Manchester Monarchs weekly report

A LOOK AHEAD (ALL TIMES EASTERN) Day Date Opponent (Time) Fri. 4/25 vs. Norfolk (7:00 p.m.) Sat. 4/26 vs. Norfolk (7:00 p.m.) A LOOK BACK AT Day Date Opponent Fri. 4/18 @ Providence MONARCHS STATISTICAL LEADERS This Season Points Weal 70 Goals ONeill 26 Assists Weal - 47 Power Play 51-for-313, 16.3% Penalty Killing 264-for-324, 81.5% Goalies Patrik Bartosak Mathias Niederberger xMartin Jones J.F. Berube Games Played 4 6 22 48 W-L-SOL 3-1-0 1-1-1 16-3-3 28-17-2 Radio (Times) WGIR (6:30 p.m.) WGIR (6:30 p.m.) Video Online www.ahllive.com www.ahllive.com *Audio web casts of Monarchs games are also available at www.WGIRAM.com and www.manchestermonarchs.com/listenlive. Result 2-1 L Monarchs Goals Livingston Monarchs Goaltender (Svs/Shots) Berube (22/24) This Week Dowd, Fraser, Livingston - 1 Livingston - 1 Dowd, Fraser - 1 1-for-2, 50% 4-for-5, 80% GAA 1.75 2.92 2.13 2.37

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LAST WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS @ Portland (4/9): The Manchester Monarchs finished the 2013-14 regular season with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Providence Bruins at the Dunkin Donuts Center on Friday night. Right wing James Livingston scored the lone goal for the Monarchs. Left wing Matt Fraser recorded both of the goals for the Bruins. Monarchs goaltender J.F. Berube (28-17-2) took his 17th loss of the season, stopping 22-of24 shots. Bruins netminder Niklas Svedberg (25-15-4) earned his 25th win of the season, making 16 saves on 17 shots he faced in the 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) finished first in the Atlantic Division with 105 points. The St. Johns IceCaps (46-23-2-5) finished second in the division with 99 points. The Providence Bruins (40-25-2-9) finished third in the Atlantic Division with 91 points. The Worcester Sharks (36-34-4-2) finished fourth in the Atlantic Division with 78 points. The Portland Pirates (24-39-3-10) finished fifth in the division with 61 points. Manchester will face the Norfolk Admirals in the 2014 Calder Cup Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The best-of-five series begins this weekend in Manchester with two games on Friday and Saturday before heading to Norfolk for three potential games. Manchester had a 2-20-0 record against the Admirals this season. The home team won in all four contests between the two teams. The Monarchs finished the season tied for 19th place in the American Hockey League on the power play with 51 goals on 313 attempts. Manchester finished 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. -More-

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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 finished the season tied for fourth place in the AHL with 47 assists. Weal ranked fifth in the AHL with 70 points. Weal ranked second on the Monarchs with 23 goals.

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Weal, center Linden Vey (14-34=48), right wing Brian ONeill (26-21=47), right wing Zach OBrien (10-19=29), and right wing Tyler Toffoli (15-8=23) each tied for first 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 first professional hat trick, collecting three goals in the Monarchs 4-3 overtime win over the Pirates on Saturday, April 5. Vey finished the season ranked second on the Monarchs with 48 points. Vey ranked second on the team with 34 assists. Vey also collected five assists in 18 games with the Los Angeles Kings this season. He was recalled to Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 15. ONeill ranked third on the Monarchs with 47 points this season. ONeill led the team with 26 goals. ONeill registered his first two professional hat tricks in consecutive weekends, collecting three goals in both the Monarchs 4-2 win over the Adirondack Phantoms on Friday, March 7 and in a 7-0 victory over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, March 14. ONeill led all AHL skaters with 12 goals in the month of March. ONeill also ranked first 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) finished the season tied for fourth place on the team with 24 assists each. Defenseman Brayden McNabb (10-26=36) ranked fifth 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) finished the season tied for seventh place on the Monarchs with 32 points each. -More-

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MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES (CONTINUED) 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.

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Pearson recorded three goals and four assists for seven points in 25 games with the Kings this season. He was recalled to Los Angeles on Tuesday, February 18. OBrien ranked ninth on the Monarchs with 29 points this season. OBrien recorded his first 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) finished the season tied for 10th place on the Monarchs with 26 points 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 Tuesday, February 18. Toffoli has also appeared in two games with the Kings during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the San Jose Sharks. Defenseman Vincent LoVerde (2-18=20) finished 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 only 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 Year award on Wednesday, April 2. Campbell was recalled by the Kings for the first time on Saturday, April 5. He made his National Hockey League debut with Los Angeles on Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks. He played in three games with the Kings before being reassigned to Manchester on April 13. Center Colin Fraser (3-3=6) made his Monarchs debut against the Springfield Falcons on Friday, February 21. The veteran forward has played in 358 NHL games with the Kings, Edmonton Oilers, and Chicago Blackhawks, and has two Stanley Cup championships on his resume. Fraser scored his first goal in a Monarchs uniform in a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Saturday, February 22. The last AHL goal he scored was for the Rockford IceHogs when he collected a goal and two assists in the teams 5-3 win over the Iowa Stars on April 13, 2008. Goaltender Martin Jones made his NHL debut with the Kings against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, December 3. He backstopped the Kings to a 3-2 shootout victory, including going 9-for-9 in the shootout. -More-

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The rookie netminder then stopped all 31 shots he faced in the Kings 6-0 shutout of the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, December 10.

April 14 - April 20, 2014

MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES (CONTINUED) Jones picked up his first NHL shutout by stopping all 16 shots he faced in the Kings 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday, December 7.

In 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. He 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 minutes and 26 seconds of action. Jones eight wins tied the NHL record for consecutive winning games to start an NHL career with netminder Bob Froese who won his first eight games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1982-83 season. Jones is the first goaltender in NHL history to allow an average of less than one goal per game while winning the first eight appearances of his career. Jones is the third goaltender in NHL history to record three shutouts in his first six starts. Goaltender Flat Walsh accomplished the feat with the New York Americans during the 1928-29 season and netminder Frank Brimsek did it with the Boston Bruins during the 1938-39 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 with the Monarchs this season. Jones ranks in the top 10 all-time in the following Monarchs goaltending categories: Games played 158 first place Wins 84 first place Losses 57 first 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 first place Goaltender J.F. Berube registered a 14-8-2 record in 24 consecutive starts during Jones first stint with the Kings. Berube set a franchise record for consecutive appearances by a goaltender with 20 games on December 29. His current record-setting streak sits at 24 consecutive games. He surpassed the feat of 19 games set by netminders Travis Scott from February 19 March 22, 2003, and Jason LaBarbera from 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 with the Monarchs this season. Berube finished the season ranked fifth in the AHL with 2789:38 minutes played, third with 28 wins, and ninth with a 2.37 goals-againstaverage. -More-

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April 14 - April 20, 2014

MONARCHS NEWS & NOTES (CONTINUED) Berube recorded his first AHL shutout by stopping all 28 shots he faced in the Monarchs 6-0 win over the IceCaps on Saturday, January 18. He recorded his second shutout by stopping all 23 shots he faced the 7-0 victory over Bridgeport on Friday, March 14. His registered his third career shutout by stopping 23-of-23 shots against the Pirates on Saturday, April 12. Berube was recalled by the Kings for the first 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 season, he collected a 3-1-0 record, a 1.75 goals-against-average, a .941 save percentage and one shutout. Bartosak earned his first 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 19 Jordan Weal C 76 x9 Linden Vey C 43 23 Brian O'Neill RW 60 x4 Nick Deslauriers LW 60 37 Nick Shore C 68 44 Brayden McNabb D 52 12 Andy Andreoff LW 76 x14 Tanner Pearson LW 41 7 Andrew Bodnarchuk D 73 x15 Brandon Kozun RW 43 10 Zach O'Brien RW 49 25 Scott Sabourin RW 69 16 Sean Backman RW 71 x26 Tyler Toffoli RW 18 28 James Livingston RW 67 5 Vincent LoVerde D 70 6 Colin Miller D 65 3 Derek Forbort D 74 2 Andrew Campbell D 69 11 Hunter Bishop C 57 55 Jeff Schultz D 67 x17 A.J. Gale RW 27 13 Steve Quailer RW 31 22 Ian O'Connor C 24 24 Colin Fraser C 10 x47 Cameron Burt D 9 x27 Robert Czarnik C 29 x48 Maxim Kitsyn LW 20 21 Andrew Crescenzi C 46 27 Michael Mersch F 7 x8 Chris Huxley D 14 29 Nic Dowd F 7 x21 Mike Ullrich F 3 x31 Martin Jones G 22 35 Jean-Francois Berube G 48 x33 Brendan Ellis D 1 8 Ben Danford D 3 30 Patrik Bartosak G 4 57 Kevin Gravel D 5 1 Mathias Niederberger G 6 No. 30 x31 35 1 Players Patrik Bartosak Martin Jones Jean-Francois Berube Mathias Niederberger GP 4 22 48 6 MINS 205:16 1350:45 2789:38 267:14 G 23 14 26 18 14 10 11 17 8 10 10 12 10 15 8 2 5 1 3 6 2 8 4 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GA 6 48 110 13 A 47 34 21 21 24 26 24 15 24 19 19 14 16 8 15 18 12 16 13 9 11 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 SO 1 2 3 0 PTS 70 48 47 39 38 36 35 32 32 29 29 26 26 23 23 20 17 17 16 15 13 11 11 10 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 GAA 1.75 2.13 2.37 2.92 ### +/28 8 31 3 18 14 5 11 43 1 9 6 22 5 -3 37 5 19 16 12 10 3 11 5 3 4 -2 -2 -7 3 2 1 1 0 0 -2 1 0 -3 0 W 3 16 28 1 PIM 42 20 39 76 36 63 133 18 89 38 4 115 24 4 31 46 35 42 58 36 32 14 17 8 4 4 16 2 41 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 L 1 3 17 1 PPG 7 6 4 2 3 5 3 6 4 1 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOL 0 3 2 1 SHG 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SA 101 668 1261 115 SVS 95 620 1151 102 SV% 0.941 0.928 0.913 0.887

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