| Stretch of Five Games
in Six Days for Phantoms; Play home Wednesday night
vs. Manchester, Friday afternoon vs. Springfield
and Saturday night vs. Albany
Phantoms Upcoming Games
Tuesday, December 28 – Adirondack at Syracuse
– 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 29 – Manchester at Adirondack
– 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 31 – Springfield at Adirondack
– 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 1 – Albany at Adirondack
– 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 2 – Adirondack at Rochester
– 5:05 p.m.
Phantoms & State Labor Department Team
Up to Offer Holiday Gift for the Unemployed
The Adirondack Phantoms and the State Labor Department
teamed up to spread holiday cheer to the unemployed
in Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties this
holiday season. The Phantoms have made 2,000 tickets
available for the Wednesday, December 29 game against
the Manchester Monarchs at 7 p.m. at the Glens Falls
Civic Center.
The tickets have been made available through the
Phantoms Friends Program. Phantoms sponsors, season
ticket holders and fans have donated thousands of
tickets to the Phantoms Friends ticket bank. The
team is very pleased to distribute the seats on
behalf of Miller Mechanical Services, TD Bank, CR
Bard, First Niagara Bank and Associates of Glens
Falls.
Not only will the unemployed receive tickets to
see this great team, but they also will get excellent
career services from dedicated staff at our One-Stop
Career Centers. Services include information about
On-the-Job Training, electronic job matching through
SMART 2010 software, and workshops on resume writing
and career counseling.
Vouchers are available for the unemployed at the
following locations:
Warren County:
One-Stop Career Center of Warren County
Northway Plaza, Suite 13C
Queensbury, NY 12804
Saratoga County:
Saratoga County One-Stop Career Center
152 West High Street
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Washington County:
One-Stop of Washington County
383 Broadway
Fort Edward, NY 12828
Adirondack Phantoms Team Leaders
Games: Erik Gustafsson, Ben Holmstrom and Greg
Moore (32)
Goals: Denis Hamel (11)
Assists: Erik Gustafsson (22)
Points: Erik Gustafsson (26)
Plus/Minus: Matt Clackson (-1)
Penalty Minutes: Zac Rinaldo (120)
Power Play Goals: Denis Hamel (7)
Short-handed Goals: Eric Wellwood and Michael Ryan
(1)
Game-Winning Goals: Denis Hamel (2)
Shots: Denis Hamel (83)
Saves: Johan Backlund (409)
Wins: Johan Backlund (3)
GAA: Nic Riopel (3.45)
Save Percentage: Johan Backlund (0.876)
2010-11 Record:
6-24-2-0, 14 points (Home 4-9-1-0, Road 2-15-1-0)
Week 12 Schedule
All games are broadcast LIVE on Classic Hits Q-101.7
FM by Adirondack Phantoms voice, Bob Rotruck, and
can be heard free over the Internet at www.phantomshockey.com
and can be viewed via internet pay-per-view video
on www.ahllive.com.
Stretch of Five Games in Six Days
Tuesday, December 28 – 7:00 p.m. –
War Memorial at Oncenter – Syracuse, NY
@ Syracuse Crunch (11-16-1-3, 26 pts)
6th Place in Eastern Division, Eastern Conference
This will be the third of eight meetings between
the Phantoms and Crunch. Adirondack leads the season
series 2-0 and have outscored Syracuse by a two-to-one
margin in the two games. Syracuse is coming off
a 5-2 defeat in Rochester on Sunday night. Nicolas
Dechamps leads the team in goals (8) while Trevor
Smith has a team leading 13 assists and 20 points
in 30 games. Crunch goaltender Jean Philippe Levasseur
is 5-7-2-2 with a 2.88 GAA & .914 save percentage
but is 0-2-0-0 with a 3.50 GAA and .883 save percentage
against the Phantoms this season. On special teams,
Syracuse is ranked 17th in the AHL converting 17.0%
of the time on the power play while they are ranked
23rd (80.3%) on the penalty kill.
Wednesday, December 29 – 7:00 p.m. –
Glens Falls Civic Center – Glens Falls, NY
vs. Manchester Monarchs (21-11-1-1, 44 pts)
1st Place in Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference
Promotion: Check-It-Out Night (Adults save $3 per
ticket when showing their library card while Kids
Tickets are just $5)
This will be the first of two meetings between
the Phantoms and Monarchs. Adirondack will not see
Manchester again until the last week of the season
when they travel to Manchester. Manchester is currently
on a four-game winning streak and are 6-4-0-0 in
their last ten games. They hold a 7-point lead over
2nd place Portland in the Atlantic Division. Rookie
goaltender Martin Jones has been stellar in net
for the Monarchs. In 15 games, he is 10-2-0-1 with
a 1.58 GAA and .950 save percentage. Jones is currently
2nd among all AHL goaltenders in wins and tied for
1st with Peoria goaltender Jake Allen in GAA. Center
Justin Azevado leads the Monarchs in goals (10)
while Andrei Loktionov has a team leading 20 assists
and 25 points in only 24 games. When leading after
2 periods, Manchester is 15-1-0-1 and when trailing
after the second period, the Los Angeles Kings AHL
affiliate is 3-9-1-0.
Friday, December 31 – 3:00 p.m. – Glens
Falls Civic Center – Glens Falls, NY
vs. Springfield Falcons (15-15-1-1, 32 pts)
6th Place in Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference
Promotion: Traditional New Year’s Eve Game
This will be the first of two meetings between
the Phantoms and Falcons this season. This is the
first season for Springfield as the AHL affiliate
of the Columbus Blue Jackets; they were previously
the Edmonton Oilers farm team. This will be the
third game in five days for the Falcons.The Falcons
got off to a strong start but have struggled since.
The Falcons have played well away from the MassMutual
Center this season though as they are 9-6-0-1. Rookie
Matt Calvert leads the Falcons in goals (13) and
total points (22) in 32 games while defenseman John
Moore has a team-leading 14 assists. Goaltender
David LeNeveu has seen most of the action in net
this season for Springfield. In 20 games, LeNeveu
is 10-9-1-0 with a 2.82 GAA and .896 save percentage.
Saturday, January 1 – 7:00 p.m. – Glens
Falls Civic Center – Glens Falls, NY
vs. Albany Devils (12-17-0-1, 25 pts)
7th Place in East Division, Eastern Conference
This will be the fourth of twelve meetings between
the Phantoms and Devils this season. The Devils
currently lead the Times Warner Cable Cup 2-1 with
one of their victories coming in overtime. Albany
has seen a number of their players called up to
the parent club this season due to injuries in New
Jersey. Forwards Jacob Josefson, Tim Sestito and
Mattias Tedenby along with defenseman Matthew Corrente,
Mark Fayne, Andy Thomas and Anssi Salmela remain
in New Jersey. Matt Anderson currently leads Albany
in goals (11) while Vladimir Zharkov who has seen
time in the NHL as well this season leads the team
in assists (11). Devils goaltender Jeff Frazee is
9-9-1-1 with a 2.84 GAA and .903 save percentage.
Albany is ranked dead last on the power play converting
only 11.5% of the time while their penalty kill
is 29th stopping opponents only 75.9% of the time.
Albany has played well away from Times Union Center
this season going 8-6-0-1 but at home have only
won 4 of 15.
Sunday, January 2 – 5:05 p.m. – Blue
Cross Arena – Rochester, NY
@ Rochester Americans (15-15-2-1, 33 pts)
Tied-6th Place in North Division, Western Conference
This will be the third of four meetings this season
between the Phantoms and Amerks. The Phantoms have
been outscored 10-5 in the two games. This will
be the last time Adirondack heads to Rochester for
the rest of the 2010-11 season. The Amerks currently
are tied for 6th place in the North Division but
are 3-points behind 3rd place Abbotsford. Rochester
has struggled on home ice this season (6-11-1-1).
In only 21 games, forward Michael Duco leads the
Amerks in goals (11) while Michael Repik who has
seen time with their NHL affiliate, Florida Panthers,
leads the team in assists (27) and total points
(32). Goaltender Jacob Markstrom is 2-0-0-0 with
a 2.50 GAA and .918 save percentage this season
against the Phantoms while he is 11-13-1-0 with
a 3.22 GAA and .899 overall. Rochester is ranked
9th on the power play converting 20.1% of the time
while their penalty kill is ranked 28th stopping
opponents only 77.8% of the time.
Week 11 Game Results
December 26, 2010 – Adirondack 1 @ Binghamton
7
Ben Holmstrom scored his seventh goal of the season
in the opening period cutting the Binghamton lead
to 2-1 but that would be the Phantoms lone goal
on the night. Nic Riopel coming off a 2-0-0 weekend
before the holiday break, made 29 saves while Senators
goaltender Barry Brust earned his eleventh win of
the season stopping 16 of Adirondack’s 37
shots in the third period. Bobby Butler scored his
team leading 17th goal of the season for the Senators
as AHL vet Corey Locke had three assists. Adirondack
went 0-for-3 on the power play while Binghamton
converted on 1-of-2.
Phantoms Reebok/AHL Player of the Week
Nomination: (Week 11)
#36 – Erik Gustafsson- D
The Kvissleby, Sweden native continues to produce
for Adirondack as he registered his team and AHL
defensemen leading 22nd assist of the season in
Binghamton on Sunday night. Last season, Gustafsson
joined the Phantoms in March after completing NCAA
career with Northern Michigan University where he
was teammates with goalie Brian Stewart. In five
games, he registered two goals and five assists.
Phantoms Quick Hits
-The Phantoms are beginning their busiest stretch
of the season. They will play 5 games in the next
6 days from Tuesday, Dec.28-Sunday, Jan.2 including
their New Year’s Eve game at 3 p.m. which
was an annual tradition dating back to the Adirondack
Red Wings days.
-Joe Paterson made his head-coaching debut with
the Adirondack Phantoms on Sunday in Binghamton.
It was Paterson’s first game as a head coach
since 2001 when he was with the Louisville Panthers,
the Florida Panthers AHL affiliate at the time.
-Erik Gustafsson leads all AHL defenseman in points
(26) and all rookies in power play assist (14).
In addition, he has registered at least a point
in four out of the last five games.
Adirondack Phantoms Recent Transactions…
None
Phantoms Practice Schedule this Week
Tuesday, December 28: Pre-Game
at 10:00 a.m. / Bus to Syracuse at 2 p.m. / Game
@ 7:05 p.m. / Bus back following the game
Wednesday, December 29: Pre-Game
at 10:00 a.m. / Game @ 7:00 p.m. vs. Manchester
Monarchs
Thursday, December 30: Practice
at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, December 31: Pre-Game
at 10:00 a.m. / Game @ 3:00 p.m. vs. Springfield
Falcons
Saturday, January 1: Pre-Game
at 10:00 a.m. / Game @ 7:00 p.m. vs. Albany Devils
Sunday, January 2: Game @ 5:05
p.m. at Rochester Americans / Bus back following
the game
Monday, January 3: Practice at
10:00 a.m.
Phantoms Upcoming Games
Tuesday, December 28 - Adirondack at Syracuse -
7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 29 - Manchester at Adirondack
- 7 p.m.
Friday, December 31 – Springfield at Adirondack
– 3:00 p.m.
Don't be left out! Tickets for all Phantoms games
are on sale now. Discount rates are available for
groups of 15 or more. Save off the individual ticket
price by asking the Phantoms about their great group
rate packages.
The AHL is celebrating their 75th anniversary season
and is the top development league for the NHL. More
than 85 percent of today's NHL players are American
Hockey League graduates and more than 6 million
fans attend AHL games every year.
Come watch future NHL stars and up-and-coming Flyers
prospects with exciting Adirondack Phantoms hockey!
A variety of ticket packages for all the fast-paced
action are on sale now. The Phantoms selection of
discount ticket packages includes 3-packs, 6-packs,
12 and 22 Select Plans, full season plans and Flex
Packs. Choose the plan that works best for you!
Get your tickets at the Phantoms office inside the
Glens Falls Civic Center, online at ticketmaster.com,
or by calling the Phantoms at 518-480-3355.
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