monarchs weekly report : april 14 - 20, 2014

8/12/2019 Monarchs Weekly Report : April 14 - 20, 2014

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weekly reporApril 14 - April 20, 20

A LOOK AHEAD (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Day Date Opponent (Time) Radio (Times) Video OnlineFri. 4/25 vs. Norfolk (7:00 p.m.) WGIR (6:30 p.m.) www.ahllive.com

Sat. 4/26 vs. Norfolk (7:00 p.m.) WGIR (6:30 p.m.) www.ahllive.com

*Audio web casts of Monarchs games are also available at www.WGIRAM.comandwww.manchestermonarchs.com/listenlive.

A LOOK BACK AT

Day Date Opponent Result Monarchs Goals Monarchs Goaltender (Svs/Sho

Fri. 4/18 @ Providence 2-1 L Livingston Berube (22/24)

MONARCHS STATISTICAL LEADERS

This Season This Week

Points Weal 70 Dowd, Fraser, Livingston - 1

Goals ONeill 26 Livingston - 1

Assists Weal - 47 Dowd, Fraser - 1Power Play 51-for-313, 16.3% 1-for-2, 50%

Penalty Killing 264-for-324, 81.5% 4-for-5, 80%

Goalies Games Played W-L-SOL GAA

Patrik Bartosak 4 3-1-0 1.75

Mathias Niederberger 6 1-1-1 2.92

xMartin Jones 22 16-3-3 2.13

J.F. Berube 48 28-17-2 2.37

LAST WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

@ Portland (4/9): The Manchester Monarchs nished the 2013-14 regular season with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Providence Brui

the Dunkin Donuts Center on Friday night. Right wing James Livingston scored the lone goal for the Monarchs. Left wing Matt F

recorded both of the goals for the Bruins. Monarchs goaltender J.F. Berube (28-17-2) took his 17th loss of the season, stopping 224 shots. Bruins netminder Niklas Svedberg (25-15-4) earned his 25th win of the season, making 16 saves on 17 shots he faced i

game. Manchester was 1-for-2 on the power play. Providence went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES

The Manchester Monarchs(48-19-3-6) nished rst in the Atlantic Divisionwith 105 points. The St. Johns IceCaps (46-23-2-5) n

second in the division with 99 points. The Providence Bruins(40-25-2-9) nished third in the Atlantic Division with 91 points. The Worc

Sharks(36-34-4-2) nished fourth in the Atlantic Division with 78 points. The Portland Pirates(24-39-3-10) nished fth in the division

61 points.

Manchester will face the Norfolk Admiralsin the 2014 Calder Cup Eastern Conference Quarternals. The best-of-ve series begins

weekend in Manchester with two games on Friday and Saturday before heading to Norfolk for three potential games. Manchester had a

0-0 record against the Admirals this season. The home team won in all four contests between the two teams.

The Monarchs nished the season tied for 19th place in the American Hockey Leagueon the power play with 51 goals on 313 attem

Manchester nished the season ranked 19th in the league on the penalty kill stopping their opponent 264-of-324 times.

The Monarchs had the most success on Saturdays (20-6-0-1) during the regular season.

The Monarchs were undefeated (6-0-0-0) at home in the month of March.

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MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES (CONTINUED)

Center Jordan Weal(23-47=70) led the Monarchs with 47 assists and 70 points this season.

Weal nished the season tied for fourth place in the AHL with 47 assists.

Weal ranked fth in the AHL with 70 points.

Weal ranked second on the Monarchs with 23 goals.

Weal, center Linden Vey(14-34=48), right wing Brian ONeill(26-21=47), right wing Zach OBrien(10-19=29), and right wingTyler To

(15-8=23) each tied for rst place on the Monarchs with four game-winning goals this season.

Weal also ranked second amongst forwards in the AHL with a plus/minus rating of plus-28.

Weal recorded his rst professional hat trick, collecting three goals in the Monarchs 4-3 overtime win over the Pirates on Saturday, April

Vey nished the season ranked second on the Monarchs with 48 points.

Vey ranked second on the team with 34 assists.

Vey also collected ve assists in 18 games with theLos Angeles Kingsthis season. He was recalled to Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 1

ONeill ranked third on the Monarchs with 47 points this season.

ONeill led the team with 26 goals.

ONeill registered his rst two professional hat tricks in consecutive weekends, collecting three goals in both the Monarchs 4-2 win ove

Adirondack Phantomson Friday, March 7 and in a 7-0 victory over the Bridgeport Sound Tigerson Friday, March 14.

ONeill led all AHL skaters with 12 goals in the month of March.

ONeill also ranked rst amongst forwards in the AHL this season with a plus/minus rating of plus-31 .

Forward Nick Shore(14-24=38) ranked fourth on the Monarchs with 38 points.

Shore, left wing Andy Andreoff(11-24=35), and defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk(8-24=32) nished the season tied for fourth plac

the team with 24 assists each.

Defenseman Brayden McNabb(10-26=36) ranked fth on the Monarchs with 36 points this season.

McNabbs 26 assists ranked third on the team.

Andreoff ranked sixth on the Monarchs with 35 points.

Andreoff led the Monarchs with 133 penalty minutes.

Bodnarchuk and left wing Tanner Pearson(17-15=32) nished the season tied for seventh place on the Monarchs with 32 points each

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Bodnarchuk led the Monarchs and the AHL with a plus/minus rating of plus-43.

Bodnarchuk became the Monarchs all-time leader in plus/minus this season, with an overall career rating of plus-60.

Pearson ranked third on the team with 17 goals this season.

Pearson recorded three goals and four assists for seven points in 25 games with the Kings this season. He was recalled to Los Angele

Tuesday, February 18.

OBrien ranked ninth on the Monarchs with 29 points this season.

OBrien recorded his rst four-point game of the season, collecting two goals and two assists against Bridgeport on Friday, March 14.

Right wings Sean Backman(10-16=26) and Scott Sabourin(12-14=26) nished the season tied for 10th place on the Monarchs witpoints each.

Sabourin ranked second on the team with 115 penalty minutes this season.

Toffoli and right wing James Livingston(8-15=23) were tied for 12th place on the team with 23 points each this season.

Toffoli registered 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points in 62 games with the Kings this season. He was recalled to Los Angeles on Tue

February 18.

Toffoli has also appeared in two games with the Kings during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the San Jose Sharks.

DefensemanVincent LoVerde(2-18=20) nished the season ranked 14th on the team with 20 points.

LoVerde ranked second on the Monarchs and tied for second in the AHL with a plus-37 rating this season.

Defenseman Andrew Campbell(3-13=16) is the all-time games played leader in Monarchs history with 414 games played. He is the

player in franchise history to play in at least 400 games.

Campbell was named the teams winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Yearaward on Wednesday, April 2.

Campbell was recalled by the Kings for the rst time on Saturday, April 5. He made his National Hockey Leaguedebut with Los Ang

on Saturday against theVancouver Canucks. He played in three games with the Kings before being reassigned to Manchester on Apri

Center Colin Fraser(3-3=6) made his Monarchs debut against the Springeld Falconson Friday, February 21. The veteran forward

played in 358 NHL games with the Kings, Edmonton Oilers, and Chicago Blackhawks, and has two Stanley Cupchampionships o

resume.

Fraser scored his rst goal in a Monarchs uniform in a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Saturday, February 22. The last AHL goal he scored

for the Rockford IceHogswhen he collected a goal and two assists in the teams 5-3 win over the Iowa Starson April 13, 2008.

Goaltender Martin Jonesmade his NHL debut with the Kings against the Anaheim Duckson Tuesday, December 3. He backstopped

Kings to a 3-2 shootout victory, including going 9-for-9 in the shootout.

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Jones picked up his rst NHL shutout by stopping all 16 shots he faced in the Kings 3-0 victory over the New York Islanderson SatuDecember 7.

The rookie netminder then stopped all 31 shots he faced in the Kings 6-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadienson Tuesday, December 1

n 19 games with the Kings, Jones collected a record of 12-6-0, a .934 save percentage, a 1.81 goals-against-average, and four shutouts

was recalled to Los Angeles on Monday, February 24.

Jones made his NHL playoff debut with the Kings against the Sharks on Thursday, April 17. He made four saves on four shots in 18 min

and 26 seconds of action.

Jones eight wins tied the NHL record for consecutive winning games to start an NHL career with netminder Bob Froesewho won his rst

games with the Philadelphia Flyersduring the 1982-83 season.

Jones is the rst goaltender in NHL history to allow an average of less than one goal per game while winning the rst eight appearanc

his career.

Jones is the third goaltender in NHL history to record three shutouts in his rst six starts. Goaltender Flat Walshaccomplished the

with the New York Americansduring the 1928-29 season and netminder Frank Brimsekdid it with the Boston Bruinsduring the 193

season.

Jones collected an overall record of 16-3-3 with a 2.13 goals-against-average, a .928 save percentage, and two shutouts in 22 games

the Monarchs this season.

Jones ranks in the top 10 all-time in the following Monarchs goaltending categories:

Games played 158 rst place

Wins 84 rst place

Losses 57 rst place

Ties/Shootout Losses 10 second place

Goals-against-average 2.42 eighth place

Save percentage .921 tied for seventh place

Shutouts 12 third place

Saves 4,280 rst place

Goaltender J.F. Beruberegistered a 14-8-2 record in 24 consecutive starts during Jones rst stint with the Kings.

Berube set a franchise record for consecutive appearances by a goaltender with 20 games on December 29. His current record-se

streak sits at 24 consecutive games. He surpassed the feat of 19 games set by netminders Travis Scottfrom February 19 March 22, 2

and Jason LaBarberafrom November 19 December 29, 2006.

Berube collected a 28-17-2 record with a 2.37 goals-against-average and a .913 save percentage and three shutouts in 48 games wit

Monarchs this season.

Berube nished the season ranked fth in the AHL with 2789:38 minutes played, third with 28 wins, and ninth with a 2.37 goals-aga

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Berube recorded his rst AHL shutout by stopping all 28 shots he faced in the Monarchs 6-0 win over the IceCaps on Saturday, JanuaryHe recorded his second shutout by stopping all 23 shots he faced the 7-0 victory over Bridgeport on Friday, March 14. His registered his

career shutout by stopping 23-of-23 shots against the Pirates on Saturday, April 12.

Berube was recalled by the Kings for the rst time on February 7. He was reassigned to Manchester on Monday, February 24.

Goaltender Patrik Bartosak made his AHL debut in relief duty against Portland on Saturday, March 29. In four games this seaso

collected a 3-1-0 record, a 1.75 goals-against-average, a .941 save percentage and one shutout.

Bartosak earned his rst shutout stopping all 29 shots he faced in the Monarchs 5-0 win over the Pirates on Wednesday, April 9.

Monarchs Transactions

4/15/14 The Los Angeles Kings (NHL) recalled center Linden Vey from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL)

4/14/14 The Los Angeles Kings (NHL) reassigned defenseman Andrew Campbell to the Monchester Monarchs (AHL).4/8/14 The Los Angeles Kings (NHL) reassigned center Linden Vey to the Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from the Ontatio Reign (ECHL)

4/5/14 The Los Angeles Kings (NHL) recalled defenseman Andrew Campbell from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL).

4/5/14 The Manchester Monarchs (AHL) recalled goaltender Mathias Niederberger from the Ontario Reign (ECHL).

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Manchester Monarchs Team Stats as of 4-21-14

No. Players Pos. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG19 Jordan Weal C 76 23 47 70 28 42 7 0

x9 Linden Vey C 43 14 34 48 8 20 6 1

23 Brian O'Neill RW 60 26 21 47 31 39 4 2

x4 Nick Deslauriers LW 60 18 21 39 3 76 2 0

37 Nick Shore C 68 14 24 38 18 36 3 1

44 Brayden McNabb D 52 10 26 36 14 63 5 1

12 Andy Andreoff LW 76 11 24 35 5 133 3 2

x14 Tanner Pearson LW 41 17 15 32 11 18 6 0

7 Andrew Bodnarchuk D 73 8 24 32 43 89 4 1

x15 Brandon Kozun RW 43 10 19 29 1 38 1 1

10 Zach O'Brien RW 49 10 19 29 9 4 2 0

25 Scott Sabourin RW 69 12 14 26 6 115 2 0

16 Sean Backman RW 71 10 16 26 22 24 0 1x26 Tyler Toffoli RW 18 15 8 23 5 4 5 0

28 James Livingston RW 67 8 15 23 -3 31 1 0

5 Vincent LoVerde D 70 2 18 20 37 46 0 0

6 Colin Miller D 65 5 12 17 5 35 1 0

3 Derek Forbort D 74 1 16 17 19 42 0 0

2 Andrew Campbell D 69 3 13 16 16 58 0 0

11 Hunter Bishop C 57 6 9 15 12 36 0 0

55 Jeff Schultz D 67 2 11 13 10 32 0 0

x17 A.J. Gale RW 27 8 3 11 3 14 1 0

13 Steve Quailer RW 31 4 7 11 11 17 0 0

22 Ian O'Connor C 24 1 9 10 5 8 0 0

24 Colin Fraser C 10 3 3 6 3 4 2 0

x47 Cameron Burt D 9 1 5 6 4 4 0 0

x27 Robert Czarnik C 29 1 4 5 -2 16 0 0

x48 Maxim Kitsyn LW 20 3 1 4 -2 2 0 0

21 Andrew Crescenzi C 46 2 2 4 -7 41 0 0

27 Michael Mersch F 7 2 1 3 3 2 0 0

x8 Chris Huxley D 14 1 2 3 2 7 0 0

29 Nic Dowd F 7 0 3 3 1 0 0 0

x21 Mike Ullrich F 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

x31 Martin Jones G 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

35 Jean-Francois Berube G 48 0 1 1 0 4 0 0

x33 Brendan Ellis D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0

8 Ben Danford D 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0

30 Patrik Bartosak G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

57 Kevin Gravel D 5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0

1 Mathias Niederberger G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. Players GP MINS GA SO GAA W L SOL SA SVS SV%

30 Patrik Bartosak 4 205:16 6 1 1.75 3 1 0 101 95 0.941

x31 Martin Jones 22 1350:45 48 2 2.13 16 3 3 668 620 0.928

35 Jean-Francois Berube 48 2789:38 110 3 2.37 28 17 2 1261 1151 0.913

1 Mathias Niederberger 6 267:14 13 0 2.92 1 1 1 115 102 0.887

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