[GDT] Flames vs Rampage - Tuesday Jan 6 @ 5:00pm (MST)

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Adirondack Flames (21-14-1-1) vs San Antonio Rampage (Florida Panthers) (19-11-3-0)

#45 - David Wolf

Wolf, an undrafted LW from Dusseldorf, Germany, signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames in May of 2014. Prior to playing with the Flames, Wolf was with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga where he was the most penalized player for two of his last three seasons. His physical play has gotten him into trouble in Germany as he was suspended for 7 games, fined heavily and investigated for criminal assault after knocking out 6 teeth of an opponent's during a fight. He was later cleared of those charges. David has also competed with the German National Team playing in both the World Under 18 Championship in 2007 and the World Junior Championship in 2009. Wolf had previously been invited to the Toronto Maple Leafs development camp in 2012, however he was released without a contract offer. His passion for the game of hockey can be easily found as he has "Hockey Is My Life" tattooed on his arm.

Game Notes:

• This is the 2nd of 4 meetings between the two teams. They will play the final two games as a back to back series in San Antonio in March.
• The Flames won the first game of the series 7-6.
• The Flames have won 3 of their last 5 games; The Rampage have won 3 of their last 6.
• Flames players looking to snap pointless streaks: Gillies (11 games), Hanowski (6 games), Wolf (6 games) and Elson (6 games)

Roster Notes:

• Markus Granlund (F) and Corey Potter (D) are up with the Calgary Flames .
• The Flames now have 16 forwards, 8 defencemen and 2 goalies on the roster
• Ortio (G) will start tonight
• Scratches look to be: Reinhart (Flu), Vause (Healthy), Stevenson (Healthy), Sieloff (Injured) and Setoguchi (Injured)
  

Standings:

• Adirondack sits in 8th (out of 30 teams) with 44 points and 2nd in the North Division 5 points behind Utica.
• Overall PP is 7th in the AHL at 18.8 % (30/160). Home PP is 5th at 20.2%; Road PP is 18th at 17.1%
• Overall PK is 2nd in the AHL at 87.5 % (133/152). Home PK is 8th at 86.1%; Road PK is 4th at 88.8%
• Ortio (G) is 2nd in the AHL in wins (16), 3rd in the AHL for minutes played (1510:58), 3rd for saves (685) and 2nd for shutouts (3).
• Thiessen (G) is ranked as the 15th best goalie in the AHL with his 2.27 GAA and .927 SV%
• Poirier (F) is 10th in Rookie Points with 10G, 10A and 20 PTS and tied for 3rd for Rookie Goals (10)
• Arnold (F) is 12th in Rookie Points with 9G, 11A and 20 PTS and tied for 4th for Rookie Goals (9)
• Culkin (D) is tied for 2nd in Rookie PP Assists (9) and tied for 2nd in overall Defencemen PP Assists

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Arnold - 4G, 4A in 10GP
• Baertschi - 4G, 10A in 15GP
• Culkin - 7A in 12GP
• Knight - 4G in 7GP
• Poirier - 5G, 3A in 11GP
• Granlund - 3G in 4GP - Recalled by Flames
• Potter - 3A in 5GP - Recalled by Flames

Injuries:

• Devin Setoguchi (Undisclosed) - Unknown. Has not practiced since Dec 10.
• Patrick Sieloff (Undisclosed) - Unknown. Not attending practice.

Preview from the Adirondack Flames : http://www.adirondackflames.com/news/?article_id=158

Preview from the San Antonio Rampage: http://www.sarampage.com/features/?article_id=2919

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

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[Drury18]

There could be more some scratches or lineup shuffles as the game nears. The flu looks to be going through the room as guys are now being assigned their own water bottles.

Reinhart is the latest victim of it. He had yesterday's practice off as a "maintenance day" and returned this morning but will be out due to the illness.

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Lines from Warmups:

Baertschi-Arnold-Poirier
Wolf-Elson-Van Brabant
Ferland-Knight-Hanowski
Agostino-Tousignant-Hathaway

Culkin-Acolatse
Cundari-Yonkman
Wotherspoon-Ramage
Ortio

It's also being reported that Reinhart is injured, Setoguchi is injured, Sieloff is "unknown" and Stevenson, Vause and Gillies are all healthy scratches.

[Flame19,289]

Diana Nearhos tweeted this morning that Reinhart was back.
And now he's injured?
Or is he just still out with the flu?

[Drury18]

The PBP guy said that Reinhart had a maintenance day yesterday and returned to skate today, but would be out tonight.

I'd guess that's probably the flu. If it's bad enough they are issuing individual water bottles, it's probably a bad one.

[Drury18]

Starters:

Ortio
Cundari-Yonkman
Wolf-Elson-Van Brabant

[Drury18]

Game On!

[Drury18]

Hanowski almost had a squeaker there. Hano tosses it on net as Ellis was moving across.

Ferland going to the box for high sticking. Flames to the PK. Rampage has a killer PP.

[Drury18]

Ortio looking sharp so far as he's being tested now on this PP.

Rampage move the puck well and get themselves set up and start firing.

Flames PK needs to be sharp tonight to keep this streak going.

[Caged Great]

Ortio with a good save on the PK. San Antonio is one of the top PP teams

[Drury18]

It's killed.

Bumps it up to 49 of the last 50 penalties killed.

[Drury18]

Wotherspoon with a shot from the point and the rebound just sat there and no one saw it.

The Rampage goalie doesn't look to good so far. Flames with only 3 or 4 shots, and he's fumbled 2 of them.

[Drury18]

Last game the score was 7-6.

We are about 5 minutes into the 1st here and the teams are tied at 6-6 for shots.

Could be another wild ride tonight.

[Caged Great]

Both these teams are not afraid to get the puck on net, 8 minutes in it's been fast and furious for both sides

[Drury18]

Both teams are doing a good job of playing well in the neutral zone. Lots of broken up plays for both teams resulting in rushes for the other team.

The ice looks like it's playing odd tonight too. Lots of bouncing pucks.

[Caged Great]

The SA goalie is looking shaky.

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

The SA goalie is looking shaky.

He needs some screening. He's having issues when seeing the puck, blind him and he will be completely handcuffed.

[Caged Great]

Ramage fell over leading to a 2 on 1, but they messed it up

[Drury18]

Flames goal!

1-0

Acolaste from Tousignant

[Caged Great]

Score, acolatse