2007-08 Las Vegas Wranglers season

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2007-08 Las Vegas Wranglers
National Conference Champions
Pacific Division Champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st National
League	3rd ECHL
2007-08 record	47-13-12
Home record	24–6–6
Road record	23–7–6
Goals for	244
Goals against	179
General Manager	Glen Gulutzan
Coach	Glen Gulutzan
Captain	Peter Ferraro
Alternate captains	Chris Ferraro
Arena	Orleans Arena
Average attendance	4,970 (63.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Peter Ferraro (36)
Assists	Chris Ferraro (39)
Points	Peter Ferraro (73)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan Donally (176)
Wins	Daniel Manzato (24)
Goals against average	Kevin Lalande (2.05)

The 2007-08 Las Vegas Wranglers season is the Las Vegas Wranglers fifth season in the ECHL. The regular season began on October 19, 2007 against the Fresno Falcons and concluded on April 5, 2008 against the Phoenix Roadrunners. The Wranglers looked to improve upon the progress that they had made in the 2006-07 season in which they won their first ever division crown and were awarded the Brabham Cup, as the ECHL's regular season champions, before being eliminated in the National Conference Semifinals by the eventual Kelly Cup champions, the Idaho Steelheads. During the season the Wranglers wore a special 5-year anniversary patch to recognize the team's 5 seasons in the ECHL.

During the regular season, the Wranglers finished first in the National Conference for the second straight year and third overall in the ECHL. With a 12-3 record, the team eliminated the Stockton Thunder, the Alaska Aces, and the Utah Grizzlies, on their way to the 2008 Kelly Cup Finals, the franchise's first in its five year history. The team was defeated in the Kelly Cup Finals by the Cincinnati Cyclones in six games.

Contents 1 Pre-season 2 Regular season 2.1 Season results 3 Standings 3.1 Division standings 3.2 Conference standings 4 Game log 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 Player stats 5.1 Skaters 5.1.1 Regular Season 5.1.2 Playoffs 5.2 Goaltenders 5.2.1 Regular Season 5.2.2 Playoffs 6 Awards 6.1 League awards 7 Affiliates 8 Personnel 8.1 Roster 8.2 Staff 9 Reference 10 See Also 11 External links

[edit] Pre-season

On October 16, 2007, three days before the Wranglers began their fifth season, the club unveiled new uniforms. The new black and white jerseys featured a new crest with a poker chip logo on the front. The outer circle of the crest reads “Las Vegas Wranglers”, while the middle of the crest leaves room for the player’s individual jersey number. The sleeves sport the poker chip hockey puck logo, while the front features the Wranglers five-year anniversary logo. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

See also: 2007-08 ECHL season

The Wranglers began the regular season on October 19 visiting the Fresno Falcons. The team played their home-opener against the Stockton Thunder on October 21. The Wranglers started off the season on a 15-2-0 run, including an 11-game winning streak from November 03 to November 30, proving to be their longest winning streak of the season. The Wranglers longest losing streak of the season was a 5-game slump from February 22 to February 29. The team concluded the season on April 05 with a 4 – 3 home victory over the Phoenix Roadrunners.

[edit] Season results

The Wranglers clinched their second straight Pacific Division crown and National Conference regular season championship on March 26 with a 3 – 2 overtime victory on the road against the Utah Grizzlies. The win also made the Wranglers the first team in ECHL history to have three consecutive seasons with at least 100 points.^[2]

During the regular season and playoffs numerous Wranglers records were broken. During the regular season, Peter Ferraro set a new record for most goals in a season at 36, Shawn Limpright became the the Wranglers career leader in Assists (92), Points (131), and Penalty Minutes (479), and although he only played in two games during the year, Mike McBain extended his franchise records in Most Years(5) and Most Games Played (258) with the Wranglers before retiring from professional ice hockey. The career playoff records that were broken included Games Played (Marco Peluso - 34), Goals (Tyler Mosienko - 13), Points (Tyler Mosienko - 29), Penalty Minutes (Shawn Limpright - 54), Goaltender Games Played (Kevin Lalande - 20), Goaltender Wings (Kevin Lalande - 13), and Shutouts (Kevin Lalande - 3), as well as Marco Peluso and Tyler Mosienko tying Derek Edwardson's record of most career playoff assists with 16.

The Wranglers earned the #1 seed in the National Conference for the second straight season. The Wranglers faced off against their division rival, #8 seed Stockton Thunder in the National Conference Quarterfinals. Stockton surprised Las Vegas by taking game one but the Wranglers won the next three, including two in overtime, and closed out the Thunder in six games. The Wranglers next opponent was the #5 seed Alaska Aces, who ended the Wranglers season in the 2006 West Division Finals in six games in their last playoff meeting. The Wranglers dominated their bitter rivals in game one with an 8–0 victory and continued to dominate the series winning in five games. The Wranglers next opponent was the cinderella team, #6 seed Utah Grizzlies. The Wranglers came in after dominating the Grizzlies in the regular season winning 10 of the 11 meetings between the two teams. The Wranglers continued to dominate the Grizzlies, sweeping them in four games and winning their first National Conference playoff championship and their first birth in the Kelly Cup Finals. The Wranglers would have a tough challenge for themselves in the National "AA" ice hockey finals as they took on the Brabham Cup champion, Cincinnati Cyclones. The #1 North Division seed Cyclones had just come off of four games to one win over the South Carolina Stingrays in the American Conference Finals. The two teams traded wins, until the Cyclones finally broke the the trend and became the first team to win back-to-back games in the series, closing out the Wranglers in six games.

[edit] Standings

[edit] Division standings

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
z-Las Vegas Wranglers	72	47	13	12	244	179	106
x-Fresno Falcons	72	42	22	8	242	216	92
x-Bakersfield Condors	72	26	37	9	230	280	61
x-Stockton Thunder	72	27	40	5	200	250	59

[edit] Conference standings

National Conference	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
z-Las Vegas Wranglers *	72	47	13	12	244	179	106
y-Victoria Salmon Kings *	72	42	23	7	256	239	91
x-Fresno Falcons	72	42	22	8	242	216	92
x-Idaho Steelheads	72	40	22	10	224	183	90
x-Alaska Aces	72	41	26	5	245	229	87
x-Utah Grizzlies	72	32	30	10	239	259	74
x-Bakersfield Condors	72	26	37	9	230	280	61
x-Stockton Thunder	72	27	40	5	200	250	59
e-Phoenix Roadrunners	72	24	39	9	206	265	57

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, z - clinched best conference record, e - eliminated from playoff contention, * - division leader

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular season

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2007–08 Game Log
October: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 19 Las Vegas 2 – 1 Fresno OT 1–0–0 2 2 October 21 Stockton 1 – 4 Las Vegas 2–0–0 4 3 October 23 Stockton 2 – 3 Las Vegas 3–0–0 6 4 October 26 Las Vegas 4 – 3 Victoria 4–0–0 8 5 October 27 Las Vegas 3 – 4 Victoria 4–1–0 8
November: 11–1–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 6 November 2 Utah 8 – 5 Las Vegas 4–2–0 8 7 November 3 Utah 1 – 5 Las Vegas 5–2–0 10 8 November 10 Las Vegas 6 – 2 Phoenix 6–2–0 12 9 November 11 Las Vegas 5 – 1 Phoenix 7–2–0 14 10 November 14 Las Vegas 4 – 3 Bakersfield SO 8–2–0 16 11 November 16 Las Vegas 4 – 0 Bakersfield 9–2–0 18 12 November 18 Las Vegas 3 – 2 Bakersfield 10–2–0 20 13 November 20 Phoenix 1 – 4 Las Vegas 11–2–0 22 14 November 25 Phoenix 0 – 4 Las Vegas 12–2–0 24 15 November 27 Bakersfield 1 – 4 Las Vegas 13–2–0 26 16 November 29 Idaho 3 – 4 Las Vegas 14–2–0 28 17 November 30 Idaho 1 – 2 Las Vegas 15–2–0 30
December: 6–3–4 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 5–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 18 December 1 Idaho 2 – 1 Las Vegas SO 15–2–1 31 19 December 7 Las Vegas 2 – 3 Stockton SO 15–2–2 32 20 December 8 Las Vegas 2 – 1 Stockton 16–2–2 34 21 December 12 Las Vegas 6 – 2 Utah 17–2–2 36 22 December 14 Las Vegas 4 – 3 Utah SO 18–2–2 38 23 December 15 Las Vegas 7 – 5 Utah 19–2–2 40 24 December 17 Phoenix 5 – 4 Las Vegas SO 19–2–3 41 25 December 19 Las Vegas 3 – 0 Idaho 20–2–3 43 26 December 21 Las Vegas 3 – 4 Idaho OT 20–2–4 44 27 December 22 Las Vegas 0 – 2 Idaho 20–3–4 44 28 December 27 Idaho 2 – 4 Las Vegas 21–3–4 46 29 December 28 Idaho 3 – 2 Las Vegas 21–4–4 46 30 December 30 Las Vegas 2 – 3 Bakersfield 21–5–4 46
January: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–1–3 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 31 January 1 Stockton 1 – 4 Las Vegas SO 22–5–4 48 32 January 4 Fresno 5 – 4 Las Vegas OT 22–5–5 49 33 January 5 Fresno 3 – 2 Las Vegas OT 22–5–6 50 34 January 8 Fresno 2 – 1 Las Vegas OT 22–5–7 51 35 January 11 Victoria 0 – 5 Las Vegas 23–5–7 53 36 January 12 Victoria 3 – 1 Las Vegas 23–6–7 53 37 January 18 Las Vegas 3 – 4 Bakersfield 23–7–7 53 38 January 19 Las Vegas 4 – 1 Stockton 24–7–7 55 39 January 20 Las Vegas 0 – 1 Stockton 24–8–7 55 40 January 25 Las Vegas 1 – 0 Utah 25–8–7 57 41 January 26 Utah 1 – 4 Las Vegas 26–8–7 59 42 January 27 Utah 2 – 3 Las Vegas SO 27–8–7 61 43 January 30 Las Vegas 7 – 4 Phoenix 28–8–7 63
February: 7–3–4 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 4–2–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 44 February 1 Fresno 3 – 4 Las Vegas SO 29–8–7 65 45 February 2 Las Vegas 2 – 6 Fresno 29–9–7 65 46 February 5 Las Vegas 5 – 3 Phoenix 30–9–7 67 47 February 7 Las Vegas 5 – 2 Phoenix 31–9–7 69 48 February 12 Las Vegas 7 – 3 Bakersfield 32–9–7 71 49 February 13 Las Vegas 3 – 0 Stockton 33–9–7 73 50 February 15 Victoria 3 – 2 Las Vegas 33–10–7 73 51 February 16 Victoria 3 – 5 Las Vegas 34–10–7 75 52 February 18 Bakersfield 3 – 4 Las Vegas 35–10–7 77 53 February 22 Las Vegas 1 – 2 Alaska SO 35–10–8 78 54 February 23 Las Vegas 3 – 4 Alaska SO 35–10–9 79 55 February 24 Las Vegas 2 – 3 Alaska SO 35–10–10 80 56 February 27 Las Vegas 3 – 5 Victoria 35–11–10 80 57 February 29 Las Vegas 4 – 5 Victoria OT 35–11–11 81
March: 10–1–1 (Home: 7–1–1 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 58 March 1 Las Vegas 5 – 4 Victoria 36–11–11 83 59 March 4 Stockton 1 – 5 Las Vegas 37–11–11 85 60 March 7 Bakersfield 2 – 1 Las Vegas SO 37–11–12 86 61 March 8 Phoenix 2 – 3 Las Vegas OT 38–11–12 88 62 March 14 Utah 1 – 2 Las Vegas 39–11–12 90 63 March 15 Utah 3 – 4 Las Vegas 40–11–12 92 64 March 18 Alaska 2 – 3 Las Vegas 41–11–12 94 65 March 20 Alaska 3 – 0 Las Vegas 41–12–12 94 66 March 21 Alaska 3 – 4 Las Vegas 42–12–12 96 67 March 23 Phoenix 1 – 4 Las Vegas 43–12–12 98 68 March 26 Las Vegas 3 – 2 Utah OT 44–12–12 100 69 March 28 Las Vegas 3 – 2 Fresno 45–12–12 102
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 70 April 1 Las Vegas 5 – 3 Phoenix 46–12–12 104 71 April 4 Bakersfield 6 – 3 Las Vegas 46–13–12 104 72 April 5 Phoenix 3 - 4 Las Vegas 47-13-12 106

[edit] Playoffs

• Green background indicates win,
• Red indicates loss.

2008 Kelly Cup Playoffs

National Conference Quarterfinals vs #8 Stockton: 4–2 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 11 Stockton 4 – 2 Las Vegas 0-1 2 April 12 Stockton 4 – 5 Las Vegas OT 1-1 3 April 13 Las Vegas 3 – 2 Stockton 2–1 4 April 18 Las Vegas 4 - 3 Stockton OT 3-1 5 April 20 Las Vegas 3 - 6 Stockton 3-2 6 April 22 Stockton 1 - 4 Las Vegas 4-2 National Conference Semifinals vs #5 Alaska: 4–1 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 25 Alaska 0 - 8 Las Vegas 1-0 2 April 26 Alaska 1 - 3 Las Vegas 2-0 3 April 29 Las Vegas 5 - 3 Alaska 3-0 4 May 1 Las Vegas 5 - 6 Alaska OT 3-1 5 May 2* Las Vegas 6 - 3 Alaska 4-1 National Conference Finals vs #6 Utah: 4-0 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 2-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 12 Utah 2 - 5 Las Vegas 1-0 2 May 13 Utah 3 - 4 Las Vegas OT 2-0 3 May 15 Las Vegas 3 - 2 Utah OT 3-0 4 May 16 Las Vegas 5-2 Utah 4-0 Kelly Cup Finals vs #No.1 Cincinnati: 2-4 (Home: 1-2 ; Road: 1-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 24 Las Vegas 2-4 Cincinnati 0-1 2 May 25 Las Vegas 1-0 Cincinnati 1-1 3 May 29 Cincinnati 4-2 Las Vegas 1-2 4 May 30 Cincinnati 0-2 Las Vegas 2-2 5 June 02 Cincinnati 4-0 Las Vegas 2-3 6 June 05 Las Vegas 1-3 Cincinnati 2-4

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

[edit] Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Player GP G A Pts PIM Peter Ferraro 68 36 37 73 90 Adam Cracknell 61 29 30 59 47 Tyler Mosienko 64 22 37 59 83 Chris Ferraro 46 12 39 51 96 Ryan Donally 53 15 22 37 176 Aki Seitsonen 70 18 18 36 14 Aaron Power 64 9 27 36 58 Bruce Mulherin 50 15 25 35 90 Jason Krischuk 68 7 28 35 78 Shawn Limpright 44 12 19 31 119 Brandon Kaleniecki 60 16 14 30 56 Jason Jozsa 49 2 28 30 28 Kelly Czuy 55 11 17 28 73 Marco Peluso 33 5 10 15 52 Sean Owens 39 5 9 14 42 Mike Madill 68 4 10 14 50 Curtis Fraser 5 3 8 11 5 Justin Donati 14 0 11 11 8 Tyson Strachan 25 2 7 9 68 Adam Miller 9 3 5 8 14 Josh Sciba 22 6 1 7 8 Gerry Burke 16 3 4 7 20 Nathan Barrett 7 4 2 6 10 Brad Cole 19 0 4 4 11 Jason Dest 50 0 4 4 82 Jim Jorgensen 8 1 2 3 10 Daniel Manzato (G) 33 0 2 2 2 Matt Beaudoin 1 0 1 1 0 Steve Brudzewski 12 0 1 1 2 Gord Baldwin 12 0 1 1 9 Mike McBain 2 0 0 0 6 Tyler Sims (G) 2 0 0 0 0 John Ceci (G) 3 0 0 0 0 Tim Boron (G) 4 0 0 0 0 John Curry (G) 6 0 0 0 0 Kevin Lalande (G) 27 0 0 0 2

[edit] Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Adam Cracknell 21 9 13 22 4 Peter Ferraro 20 8 13 21 12 Tyler Mosienko 21 7 13 20 10 Kelly Czuy 21 7 10 17 26 Adam Miller 20 4 12 22 Shawn Limpright 17 6 8 14 16 Jason Krischuk 21 1 11 12 22 Aki Seitsonen 21 7 3 10 4 Jason Jozsa 21 4 6 10 10 Bruce Mulherin 17 3 7 10 31 Marco Peluso 18 2 8 10 21 Curtis Fraser 16 7 1 8 26 Gerry Burke 21 2 5 7 22 Mike Madil 21 1 6 7 6 Aaron Power 21 0 7 7 24 Ryan Donally 4 2 2 4 6 Tyston Strachan 16 0 4 4 12 Brandon Kaleniecki 5 2 1 3 2 Jason Dest 9 1 0 1 2 Chris Ferraro 3 0 1 1 6 Kevin Lalande (G) 20 0 1 1 2 Tyler Sims (G) 1 0 0 0 0 Daniel Manzato (G) 2 0 0 0 0 Sean Owens 2 0 0 0 2

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; GS = Games Started; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; SV = Saves; SV% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

[edit] Regular Season

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SV	SV%	SO
Kevin Lalande	27	1605	17	5	4	55	2.05	752	.932	3
John Ceci	3	190	1	0	2	7	2.21	72	.911	0
Daniel Manzato	33	1985	22	5	6	79	2.39	890	.918	3
Tyler Sims	2	118	1	1	0	8	4.06	49	.860	0

[edit] Playoffs

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Tyler Sims	1	52	0	0	1	1.17	15	14	.933	0
Daniel Manzato	2	97	1	0	4	2.48	42	38	.905	0
Kevin Lalande	20	1142	13	7	48	2.52	521	473	.908	3

[edit] Awards

[edit] League awards

Player	Award
Jason Dest	All-Star defenceman[3]
Peter Ferraro	All-Star starting forward and captain[4]
Glen Gulutzan	All-Star head coach[5]
Daniel Manzato	All-Star goaltender [4]
Tyson Strachan	All-Star defenceman [4]

Note: Jason Dest was added to the All-Star Game, as a replacement following Tyson Strachan's AHL call-up to Peoria.

[edit] Affiliates

• NHL - Calgary Flames

The Wranglers continued their affiliation with the Calgary Flames for a fifth year, having been affiliated with Calgary since their inaugural season in 2003. The Flames assigned three prospects to Las Vegas during the season, including Adam Cracknell and Aki Seitsonen, who each returned for their second season in Las Vegas, and Ryan Donally, who made his Wranglers debut in 2007.^[6]

• AHL - Quad City Flames

The Wanglers enter its first season with an affiliation with the Quad City Flames who are the relocated franchise that was the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Roster

Las Vegas Wranglers 2008 Final Roster view • talk • edit
Goaltenders 38 Kevin Lalande  56 Daniel Manzato  Injured Reserve		Defensemen 3 Gerry Burke  4 Jason Jozsa  7 Sean Owens  8 Jason Dest  9 Mike Madill  10 Jason Krischuk  33 Tyson Strachan  57 Aaron Power		Wingers 13 Chris Ferraro  - A 16 Kelly Czuy  17 Peter Ferraro  - C 19 Bruce Mulherin  21 Brandon Kaleniecki  23 Adam Cracknell  26 Shawn Limpright  27 Marco Peluso  43 Ryan Donally		Centers 14 Tyler Mosienko  18 Aki Seitsonen  44 Curtis Fraser  81 Adam Miller  GM: Glen Gulutzan Coach: Glen Gulutzan

[edit] Staff

Las Vegas Wranglers 2007–08 staff v • d • e
	Executive Operations Ownership - Charles Davenport, IV, Jonathan Fleisig Chief Operating Officer - Billy Johnson President - Billy Johnson Executive Vice President - Deric Voelker			Hockey Operations General Manager - Glen Gulutzan Assistant General Manager - Brent Bilodeau Head Coach - Glen Gulutzan Assistant Coaches - Brent Bilodeau Strength & Conditioning - Scott McLay

[edit] Reference

[edit] See Also

• 2007-08 ECHL season

[edit] External links

• Las Vegas Wranglers official site
• Regular season and Playoff statistics
• Season schedule and results

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