Monarchs season to date / O'Sullivan sent down

One of the Manchester, NH locals and frequent poster at LetsGoKings.com Dano has this to say about the Monarchs so far (as of 31/10/206). Rather than paraphrase what he wrote, I decided to quote his post in its entirety.

The only addition to the below is the Monarchs will get a boost from last season's AHL star Patrick O'Sullivan who was sent down as the Kings wanted to create a roster spot for Alyn McCauley coming back from a knee injury. Placing Sully with Lauri Tukonen at wing on the first scorin line will not only boost the team production, but also help regain some of the offensive confidence for the Irish lad.

And now onto the Monarchs wrap-up - enjoy the first hand observations:

"[Monarchs] - They're doing ok. Theyr'e a young team again this year. Morris does a radio interview every Tuesday morning. This morning he talked about how they came together very quickly as a team and there's great chemistry early...

They're currently ranked #1 the AHL on the PP (0.32) and last (27th) on the PK (0.698). Of the 24-goals they've scored this season, 16 have come on the PP. Morris talked about this today and that obviously they're hoping to see more scoring during ES situations. Also, more of the scoring in bunches like coming back and scoring an ES goal shortly after scoring a PP goal the other night. Momentum. They'll be spending "a little" time working on the PK again this week...

Tukonen has been moved back out onto the wing and Gabe Gauthier is centering a line with Tukonen on the RW and Pushkarev on the LW.

Other lines this past weekend:

Roussin - Clarke - Zeiler
Moulson - Murphy - Jackman
Kanko - Clarke - Hoffman

PP1: Pushkarev - Jackman - Tukonen with Kemp & Harrold on the points...

PP2: Zeiler - Clarke - Roussin with Murphy and Werner on the points...

A few mix and match lines during all situations...

Hoffman is actually a decent skater and hockey player, plus he's big and intimidating yet no show-boat tactics.

Harrold is a real good offense minded d-man and a decent defensive d-man. He had a rough go of it on Sunday. He was on the ice for 4 of the 5 goals against.

The OT 4-on-4
2 PPGs against
1 ES

His partner was T.J Kemp for all the goals against. I doubt they'll have two smaller, offense minded d-men, partnered on the PK much more...

Pusharev is a nice kid, great sense of humor. He'll bust your balls if you get him going. Needs to play more of a team game...

Tukonen is playing very well. Showing no signs of favoring the shoulder at all. He's initiating contact and playing a physical game...

Clarke is playing very well. Should be one of the first, if not the first guy called-up...

Giuliano was scratched on Sunday with an upper body injury...