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AHL Game Night 11/29: Penguins at Admirals [1]

11/29/2008 - 9:40pm

You fear Matt Smaby.

WBS-3
NOR-4 (OT)

Karri Ramo allowed 3 goals on 23 shots before being pulled in favor of Mike McKenna who stopped 4 of 4 shots the rest of the way for the win.

First Period
NOR Konopka, (7) (Bochenski, Smaby), 4:33
WBS Letestu, (1) (Stone, Thomas), 7:52

Second Period
WBS Caputi, (4) (Richmond, Jeffrey), 8:33
WBS Mormina, (1) (Taffe, Minard), 15:14

Third Period
NOR Bochenski, (9) (Heward, Konopka), 1:29 (PP)
NOR Szczechura, (11) (Ward, Segal), 14:54

Overtime
NOR Smaby, (2) (Rogers, Segal), 2:13

Smaby and Brandon Bochenski were the game's first and second stars.

Kudos to Darren Rumble for shaming his team by pulling Ramo after the second period. Norfolk responded by outshooting the Penguins 22-4 the rest of the way and tallying three unanswered goals to finish their home stand at 2-1-0.

Matt Smaby has 2 goals and 3 points in his last two games, sandwiched with a Turkey Day trip home to Minnesota. You get the feeling he, like several of his Admirals prospect teammates, is starting to turn the corner and line up for a callup and a real shot at the NHL later this season.

Box score [2] from TheAHL.com.
Smaby Reassigned to Norfolk [3]

11/29/2008 - 12:17pm

The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned defenseman Matt Smaby to the Admirals, it was announced today by Lightning Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton.

Smaby, a 6-5, 220-pound native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was recalled on November 27 and served as a healthy scratch November 28 at Minnesota. He has skated in 17 games with Norfolk this season, recording a goal, two assists and 22 penalty minutes. The 24-year-old has appeared in 141 career AHL games with Norfolk and Springfield, tallying four goals, 21 assists and 131 penalty minutes.
Tonight Could Be Last Lynx Home Game [4]

11/29/2008 - 12:14pm

In a Friday afternoon press conference [5], Augusta Lynx co-owners announced that if an investor or partner isn't found "in a matter of days", the team will fold.

Saturday night's home game against the Charlotte Checkers will be just the 7th home game of the season, and 3rd weekend home game for the team. The Lynx aren't scheduled to play another home game until December 16th.

“I think we’re going to have to have an investor,” co-owner Dan Troutman said. “Quite frankly, we’ve got one more home game and then we’re gone for three weeks... The long story short is we’ve got to have some money quicker than we can do it with just attendance."

If the Lynx fold, Lighting prospects Kevin Quick, Chris Lawrence, and Riku Helenius could be recalled to Norfolk of the AHL since there are no roster limit maximums in the AHL, but presumably that would be a temporary solution.
Admirals Recall Curadeau [6]

11/27/2008 - 10:44pm

In response to the Steve Downie's recall to Tampa Bay, the Norfolk Admirals have recalled forward Mathieu Curadeau from the Fort Wayne Komets of the IHL, Admirals General Manager Mike Butters announced today.

Curadeau, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound native of Montréal, Québec, has appeared in 13 games for the Komets and leads the team with 12 goals – including five power play markers. His 19 points rank third on the squad and he also has seven assists and 14 penalty minutes with a +2 rating. Curadeau attended Admirals training camp and appeared in three preseason games, scoring one goal and one assist with six penalty minutes and six shots on goal. Curadeau signed an AHL Standard Player's Contract with the Admirals on August 27 and was assigned to Fort Wayne on October 6.

The 23-year-old is now in his second full professional year.
Rosehill Suspended Four Games [7]

11/26/2008 - 6:32pm

The American Hockey League today announced that Norfolk Admirals forward Jay Rosehill has been suspended for four (4) games and Springfield Falcons defenseman Theo Peckham has been suspended for three (3) games as a result of their altercation prior to an AHL game between the teams in Springfield on Nov. 21.

In addition, both the Admirals and Falcons have been fined an undisclosed amount.

Rosehill will miss Norfolk’s games on Wednesday (Nov. 26) vs. Springfield, Friday (Nov. 28) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Saturday (Nov. 29) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Sunday (Nov. 30) at Hershey.