Portland Pirates end of year update
By Troy Baker
Portland Pirates host Connecticut New Year’s Eve; Make-up date with Providence announced.
2012 will end with a New Year’s eve tilt between Portland and Connecticut at 3:30 AZ time. The Pirates are 8-2 while their opponent the Whale is 3-7 in their last 10. Looking to retain the division lead and ending 2012 as hot as anyone. Great blue line play as well as lights out goal tending has the team looking ahead to the playoffs.
Alexandre Bolduc is leading the team at the moment stat wise. There are many up and coming and current Phoenix Coyotes on the roster including: Andy Miele, Oliver Ekman Larsson, Michael Stone, Chris Summers, David Rundblad, and many others. Very neat way to follow a team. If you have ever watched Spring Training in baseball you know the feeling.
The Pirates will make up the cancelled game against Providence on Jan.2,2013. Will be the truest test of exactly how hot this team is. They have yet to beat the Bruins this season in a few tries. Follow all the action on Ahl.com as well as live links to catch the play as it happens. All of the following stats, scores, and updates below are found on AHL.com and the Portland Pirates personal site.
Here is the current roster as well as their performance so far this season:
| # | Name | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | SOG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Alexandre Bolduc | C | 29 | 14 | 14 | 28 | +3 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0.97 | 1.34 | 80 | |
| 21 | Andy Miele | C | 30 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0.80 | 1.30 | 69 | |
| 12 | Rob Klinkhammer | LW | 30 | 8 | 16 | 24 | +10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 70 | |
| 23 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | +5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1.05 | 1.40 | 63 | |
| 2 | David Rundblad | D | 27 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.22 | 63 | |
| * | 11 | Chris Brown | RW | 29 | 10 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0.59 | 1.52 | 72 |
| 28 | Michael Stone | D | 26 | 5 | 12 | 17 | +5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 84 | |
| 14 | Chris Conner | RW | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 41 | |
| * | 16 | Brendan Shinnimin | C | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.80 | 59 |
| 10 | Jordan Szwarz | RW | 24 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 33 | |
| 8 | Ethan Werek | C | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.41 | 0.56 | 69 | |
| * | 36 | Brandon Gormley | D | 26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 36 |
| 24 | Brett Hextall | RW | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 1.07 | 47 | |
| 3 | Maxim Goncharov | D | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.32 | 2.95 | 17 | |
| 20 | Evan Brophey | C | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.68 | 22 | |
| 6 | Mathieu Brodeur | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.95 | 19 | |
| * | 22 | Phil Lane | RW | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 1.52 | 27 |
| 5 | Chris Summers | D | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 1.12 | 26 | |
| * | 18 | Jordan Martinook | C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.84 | 32 |
| 17 | Scott Arnold | RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.38 | 9 | |
| * | 26 | Darian Dziurzynski | LW | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 1.67 | 17 |
| 29 | Mark Visentin | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| * | 33 | Mark Louis | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 3.24 | 9 |
| 25 | Evan Bloodoff | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| 31 | Mike Lee | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| 19 | Joel Rechlicz | RW | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.35 | 6 | |
| 30 | Chad Johnson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 |