[pucku33]

19-23-2(5th in div)

TRADED: Orpik, Manson and 4th round pick to Coyotes for (2)3rds and 6th round picks
CALLED UP: Nutivaara and Clendening

A pretty average month for us, as we went 6-7. We beat the Blackhawks twice, and shutout the Krakens 6-0, but we also got shutout twice in a row, and destroyed twice: 2-8 to the Stars and 1-7 to the Islanders.

C Joe Thornton took over the team lead in points with 29.

Ryan Miller regressed slightly to 13-17 3.11 and .911
Mike Smith paced to 6-6 2.61 and .926

Injures:
Montour (out for season)
Neal (day to day)
Cizikas (day to day)
Filppula (2 weeks)

Team Stats:
28th in GF (99) 29th in GA (135)
31st in S/G (24.91) 31st in SA/G (35.55)
28th in PP (13.8) 27th in PK (79.1)

Lineup:
Kovalchuk (5-13)/Thornton (9-20)/Neal (9-11)
Kane (5-10)/Bozak (4-8) /Cogliano (5-8)
Gusev (6-7)/Cizikas (5-3)/Komarov (8-8)
Hudon (5-6)/Kovac (5-6)/Filatov (9-10)

Antipin (8-15)/Vatanen (6-16)
Chudinov (4-8)/Jaakola (2-7)
Stoner (0-0)/Nutivaara (0-0)

Prospects:
C Hughes (21-15, 29gp in OHL)
RW Bitsadze (13-13, 48gp in VHL)
C Wise (5-8, 17gp in NCAA)
C Keller (5-12, 14gp in NCAA)
RW Vesalainen (14-24, 36gp in OHL)
RD Juolevi (3-7, 15gp in AHL)
LD Vaakanainen (10-39, 33gp in OHL)
LD Golden (8-31, 35gp in OHL)

Sent Down Stoner: Called Up Juolevi