2014-2015 Manchester Monarchs - 2015 Calder Cup Champions!

[PJ Kings Hockey]

LoVerde scores a power play goal!! 2-0!! Cool that his dad is there tonight.

 

[BigBrown]

Mersch?! Oh my gooooooooood.

 

[theMajor]

is this Kempe kid for real?

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Dowd's shot deflected off of Mersch? Under review. No goal.

 

[BigBrown]

Aww no goal. Off his arm.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Monarchs want this.

 

[bob77]

Nic Dowd isn't waivers-exempt next season, correct?

I believe Dowd will have to clear waivers next year. His signing age was 24, which means two pro years. Also, he came out of college and played right away at the end of the year, thus constituting year 1. This is year 2. He's also a RFA.

 

[BigBrown]

Seems like the overturned goal gave the Comets some momentum. First period fairly even overall, Bartosak has come up huge.

 

[bob77]

Monarchs looking sound. Barto looking comfortable also. Great first.

 

[bob77]

My wife wants to know if there's some other hockey game on shortly?

 

[CTKingsFan]

This is the hottest arena I've ever been in. I'm sweating here, folks!!

In other news: Great first period! Barto was huge!!


For the record Staples Center is still the coldest arena I've been to.

 

[BigBrown]

Comets dominating the second period so far.

 

[kingsfan28]

Shore to Kempe is something I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot of in the future.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Who are the healthy scratches for the Monarchs?

 

[BigBrown]

Man... Markström makes some ridiculous saves.

 

[BigBrown]

Probably the best chance of the period belonged to the Monarchs but the Comets had all the pressure. Pretty happy about the period being scoreless.

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

My wife wants to know if there's some other hockey game on shortly?

Nah, hadn't heard anything.

Who are the healthy scratches for the Monarchs?

Per LAKingsInsider:

MCH scratches:...G Jeff Lerg, F David Van der Gulik, F Ryan Horvat, F Scott Sabourin, D Kevin Raine

I took out Berube because obviously he's injured. Also, Van der Gulik got banged up a bit yesterday so he's out and Gratton's in.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Bartosak looked great in the 2nd, probably his busiest since stepping in for Berube.

 

[King RAZZ]

My wife wants to know if there's some other hockey game on shortly?

Nothing really worth mentioning...

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Monarchs PK teams so solid this series. Paying the price to block shots. Closing shooting lanes. Bartosak looking good, able to see the puck.

Come on, Monarchs. I want a 3-0 win tonight.

ETA: Dull third period.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Can anyone see the puck?

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Bartosak is really nuttin' it up.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Can anyone see the puck?

This is a time for the Fox glow puck

 

[TonySCV]

In case y'all want to hear Ken Cail bring it home. Lot o' years calling Monarchs games. He will love this one.

http://peridot.streamguys.com:7220/live.m3u

 

[Shootmaster_44]

Anyone know if the Union-Leader publishes on Sunday? If/when the Monarchs win tonight I'd love a copy of the entire Union-Leader celebrating the win.