Well, at least Coleman allowed less than four goals tonight. And that's something isn't it? Isn't it?

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Gerald Coleman stopped 25 of 28 shots faced in the loss. In front of him tonight, the Falcons only managed a meager 22 shots on goal. Six of those shots came from Todd Rohloff (now wearing the "C") and Harlan Pratt. Callups have depleted the Falcons forward ranks and reduced them to, essentially, a one line team at this point, and Zbynek Hrdel's return to the lineup tonight did little to change that.

Game sheet from TheAHL.com.

The AHL has announced that the Springfield Falcons' C Ryan Vesce has been named to the "Planet USA" roster for the American Hockey League All-Star Game. Vesce has 10 goals and 33 points in 37 games thus far this year and currently ranks 5th in the AHL in rookie scoring. The AHL All-Star Game will take place February 1st in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Good teams beat the teams they should beat. With 3 of 4 straight matchups out of the way with Dayton, the Chiefs have claimed 5 of a possible 6 points.

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Morgan Cey stopped 30 of 31 in the win. Mike Egener, freshly back from a knee injury, showed some offense tonight with a goal and an assist on the power play. Gerard Dicaire also chipped in a power play goal and Brandon Elliot added an even strength goal. With the victory, the Chiefs move to .500 at 13-13-8 with 34 points. They move two points ahead of Toledo into 4th in the North Division of the Atlantic Conference. More importantly, they have vaulted into 9th in the conference just 1 point behind 8th place South Carolina, although the unique playoff format of the ECHL will mean the top 5 teams in the North division will make the playoffs this year.

Game sheet from ECHL.com.

Fredrik Norrena and Linkopings played Sodertalje to a 3-3 tie today in Eliserien action. Magnus Johansson scored a dramatic extra attacker goal in the waning moments to allow the club to salvage a point. Norrena made just 23 saves on 26 shots faced in the tie. His record is now 16-7-5 on the season. Defenseman Andreas Holmqvist had 14 penalty minutes in the game including a 10 minute misconduct for abuse of the officials.

Lada Togliatti stopped their losing streak today tying Salavat Yulayev 2-2. Goaltender Vasily Koshechkin's record moves to 14-9-4 on the season.

Alexei Glukhov's reemergence continued today as he notched an assist in Khimik's 3-1 victory over Moscow Dynamo.

Anton But had a goal in Yaroslavl's 5-0 throttling of Sibir Novosibirsk.

Alexander Polushin was a scratch in Cherepovets' 3-2 overtime loss to Avangard Omsk.