Spiders shut out Wolf Pack

Feb. 22, 2009

Tonight’s story can only be told by the numbers…

• 9 – Highest goal production this season
• 3 – Hat trick for Mike “Puck Hog” Johnson
• 5 – Total points for Mike “Puck Hog” Johnson
• 4 – Total points for Rob Droullard
• 1 – Number of shorthanded goals scored (by Rob Droullard)
• 11 – Number of players with at least a point.
• 6 – Players with multi-point game
• 6 – Players who scored a goal tonight
• 4 – Number of Spiders who got a penalty tonight
• 2 – Number of times Paul LaCosse got penalties
• 64 – Number seconds of 5-on-3 PK killed off
• 12 – Number of shots the Wolf Pack put on Amber Obermoller
• 12 – Number of saves Amber Obermoller made on the Wolf Pack
• 0 – Number of goals let in by Amber Obermoller to earn her first shutout as a Spider!
• 1 – Number of shots the Wolf Pack had in the third period as the Spiders played shut-down hockey.
• 5 – Number of scoring chances (at least) the Wolf Pack’s leading scorer Mike Hofer had in the third period as the Pack tried to avoid the shutout.
• 31 – Number of shots the Spiders put on the Wolf Pack’s sub goalie.
• 5–0 – Spiders franchise record against the Wolf Pack
• 770 – Number of days since the Spiders last had a shutout (against the Fighting Saints in the 2006–07 season on 1/14/2007).

And that adds up to 9–0.

The Spiders continue their hold on D1 East, sitting in first place with 29 points, and a 13–0–2–1 record, the only team in all of AHA to still be undefeated in regulation. (The only other AHA team, Team TPG in the Elite level, had its first regulation loss last week.) The Wolf Pack sit at 3–11–1–1.

Next up for the Spiders, a Saturday night rematch with the Stars at SLP. The previous meeting ended in a 5–1 Spiders victory.