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Lowell Lock
Monsters: 1998 - 2001
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League: American Hockey League
President/Governor: Gary Campbell
Head Coaches: Frank Anzalone, Bruce Boudreau
Assistant Coach: Steve Stirling
Most Memorable Players: Steve Webb, Mark Lawrence, Zdeno Chara,
Ray Giroux, Eric Cairns, Jason Krog
Championships: None
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Team Colors: Blue, White & Black
Home Ice: Paul E. Tsongas Arena, Lowell MA
Notes: This era is prefaced by two years with the Kentucky
Thoroughblades(96-98) and two years with the Worcester Icecats(94-96)
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| In 1998 the Islanders decided to move their primary
minor league affiliation to the American Hockey League expansion
Lowell Lock Monsters. The AHL has always been considered more of a
developmental league and the Islanders previous affiliation, the Utah
Grizzlies, were in a league filled with mostly veterans. Since 1994,
while the Islanders were enjoying success in Utah, they also had
secondary affiliations with the expansion Worcester Icecats for two
years, and then the expansion Kentucky Thoroughblades in 1996. During
those years the Islanders sent the very few promising young prospects
they had to these AHL locations for seasoning. The roles switched in
1998 and the Islanders sent a few of their veteran free agent signings
to the Utah Grizzlies until 1999. It was that season of 1998-99 that
the Islander began an affiliation in Lowell that would last three
years. The first year the Islanders sent a full roster to the
Monsters but in 1999-00 they began to spread their prospects around
different locations. While the Islanders shared the Lock Monsters with
the Los Angeles Kings, they dispatched players to the AHL's
Springfield Falcons and the IHL's Chicago Wolves. To be honest, this was a pretty lean era
for the Islanders in the prospect department. It also coincided with
the Islanders playoff draught of 7 years without a playoff berth. Most
of the Islanders first round draft picks usually made the NHL roster
because the team lacked depth. Most notable to make appearances for
the Lock Monsters were Zdeno Chara, Branislav Mezei, Roberto Luongo,
Juraj Kolnik, Jason Krog and Sean Haggerty. As far as coaches, the
team was coached during their first year of 1998-99 by former Lake
Superior State University and East Coast Hockey League coach Frank
Anzalone. He was followed by former Springfield Indian Bruce Boudreau,
who had also coached throughout the IHL and ECHL, for the next
two years. In 2001 the Islanders contract with the Lowell Lock
Monsters had come to an end. That same year original Islanders owner
Roy Boe teamed up once again with his former team and bought an AHL
expansion franchise to play in Bridgeport Connecticut. That team is
called the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and has been the Islanders primary
affiliate up to the present day. As for the Lock Monsters, they signed
an affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2001 and have remained
with them ever since. Unfortunately the Lock Monsters owner Elkin
McCallum has put them up for sale in 2005 and their future in Lowell
is in doubt. |
| Worcester/Kentucky/Lowell - Team Records:
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Worcester Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
OTL |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1994-95 |
80 |
24 |
45 |
11 |
0 |
59 |
234 |
300 |
6th-N |
Out of playoffs |
| 1995-96 |
80 |
36 |
28 |
12 |
4 |
88 |
242 |
244 |
2nd-N |
Lost round 1 |
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Kentucky Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
OTL |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1996-97 |
80 |
36 |
35 |
9 |
0 |
81 |
278 |
284 |
3rd-M |
Lost round 1 |
| 1997-98 |
80 |
29 |
39 |
9 |
3 |
70 |
241 |
278 |
3rd-M |
Lost round 1 |
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Lowell Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
OTL |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1998-99 |
80 |
33 |
32 |
13 |
2 |
81 |
219 |
237 |
1st-A |
Lost round 1 |
| 1999-00 |
80 |
33 |
36 |
7 |
4 |
77 |
228 |
240 |
3rd-A |
Lost round 2 |
| 2000-01 |
80 |
35 |
35 |
5 |
5 |
80 |
225 |
244 |
4th-NE |
Lost round 1 |
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Playoff
Records |
| Year |
GP |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
| 1996 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
Lost round 1 |
| 1997 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
14 |
Lost round 1 |
| 1998 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
Lost round 1 |
| 1999 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
14 |
Lost round 1 |
| 2000 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
22 |
Lost round 2 |
| 2001 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
11 |
Lost round 1 |
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Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
|
1995-96
Season |
|
Round 1 |
| April 19 |
Portland 5 at Worcester 0 |
| April 20 |
Portland 1 at Worcester 2 |
| April 26 |
Worcester 5 at Portland 6* |
| April 27 |
Worcester 2 at Portland 3 |
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Portland wins series 3 games to
1 |
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*overtime |
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Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
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1996-97
Season |
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Round 1 |
| April 18 |
Kentucky 3 at Hershey 4* |
| April 21 |
Kentucky 0 at Hershey 3 |
| April 23 |
Hershey 2 at Kentucky 4 |
| April 25 |
Hershey 5 at Kentucky 2 |
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Hershey wins series 3 games to
1 |
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*overtime |
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Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
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1997-98
Season |
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Round 1 |
| April 15 |
Kentucky 1 at Hershey 2 |
| April 17 |
Kentucky 1 at Hershey 2 |
| April 22 |
Hershey 10 at Kentucky 3 |
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Hershey wins series 3 games to
0 |
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Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
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1998-99
Season |
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Round 1 |
| April 23 |
Saint John 4 at Lowell 2 |
| April 24 |
Saint John 4 at Lowell 3* |
| April 28 |
Lowell 4 at Saint John 6 |
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Saint John wins series 3 games to
0 |
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*overtime |
| Calder
Cup Playoff Results |
| 1999-00
Season |
| Round
1 |
Round
2 |
| April
12 |
Lowell
5 at Saint John 2 |
April
21 |
Lowell
1 at Providence 3 |
| April
13 |
Lowell
3 at Saint John 2 |
April
22 |
Providence
5 at Lowell 4* |
| April
15 |
Saint
John 1 at Lowell 2 |
April
26 |
Providence
3 at Lowell 1 |
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Lowell wins series 3
games to 0
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May
2 |
Lowell
3 at Providence 6 |
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Providence
wins series 4 games to 0 |
|
*
overtime
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|
Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
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2000-01
Season |
|
Round 1 |
| April 11 |
Lowell 3 at Worcester 4* |
| April 12 |
Lowell 3 at Worcester 4 |
| April 15 |
Worcester 0 at Lowell 4 |
| April 17 |
Worcester 3 at Lowell 2* |
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Worcester wins series 3 games to
1 |
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*overtime |
Regular Season Playoffs
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
7 Craig Charron 71 22 39 61 41 3 1 2 3 8
22 Sean Haggerty 77 19 27 46 40 3 0 1 1 0
24 Dane Jackson 80 16 27 43 103 3 0 1 1 16
19 Dmitri Nabokov 73 17 25 42 46 3 0 1 1 0
16 Vladimir Orszagh 68 18 23 41 57 3 2 2 4 2
28 Warren Luhning 56 20 20 40 67 3 0 3 3 16
11 Mike Kennedy 62 14 26 40 52 3 1 0 1 2
2 Ray Giroux 59 13 19 32 92 3 1 1 2 0
Ted Crowley, Hershey 18 1 5 6 27 - - - - -
6 Lowell 41 3 22 25 51 3 0 0 0 6
Totals 59 4 27 31 78 3 0 0 0 6
8 Evgeny Namestnikov 42 12 14 26 42 - - - - -
20 Buddy Wallace 70 11 11 22 57 3 1 1 2 2
21 Nic Beaudoin 49 9 9 18 18 3 1 0 1 7
14 Ryan Huska 60 5 13 18 70 2 0 0 0 0
27 Mark Lawrence 21 10 6 16 28 - - - - -
18 Mike Mader 52 5 9 14 91 2 0 0 0 0
12 Vladimir Chebaturkin 69 2 12 14 85 3 0 0 0 0
29 Dean Malkoc 61 2 8 10 193 3 0 0 0 8
21 Michael Gaul 18 3 5 8 14 - - - - -
25 Evgeny Korolev 54 2 6 8 48 2 0 1 1 0
Bret Meyers 11 5 2 7 2 - - - - -
17 Steve Webb 23 2 4 6 80 - - - - -
Vaclav Nedomansky 11 4 1 5 4 - - - - -
4 Zdeno Chara 23 2 2 4 47 - - - - -
Kelly Harper, Adir 4 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
Lowell 7 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Totals 11 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
Mike Hough 11 0 3 3 21 - - - - -
3 Ray Schultz 54 0 3 3 184 1 0 0 0 4
Jim Bermingham, Prov 2 1 0 1 4 - - - - -
Lowell 5 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Totals 7 2 0 2 4 - - - - -
Mike Peron 5 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
Jonathan Sorg 3 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
Duane Harmer 14 0 2 2 16 - - - - -
23 Jason Stewart 31 0 2 2 7 - - - - -
Eric Cairns, Hartford 11 0 2 2 49 - - - - -
Lowell 24 0 0 0 91 3 1 0 1 32
Totals 35 0 2 2 140 3 1 0 1 32
35 Marcel Cousineau (G) 53 0 2 2 41 3 0 0 0 2
Chris Lipsett 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Wade Flaherty (G) 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Nicholas Windsor 8 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Steve Valiquette (G) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Pavel Smirnov 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Rich Bronilla 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Blair Manning 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Jeff Romfo 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
15 Jeff Libby 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Travis Smith 7 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1 Mark McArthur (G) 26 0 0 0 14 - - - - -
Mike Watt - - - - - 2 1 0 1 2
Bench 80 36
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Totals 219 348 567 1750
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Marcel Cousineau 53 3034 139 2.75 26 17 7 2 3
Mark McArthur 26 1457 75 3.09 6 13 5 1 3
Wade Flaherty 5 305 16 3.15 1 3 1 0 0
Steve Valiquette 1 59 3 3.05 0 1 0 1 0
Regular Season Playoffs
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
37 Jason Podollan 71 29 26 55 91 4 0 0 0 4
Craig Charron, STJ 32 11 18 29 14 - - - - -
77 Lowell 22 8 13 21 14 7 2 3 5 4
Totals 54 19 31 50 28 7 2 3 5 4
7 Rich Brennan 67 15 30 45 110 7 1 5 6 0
18 Eric Belanger 65 15 25 40 20 7 3 3 6 2
David Hymovitz 67 19 17 36 30 - - - - -
Dmitri Nabokov 51 8 26 34 42 6 1 2 3 2
2 Ray Giroux 49 12 21 33 34 7 0 0 0 2
22 Greg Phillips 62 20 10 30 140 7 3 0 3 10
Donald MacLean 40 11 17 28 18 - - - - -
Jason Krog 45 6 21 27 22 - - - - -
11 Cody Bowtell 61 13 13 26 24 7 0 1 1 2
3 Dave MacIsaac 77 1 25 26 179 7 0 1 1 4
5 Nathan LaFayette 42 7 15 22 33 - - - - -
21 Vladimir Orszagh 55 8 12 20 22 7 3 3 6 2
26 Chris Schmidt 38 8 10 18 38 7 2 1 3 8
8 Petr Mika 50 8 9 17 20 6 0 0 0 0
14 Mike Watt 16 6 11 17 6 7 1 1 2 4
Brad Chartrand 16 5 10 15 8 - - - - -
Greg Bullock 14 3 10 13 4 - - - - -
Evgeny Korolev 57 1 10 11 61 6 0 0 0 4
12 Vladimir Chebaturkin 63 1 8 9 118 7 0 4 4 11
Josh Green 17 6 2 8 19 - - - - -
44 Mark Lawrence 18 4 4 8 8 7 2 2 4 10
4 Richard Seeley 36 5 1 6 37 - - - - -
17 Sean Blanchard 54 1 5 6 28 3 0 0 0 2
Steve Cheredaryk 16 1 4 5 22 - - - - -
41 Peter Hogan 23 1 4 5 16 - - - - -
10 Jeff Daw 10 0 5 5 4 7 1 2 3 6
Bill Huard 13 2 2 4 65 - - - - -
29 Eric Brewer 25 2 2 4 26 7 0 0 0 0
30 Travis Scott (G) 46 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 0 2
Dan Bylsma 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
Roger Maxwell, Prov 14 1 1 2 85 - - - - -
49 Low 26 0 0 0 137 - - - - -
Totals 40 1 1 2 222 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle 4 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
Vaclav Nedomansky 2 1 0 1 4 - - - - -
Calvin Elfring 4 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
Cail MacLean 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Hugues Gervais 5 0 1 1 4 - - - - -
36 Bryan Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Vince Williams 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Cornforth 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
14 Bret Meyers 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Dean Mando 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Sabo 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Scott Bertoli 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Mader 5 0 0 0 13 - - - - -
Trevor Gillies 8 0 0 0 38 - - - - -
Scott Ricci, Rochester 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Lowell 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Totals 9 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Steve Valiquette, Prov 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Lowell 14 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Totals 15 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Laitre 16 0 0 0 73 - - - - -
1 Roberto Luongo (G) 26 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0
Bench 80 20 7
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Totals 228 377 605 1572
Goaltenders GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Travis Scott 46 2595 126 2.91 15 23 3 3 3
Roberto Luongo 26 1517 74 2.93 10 12 4 1 1
Steve Valiquette 14 727 36 2.97 8 5 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
12 Marko Tuomainen 59 28 39 67 73 4 3 3 6 10
9 Jeff Daw 65 28 28 56 33 3 0 1 1 2
26 Chris Schmidt 79 21 32 53 84 4 2 2 4 2
15 Brad Chartrand 72 17 34 51 44 4 0 1 1 8
7 Rich Brennan 69 10 31 41 146 - - - - -
5 Andreas Lilja 61 7 29 36 149 4 0 6 6 6
6 Joe Corvo 77 10 23 33 31 4 3 1 4 0
Stu Bodtker, Spr 14 4 8 12 2 - - - - -
8 Lowell 33 6 14 20 26 4 1 0 1 2
Totals 47 10 22 32 28 4 1 0 1 2
16 David Hymovitz 60 14 15 29 52 4 2 1 3 17
28 Jason Krog 26 11 16 27 6 - - - - -
33 Nate Miller 80 15 10 25 61 4 0 0 0 2
55 Mike Pudlick 57 7 13 20 39 4 0 1 1 2
17 Peter Leboutillier 70 6 13 19 175 4 0 1 1 2
18 Eric Belanger 13 8 10 18 4 - - - - -
27 Reggie Berg 30 6 7 13 22 - - - - -
Mike Omicioli, Prov 16 2 4 6 14 - - - - -
21 Lowell 10 1 5 6 2 - - - - -
Totals 26 3 9 12 16 - - - - -
23 Kevin Baker 26 6 5 11 18 - - - - -
22 Greg Phillips 33 5 5 10 33 - - - - -
2 Richard Seeley 55 2 8 10 102 - - - - -
27 Juraj Kolnik 25 2 6 8 18 - - - - -
Stefan Rivard, Prov 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Hart 2 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
44 Lowell 14 2 3 5 15 4 0 0 0 10
Totals 19 2 3 5 31 4 0 0 0 10
39 Kip Brennan 23 2 3 5 117 - - - - -
29 Harold Hersh 22 3 1 4 20 - - - - -
24 Glenn Stewart 10 2 2 4 2 - - - - -
43 Mathieu Biron 22 1 3 4 17 - - - - -
44 Branislav Mezei 20 0 3 3 28 - - - - -
44 Chad Power 6 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
8 Duane Harmer 14 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
25 Jerred Smithson 24 1 1 2 10 4 0 0 0 2
4 Joe Rullier 63 1 1 2 162 4 0 1 1 2
28 Paul Spadafora 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
28 Jason Blake 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
37 Tomas Vlasak 5 0 1 1 5 - - - - -
Kam White, Kentucky 3 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Lowell 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Totals 5 0 1 1 6 - - - - -
21 Brendan Brooks 5 0 1 1 17 - - - - -
37 Quinn Fair 8 0 1 1 8 4 0 1 1 6
8 Petr Mika 13 0 1 1 7 - - - - -
Ray Schultz 13 0 1 1 33 - - - - -
11 Eric Veilleux 15 0 1 1 22 - - - - -
39 Andre Payette 23 0 1 1 94 4 0 1 1 6
28 Bobby Ferraris 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
3 Sean Molina 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Francois Drainville 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
37 Benoit Morin 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
28 Andrew Dale 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Ashe, Worcester 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Lowell 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Totals 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
35 Stephane Fiset (G) 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Louis Dumont 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Lapointe 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
3 Steve Cheredaryk 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Mike Hall 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
James Patterson 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Greg Callahan 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Terry Lindgren 3 0 0 0 7 - - - - -
31 Alexei Volkov (G) 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
28 Cody Bowtell 5 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 0
27 Mike Nicholishen 5 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
43 Mitch Fritz 5 0 0 0 20 - - - - -
31 Steve Passmore (G) 6 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
43 Brad Essex 6 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
43 Steve O'Brien 7 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
38 Travis Scott (G) 34 0 0 0 17 4 0 0 0 0
34 Marcel Cousineau (G) 37 0 0 0 29 1 0 0 0 0
Chris Aldous - - - - - 4 0 0 0 2
Bench 80 34 4
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Totals 225 371 596 1826
Player GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Marcel Cousineau 37 2135 101 2.84 15 20 2 2 1
Travis Scott 34 1977 83 2.52 16 15 1 6 2
Steve Passmore 6 334 24 4.32 2 4 0 2 0
Alexei Volkov 5 202 16 4.75 1 1 0 1 0
Stephane Fiset 3 190 9 2.84 1 0 2 0 0
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| First Round
Picks |
| Lowell |
Chicago |
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G Roberto Luongo
D Eric Brewer
D Branislav Mezei
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G Rick DiPietro |
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| Top
Performers |
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Trent Hunter
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Marko Tuomainen
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Calder Cup playoffs 1999
The Lowell Lock Monsters in their first year of
existence finished in first place in the Atlantic Division, just one
game over .500 and 81 points. The playoff format called for them to
face the fourth best team in the division, which were the Saint John
Flames, farm team of the Calgary Flames. The Lock Monsters proved to
be absolutely no match for the Flames who finished the regular season
10 points behind Lowell. Powered by none other than current Islander
killer Martin St. Louis and with Jean-Sebastien Giguere in goal, the
Flames swept the Lock Monsters in a best of 5 series. Vladimir Orszagh
was the best Lock Monster scoring twice and contributing 4 points in
three games. As for Saint John, they were swept in the second round by
the Fredericton Canadiens.
Calder Cup playoffs 2000
The Lock Monsters dropped in 2000 and finished 3
games under .500 with 77 points. Yet this playoff would turn out to be
their best during the Islanders tenure in Lowell. In the first round
the Lock Monsters got a chance to extract some revenge against the
Saint John Flames who finished the regular season only 3 points ahead
of Lowell. They did it in same fashion, sweeping the Flames in three
straight. It may have been made easier by the fact that St. Louis was
called up to the Calgary Flames and spent most of the season there. In
goal, Giguere was still with the Flames and the Lock Monsters had
their way with him.
The success the Lowell team found in the first round
totally dissipated in the second round when they met up with the
Providence Bruins. The Bruins finished the regular season worst in
their division, 5 games under .500, but only 2 points behind Lowell.
The Lock Monsters were swept in four straight by the Bruins who were
manned with future Sound Tigers Brandon Smith and Eric Manlow. In
goal, John Grahame stonewalled the Lock Monsters allowing only 9 goals
in four games. Once again, Vladimir Orszagh was among the few best of
the Lowell players recording 3 goals and 6 points in 7 playoff games.
Roberto Luongo saw the brunt of the action in goal for the Lock
Monsters. As for Providence they lost in 7 games in the third round to
the eventual Calder Cup champion Hartford Wolf Pack. One interesting
twist in this series was the fact that halfway through the season
Islanders general manager Mike Milbury sent Jason Krog to the Providence Bruins,
where he contributed to defeating Lowell in the playoffs. Milbury
received some criticism in December of 2000 when he pulled Krog,
Mathieu Biron, Juraj Kolnik and Petr Mika out of Lowell for a lack of
playing time and sent them to the Springfield Falcons.
Calder Cup Playoffs 2001
In 2001 the Lowell Lock Monsters finished the
regular season fourth place in their division with 80 points and a
.500 record. In the first round they faced the league leading
Worcester Icecats who finished the regular season with 108 points.
Lowell managed to win game three at home by a 4-0 score but went on to
lose the series 3 games to one. Perhaps the best player for Worcester,
affiliate of the St. Louis Blues, was future Islander Justin Papineau,
who scored 7 goals in 11 playoff games in 2001. Worcester shut down
Lowell with the help of Eric Boguniecki and Dwayne Roloson in net.
Marko Tuomainen, a free agent signing for the Islanders in 2000
recorded 6 points in four playoff games for the Lock Monsters who were
without many Islander prospects because of Milbury's move in December
of 2000(mentioned above).
Miscellaneous Notes
 |
The Islanders also agreed to send 3-6 players to the
International Hockey League's Chicago Wolves during the 1999-00 and
2000-01 seasons. The general manager of the Wolves is former Islanders
1988 first round draft pick Kevin Cheveldayoff and he managed to work out
the deal with the Islanders. That is how Islanders 2000 first overall
pick goaltender Rick DiPietro found himself beginning his professional
career in Chicago with the Wolves in 2000-01. He played in 14 games
with Chicago that season before getting the call to Long Island.
The Chicago Wolves won the Turner Cup in 2000
with the help of Islander free agent signings Dallas Eakins,
Niklas Andersson, Chris Ferraro and Daniel Lacroix.
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