenson, Spurgeon)

I haven't been following the him much this year but is it surprising to see Sieloff as a healthy scratch?

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by flamesfan55

I haven't been following the him much this year but is it surprising to see Sieloff as a healthy scratch?

The Flames have too many defencemen and not enough spots to play each of them every night. They carry 9 on their roster and most of them are rookies or have little experience so Huska rotates them in and out of the lineup. He'll probably sit 2 games, play 2 games as the rotation has been so far this season.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Please no Texas ChainSTARS Massacre. Please no Texas ChainSTARS Massacre. Please no Texas ChainSTARS Massacre.

[sureLoss]

Hathaway-Reinhart-Setoguchi
Van Brabant-Arnold-Elson
Hanowski-Knight-Poirier
Agostino-Tousignant-Vause.

Cundari-Potter,
Wotherspoon-Yonkman,
Culkin-Acolatse.
Ortio.

[sureLoss]

Flames up 1-0 1:34

Goal by Vause

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Very heady backhand pass to Vause by Tousignant. I'm loving this Vause kid. He's got skill for sure.

Scored versus his old team too.

[sureLoss]

Oh Flames are facing Anders Lindback. That should be an advantage for them.

[Drury18]

Not the same Stars team, that's for sure.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Off topic, but Taylor Vause may have the best Twitter handle of all time: @WizardOfVause

[Drury18]

Those Bronco Teddy Bear jerseys he was posting were pretty sweet.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Those Bronco Teddy Bear jerseys he was posting were pretty sweet.

Very nice. He seems like a real character if his Twitter account is any indication. Saying he went as a hockey player for Halloween for the 10th year in a row... I got a kick out of that. In Cranbrook, every boy goes as a hockey player at least once.

[Drury18]

Man, this really doesn't look like the Stars team of last year. Where's the suffocating offense?

[Drury18]

Stars Goal

1-1

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Man, this really doesn't look like the Stars team of last year. Where's the suffocating offense?

You jinxed it!

[Drury18]

The sad part is that was barely a shot on goal and one of those things that just slid in.

It wasn't even that nice.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Man, this really doesn't look like the Stars team of last year. Where's the suffocating offense?

No MacKenzie, Sceviour, Mueller, Hedden, or Oleksiak.

Four of their top five scorers from last season are now with Dallas or elsewhere. That's going to leave a dent for sure.

...Not that I'm complaining. Screw the Stars.

[Drury18]

Flames going to the PP!

Strongski going to to the box.