Saturday, December 15, 2012

Pre-Game vs. Manchester 12/15

Greetings from the Glens Falls Civic Center, where the Adirondack Phantoms (10-13-1) host the Manchester Monarchs (11-11-2-1) at the top of the hour. Puck drop will actually be closer to 7:08, I'm told, as the game will be broadcast on Comcast in the Philadelphia area. Check your local listings.

The Phantoms enter the game on a 1-5-1 slide. They go with Cal Heeter between the pipes. Manchester, Brayden Schenn's former club, will counter with Peter Mannino. Zack FitzGerald took warmups for the Phantoms, but it looks like he'll be the scratch. Oliver Lauridsen is in for Erik Gustafsson, who was limping after blocking a shot Friday. It's Gustafsson's 24th birthday. Some gift.

The Monarchs are a team that doesn't allow many goals. They've averaged 2.6 against per night through their first third of the season. And the Phantoms are a team that doesn't score many goals, averaging 2.46 per night. We'll see if that trends holds up tonight.

I didn't catch Manchester's lines, but I'll update them during the first period. Adirondack kept only one line intact from Friday night's 3-0 shutout loss to Syracuse. That was the top line with Tye McGinn, Jason Akeson and Schenn, who had a hat trick against the Monarchs last month.

MANCHESTER
F: King-Vey-Kozun
Nolan-Loktionov-Czarnik
Pearson-Weal-Toffoli
Clune-Cliche-Legein
D: Bodnarchuk-Rodney
Hickey-Muzzin
Campbell-Voynov
G: Mannino
Jones

ADIRONDACK
F: McGinn-Schenn-Akeson
Wellwood-Couturier-Ford
Zolnierczyk-Bordson-Rinaldo
Testwuide-Brown-Harper
D: Konan-Syvret
Manning-Eddy
Lauridsen-Dimmen/(FitzGerald-scratch)
G: Heeter
Munroe

Referee: Ryan Murphy. Linesmen: Steeve Lemay, Frank Murphy.


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