[GDT] Flames vs Admirals - Saturday Jan 17 @ 5:00pm (MST)

[Drury18]

Adirondack Flames (22-15-2-1) vs Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville Predators) (21-12-2-3)

#28- Ben Hanowski

Hanowski. a RW from Little Falls, MN, was acquired by the Flames in the Jarome Iginla trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins selected Hanowski in the 2009 Entry Draft in the 3rd round (63rd overall). Ben's success in hockey started early when he played for the Little Falls High School hockey team and became the all time leading scorer in Minnesota High School history amassing 405 points in 117 and won the Minnesota Player of the Year in 2008-09. He was also a finalist for the Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award (highest award given for hockey in Minnesota). After High School, Hanowski continued to put up points with the St. Cloud State Huskies where he accumulated 113 points in 156 games. He was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scholar athlete in 2012, made the all-WCHA Academic team twice (2011 and 2012) and was on the Dean's List. Serving as team Captain in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, his team made a semi-final appearance in the Frozen Four tournament in 2013. After losing in the semi final, he signed with the Flames and made his NHL debut April 15, 2013 scoring a goal in his first NHL game. Hanowski graduated from St. Cloud with a degree in Finance.

Game Notes:

• This is the 2nd and final meeting of the season between the Admirals and Flames. The Flames beat Admirals 3-1 on December 12th.
• The Flames have won 2 of their last 5; The Admirals have won 6 straight
• Flames players looking to snap pointless streaks: Gillies (12 games), Cundari (7 games), Ferland (7 games) and Reinhart (4 games)

Roster Notes:

• Markus Granlund (F) , Joni Ortio (G) and Drew Shore (F) are up with the Flames
• DEL - Drew Shore (F) - Recalled to NHL Flames. Unlikely to return to Adirondack
• ADD - Brian McGrattan (F) - Assigned to AHL Flames and has reported
• ADD - Taylor Vause (F) - Recalled from Colorado
• The Flames now have 16 forwards (14 healthy), 9 defencemen (8 healthy) and 2 goalies on the roster
• Scratches for Tonight: McGrattan, Gillies, Stevenson, Sieloff, Acolatse, Setoguchi and Arnold
• Thiessen (G) will get the start tonight

Standings:

• Adirondack sits in 7th (out of 30 teams) with 47 points and 2nd in the North Division 6 points behind Utica.
• Overall PP is 9th in the AHL at 18.0 % (30/167). Home PP is 8th at 18.9%; Road PP is 17th at 16.9%
• Overall PK is 8th in the AHL at 85.7 % (144/168). Home PK is 17th at 83.1%; Road PK is 6th at 88.2%
• Poirier (F) is 6th in Rookie Points with 12G, 12A and 24 PTS and 2nd for Rookie Goals (12)
• Arnold (F) is 14th in Rookie Points with 9G, 12A and 21 PTS
• Culkin (D) is tied for 2nd in Rookie PP Assists (9) and tied for 2nd in overall Defencemen PP Assists

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Agostino - 1G, 2A in 4GP
• Arnold - 4G, 5A in 12GP - Injured
• Baertschi - 5G, 12A in 19GP
• Culkin - 9A in 15GP
• Hanowski - 1G, 2A in 3GP
• Poirier - 7G, 5A in 13GP
• Potter - 2A in 4GP
• Wolf - 2G, 1A in 3 GP

Injuries:

• Devin Setoguchi (Sports Hernia Surgery) - Out for Season
• Bill Arnold (Separated Shoulder) - Out 1-2 Months

Preview from the Adirondack Flames : http://www.adirondackflames.com/news/?article_id=174

Preview from the Milwaukee Admirals : http://www.milwaukeeadmirals.com/med...186-011715.pdf

Listen Live : http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WCQL

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHLFlames

[Caged Great]

two good teams, should be fun.

[Drury18]

Unfortunately, I won't be around for this game or next Saturday's game due to family commitments.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Looking forward to it. And finally at a time when the two Flames teams don't conflict.

[Racki]

https://twitter.com/dianacnearhos/st...75852410859521


Surprised to see Big Ern getting the healthy his first day there.

[savardandjokinen]

We sent mcgrattan down to play more games...

[savardandjokinen]

I wish there was a adirondack flames app.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by iggysback05

https://twitter.com/dianacnearhos/st...75852410859521


Surprised to see Big Ern getting the healthy his first day there.

he literally just got there, if he practiced today it would be his first with the team.

[DOOM]

Yea, im pretty sure I heard on the FAN960 that they were working on some Visa issues, that's probably what the delay was.

[Drury18]

Yes, there was some immigration paperwork that needed to be done. Not that uncommon when a Canadian based player goes to a U.S. team.

As far as I know, he has not practiced as he could not until the work visa was sorted.

[Scoutski]

Thanks for the write-up Drury. I'll be listening to this one while I work on some stuff at home, G(A)FG!

[Caged Great]

I really like these white/black and pink Addy jerseys.

[Caged Great]

Flames get a shot on net early.

[Scoutski]

Sounds like a pretty good start so far...

[Caged Great]

Sven made an excellent play to generate a scoring chance that fizzled out.

[Caged Great]

It's been a slow start to the game. The Flames have been the better team, but haven't generated anything significant.

[Caged Great]

Sven and Poirier were going in on a two on one but it was called offside. I think it was Reinhart that went offside (it was a turnover at the blueline that caused the 2 on 1)

[Caged Great]

Lots of neutral zone play, neither team has had any sustained pressure. 5 - 4 shots for Flames at the halfway mark.

[Caged Great]

Flames going to the PP. Sven was tripped.

[Caged Great]

Addy hasn't scored on the PP in 5 games and Milwaukee hasn't surrendered one in 4