Hickey/Monarchs update

Following up on the Thomas Hickey story, he did not play last night for Seattle, the day after he took a knee to the head during a game. According to a couple newspaper articles, holding out Hickey was precautionary, but we’ll see. The WHL Western Conference semifinals resume Tuesday, with Seattle and Tri-City tied 1-1.

Also, rather than recap a lot of information, I’ll refer you to the Union-Leader’s stories about Manchester, which have some good stuff about Jonathan Bernier and an injury to Brian Boyle. Kevin Provencher does a great job of covering that team. Here you go…

Bernier sharp in debut with Monarchs

Monarchs Insider: Kings’ future starts in Manchester

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Bernier interview/update

The last couple days have been big and busy for the Manchester Monarchs. Jonathan Bernier is there and will start in goal tonight against Worcester. Manchester can clinch a playoff spot with a victory and a Springfield loss. Teddy Purcell has been named AHL rookie of the year. Davis Drewiske, the defenseman the Kings signed out of the University of Wisconsin, made his debut last night. Also, Josh Kidd has signed an amateur-tryout agreement with Manchester and is playing. To make room for Bernier, the Monarchs released goalie Curtis Darling from his tryout agreement. Whew…anything else? Oh yeah, the Kings play their season finale against the Ducks this afternoon. I’ll be there to cover that and hopefully start putting the Lombardi quotes up.

For now, here’s a real treat. Don Fulton scored an interview with Bernier in advance of his first AHL start tonight, so I hope you enjoy the read…
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Monday Manchester update

From Don:

Brady Murray scored two goals, Teddy Purcell, Brian Boyle and David Meckler added one goal each, and the Monarchs increased their hold on the final playoff spot in the AHL’s Eastern Conference by five points, as the team defeated the Hershey Bears last night 5-2. Goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 31 of 33 shots to improve his record to 8-8-0 on the season. The Monarchs currently have 79 points with only six games left to play – including the final three games of the season against the league’s best team, the Providence Bruins (107 points). The Monarchs (35-30-5-4) look to maintain or extend their five point lead over the Springfield Falcons on Wednesday night at home against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

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