Utica Comets vs Manchester Monarchs (Verizon Wireless Arena)
Game Time: 6:00 PM Eastern, 3:00 PM Pacific
Web: AHLLive.com
Projected Lineups:
Manchester Monarchs
Mersch-Weal-O’Neill
Kempe-Shore-O’Brien
Van der Gulik-Dowd-Backman
Bissonnette-Crescenzi-Auger
Bodnarchuk – LoVerde
Schultz – Miller
Forbort – Gravel
Berube
Injured: No one; Scratched: Raine, Ebert, Horvat, Gratton
Utica projected lineup:
Conacher-O’Reilly-Grenier
Baertschi-Friesen-Virtanen
Gaunce-Hamilton-Zalewski
Shinkaruk-Acton-DeFazio
Corrado-Biega
Andersson-Sanguinetti
Huskins-Clendening
Markstrom
Game Notes:
- Jordan Weal was on a hot streak for a while but has cooled off slightly. He still leads all players in scoring during these playoffs.
- It seems as though Adrian Kempe could be heating up, though; he scored in back-to-back games as the Monarchs swept the Hartford Wolf Pack in the previous round.
- Cory Conacher was totally absent in the first two rounds but managed to score 4 goals in his last 3 games.
- Former Canuck/King Dan Cloutier is being credited with fixing Jacob Markstrom and making him better. Yes, that Cloutier.
- The Monarchs are perfect at home and when scoring first.
- Manchester has been so hot lately, that if they don’t score within the first seven minutes of the game, we’ll know they’re rusty.
- Cory Conacher and Jake Virtanen have apparently been doing wonders for the Comets so they’ll be guys to keep an eye on.
- We’ll be providing updates and commentary in the GameThread. Come join us!