The 2009–10 Las Vegas Wranglers season will be the 7th season for the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL . The Wranglers will enter the season with a new head coach for the first time since the inaugural season , following the promotion of former head coach and general manager Glen Gulutzan to the position of head coach of the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League .[2]
Preseason [ ]
Following an unlikely return to the National Conference finals, the first head coach and general manager of the Las Vegas Wranglers, Glen Gulutzan, left the team to become the head coach of the expansion Texas Stars of the AHL.[3] For the first time in seven years, Wranglers owner Charles Davenport was forced to look for a head coach, but stated that Gulutzan's move to the AHL was "long overdue." Gulutzan had been offered assistant coaching jobs in the AHL for the past few years, but the offer to coach Texas was his first head coaching offer in the AHL. Davenport is actively searching for Gulutzan’s replacement and hopes to fill the position within one month. Gulutzan said he would make some recommendations to help Davenport’s search.[2]
On June 25, the Wranglers announced that they had hired former Stockton Thunder assistant, Ryan Mougenel to be the second head coach and general manager in team history. Mougenel played in the ECHL for Hampton Roads , Chesapeake , Jackson and Atlantic City .[4] Mougenel was officially introduced at Orleans Arena on June 30. Mougenel said he intends to keep a core nucleus of last year's squad while implementing on-ice systems similar to those Gulutzan employed. Mougenel also announced that the team would not retain Mike McBain as the team's assistant coach and would not employ an assistant coach at all for the 2009-10 season, a move many ECHL clubs have decided to due to financial constraints.[5]
On July 15, the Wranglers announced that they had hired former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau to take over as the team's director of player development as well as being a special assistant to the General Manager. Primeau, who played in fifteen NHL seasons, runs the Durham Hockey Institute in Toronto with Wranglers head coach and general manager Ryan Mougenel and Keith's brother Wayne and the trio are also the owners of the Whitby Fury of the Ontario Junior Hockey League .[6]
On August 10, the Wranglers announced that the team had severed its six-year affiliation with the Calgary Flames and signed an agreement to become the ECHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes and Phoenix's AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage . Head Coach Ryan Mougenel stated that cost of travel between Las Vegas and Abbotsford, British Columbia (site of Calgary's newly relocated AHL affiliate ) and immigration issues from Canada played large roles in the decision to separate.[7]
On August 26, the Wranglers announced that they would play a home and home preseason series with the Ontario Reign . The first game would be played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on October 8, while the two teams will play again the following night at the Center Ice Arena in Ontario, California.[8]
2009 Preseason Game Log: 1-0-1 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 0-0-1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
1
October 8
Ontario
2 - 5
Las Vegas
Ouzas
1-0-0
2
October 9
Las Vegas
3 - 4
Ontario [1]
SO
Gistedt
1-0-1
1.^ Game played at Center Ice Arena in Ontario, California .
Regular season [ ]
See also: 2009-10 ECHL season
Standings [ ]
Division standings [ ]
Conference standings [ ]
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, b - clinched Brabham Cup , best record in the conference and first round bye, e - eliminated from playoff contention
Game log [ ]
Regular season [ ]
2009–10 Game Log
October: 3-3-0 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-0-0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
1
October 16
Utah
5 - 3
Las Vegas
Ouzas
6,383
0-1-0
0
2
October 22
Alaska
5 - 2
Las Vegas
Gistedt
3,107
0-2-0
0
3
October 23
Alaska
3 - 4
Las Vegas
Ouzas
3,372
1-2-0
2
4
October 24
Alaska
3 - 6
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,321
2-2-0
4
5
October 29
Utah
9 - 2
Las Vegas
Gistedt
3,392
2-3-0
4
6
October 30
Las Vegas
4 - 3
Ontario
Ouzas
8,067
3-3-0
6
November: 3-9-1 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-6-1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
7
November 1
Las Vegas
2 - 1
Ontario
Ouzas
4,767
4-3-0
8
8
November 5
Bakersfield
4 - 1
Las Vegas
Ouzas
3,274
4-4-0
8
9
November 6
Bakersfield
1 - 2
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,062
5-4-0
10
10
November 7
Las Vegas
2 - 4
Bakersfield
Ouzas
5,368
5-5-0
10
11
November 10
Utah
3 - 2
Las Vegas
Ouzas
2,943
5-6-0
10
12
November 12
Utah
0 - 4
Las Vegas
Ouzas
3,681
6-6-0
12
13
November 13
Utah
5 - 3
Las Vegas
Ouzas
6,278
6-7-0
12
14
November 14
Las Vegas
3 - 8
Utah
Ouzas
3,390
6-8-0
12
15
November 20
Las Vegas
0 - 4
Utah
Ouzas
9,304
6-9-0
12
16
November 21
Las Vegas
1 - 5
Utah
Ouzas
3,424
6-10-0
12
17
November 22
Las Vegas
2 - 3
Utah
OT
Ouzas
2,280
6-10-1
13
18
November 27
Las Vegas
1 - 4
Bakersfield
Ouzas
4,172
6-11-1
13
19
November 28
Las Vegas
2 - 3
Bakersfield
Ouzas
8,825
6-12-1
13
December: 6-2-2 (Home: 6-0-0; Road: 0-2-2)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
20
December 1
Victoria
3 - 4
Las Vegas
OT
Sauer
2,347
7-12-1
15
21
December 3
Victoria
5 - 7
Las Vegas
Sauer
3,409
8-12-1
17
22
December 4
Victoria
1 - 2
Las Vegas
Gistedt
4,722
9-12-1
19
23
December 10
Las Vegas
2 - 4
Victoria
Gistedt
3,871
9-13-1
19
24
December 11
Las Vegas
2 - 4
Victoria
Ouzas
3,421
9-14-1
19
25
December 12
Las Vegas
4 - 5
Victoria
OT
Gistedt
3,831
9-14-2
20
26
December 18
Las Vegas
2 - 3
Ontario
SO
Ouzas
6,285
9-14-3
21
27
December 19
Ontario
1 - 2
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,792
10-14-3
23
28
December 26
Ontario
2 - 4
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,409
11-14-3
25
29
December 29
Idaho
1 - 3
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,603
12-14-3
27
January: 6-7-1 (Home: 3-0-1; Road: 3-7-0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
30
January 2
Utah
1 - 4
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,252
13-14-3
29
31
January 3
Utah
3 - 5
Las Vegas
Ouzas
3,085
14-14-3
31
32
January 6
Las Vegas
2 - 1
Ontario
Ouzas
4,777
15-14-3
33
33
January 8
Ontario
3 - 2
Las Vegas
OT
Ouzas
4,932
15-14-4
34
34
January 9
Ontario
1 - 5
Las Vegas
Ouzas
6,019
16-14-4
36
35
January 12
Las Vegas
3 - 5
Victoria
Ouzas
4,221
16-15-4
36
36
January 13
Las Vegas
4 - 6
Victoria
Gistedt
3,970
16-16-4
36
37
January 15
Las Vegas
1 - 3
Alaska
Ouzas
4,494
16-17-4
36
38
January 16
Las Vegas
0 - 3
Alaska
Ouzas
5,012
16-18-4
36
39
January 22
Las Vegas
6 - 5
Idaho
Ouzas
5,436
17-18-4
38
40
January 23
Las Vegas
1 - 4
Idaho
Ouzas
5,087
17-19-4
38
41
January 24
Las Vegas
5 - 8
Idaho
Ouzas
3,026
17-20-4
38
42
January 29
Las Vegas
8 - 5
Utah
Ouzas
10,020
18-20-4
40
43
January 30
Las Vegas
1 - 3
Utah
Gistedt
7,043
18-21-4
40
February: 5-4-2 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-2-1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
44
February 1
Las Vegas
1 - 4
Utah Grizzlies
Ouzas
2,900
18-22-4
40
45
February 4
Idaho
4 - 5
Las Vegas
SO
Ouzas
3,651
19-22-4
42
46
February 5
Idaho
3 - 2
Las Vegas
SO
Ouzas
4,387
19-22-5
43
47
February 6
Idaho
4 - 2
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,653
19-23-5
43
48
February 12
Bakersfield
5 - 6
Las Vegas
OT
Gistedt
4,183
20-23-5
45
49
February 13
Las Vegas
4 - 0
Bakersfield
Spratt
6,333
21-23-5
47
50
February 19
Las Vegas
3 - 4
Alaska
OT
Spratt
5,330
21-23-6
48
51
February 20
Las Vegas
4 - 3
Alaska
OT
Spratt
5,120
22-23-6
50
52
February 21
Las Vegas
1 - 3
Alaska
Spratt
4,515
22-24-6
50
53
February 26
Stockton
2 - 5
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,124
23-24-6
52
54
February 27
Stockton
6 - 4
Las Vegas
Ouzas
4,923
23-25-6
52
55
February 28
Stockton
3 - 6
Las Vegas
Gistedt
3,480
24-25-6
54
March: 8-4-2 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 4-2-2)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
56
March 5
Las Vegas
7 - 6
Ontario
SO
Gistedt
5,303
25-25-6
56
57
March 6
Las Vegas
3 - 4
Ontario
SO
Gistedt
7,818
25-25-7
57
58
March 7
Las Vegas
4 - 3
Ontario
SO
Gistedt
5,157
26-25-7
59
59
March 9
Las Vegas
2 - 5
Bakersfield
Gistedt
3,645
26-26-7
59
60
March 10
Las Vegas
3 - 2
Bakersfield
Spratt
3,306
27-26-7
61
61
March 12
Bakersfield
4 - 5
Las Vegas
Spratt
5,019
28-26-7
63
62
March 13
Bakersfield
2 - 6
Las Vegas
Spratt
4,713
29-26-7
65
63
March 14
Bakersfield
3 - 6
Las Vegas
Spratt
4,585
30-26-7
67
64
March 18
Alaska
7 - 8
Las Vegas
OT
Gistedt
4,339
31-26-7
69
65
March 19
Alaska
3 - 2
Las Vegas
Gistedt
5,057
31-27-7
69
66
March 20
Alaska
3 - 2
Las Vegas
Spratt
6,342
31-28-7
69
67
March 26
Las Vegas
2 - 3
Stockton
SO
Spratt
5,717
31-28-8
70
68
March 27
Las Vegas
3 - 2
Stockton
Spratt
8,053
32-28-8
72
69
March 28
Las Vegas
5 - 6
Stockton
Spratt
6,845
32-29-8
72
April: 2-1-0 (Home: 2-1-0; Road: 0-0-0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
70
April 1
Ontario
2 - 5
Las Vegas
Spratt
4,149
33-29-8
74
71
April 2
Ontario
1 - 2
Las Vegas
Gistedt
4,209
34-29-8
76
72
April 3
Ontario
7 - 1
Las Vegas
Gistedt
5,394
34-30-8
76
Legend :
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Playoffs [ ]
2010 Kelly Cup Playoffs
American Conference Quarterfinals vs. #4 Utah Grizzlies
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Series
1
April 6
Utah
4 - 6
Las Vegas
Spratt
1,882
1-0
2
April 7
Utah
4 - 1
Las Vegas
Spratt
2,298
1-1
3
April 10
Las Vegas
Utah
4
April 11
Las Vegas
Utah
5
April 13
Las Vegas
Utah
If Necessary
Legend :
Win
Loss
Player stats [ ]
Skaters [ ]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; +/- = Plus-minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Wranglers. Stats reflect time with the Wranglers only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season.
(G) Denotes goaltender.
Goaltenders [ ]
Note: GPI = Games Played In; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals Against Average ; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses ; SO = Shutouts ; SA = Shots Against ; GA = Goals Against; SV% = Save Percentage
Regular season
Player
GP
TOI
W
L
OT
GA
GAA
SA
SV
Sv%
SO
Awards and records [ ]
Awards [ ]
Regular Season
Player
Award
Awarded
Adam Miller
Sher-Wood Player of the Week
December 8, 2009
Adam Miller
All-Star Game representative
December 31, 2009
Ned Lukacevic
Sheer-Wood Player of the Week
January 12, 2010
Adam Miller
Sher-Wood Player of the Week
March 16, 2010
Jimmy Spratt
Reebok Goaltender of the Week
March 16, 2010
Adam Miller
Reebok Hockey Player of the Month
April 7, 2010
Records [ ]
Transactions [ ]
The Wranglers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.
Trades [ ]
Free agents acquired [ ]
Free agents lost [ ]
Players re-signed [ ]
Personnel [ ]
Final Roster [ ]
Updated April 6, 2010.
#
Nat
Player
Pos
S /G
Age
Acquired
Birthplace
17
Canada
Bourret, Alex Alex Bourret
7.0 RW
L
37
2009
Drummondville, Quebec
8
United States
Collins, Greg Greg Collins
3.0 F
L
38
2009
Rochester, New York
5
United States
Frank, Chris Chris Frank
2.0 D
L
38
2009
Lynnwood, Washington
35
Sweden
Gistedt, Joel Joel Gistedt
1.0 G
L
36
2009
Uddevalla, Sweden
3
Canada
Hagel, Kyle Kyle Hagel
6.0 LW
L
39
2009
Hamilton, Ontario
19
United States
Hazelwood, Jeff Jeff Hazelwood
3.0 F
R
38
2009
Dublin, California
11
United States
Goers, Barry Barry Goers
2.0 D
R
37
2010
Ivyland, Pennsylvania
10
United States
Krischuk, Jason Jason Krischuk
2.0 D
R
43
2009
Anchorage, Alaska
21
Canada
Lawrence, Mick Mick Lawrence
3.0 F
R
41
2008
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
24
Montenegro
Lukacevic, Ned Ned Lukacevic
6.0 LW
L
38
2009
Podgorica , Montenegro
9
Canada
Madill, Mike Mike Madill
2.0 D
R
41
2007
Kirkland, Quebec
81
United States
Miller, Adam Adam Miller
4.0 C
L
39
2008
Livonia, Michigan
22
Canada
Neiszner, Chris Chris Neiszner
4.0 C
R
40
2008
Craik, Saskatchewan
23
United States
Orpik, Andrew Andrew Orpik
3.0 F
R
38
2009
East Amherst, New York
16
United States
Pollastrone, Jerry Jerry Pollastrone
3.0 F
L
38
2010
Revere, Massachusetts
8
United States
Prudden, Josh Josh Prudden
4.0 C
L
42
2009
Andover, Massachusetts
7
Canada
Ross, Nick Nick Ross
2.0 D
L
35
2009
Lethbridge, Alberta
28
Canada
Schwarz, John John Schwarz
2.0 D
L
39
2009
Calgary, Alberta
2
United States
Spratt, Jimmy Jimmy Spratt
1.0 G
L
38
2010
Chesterfield, Michigan
4
Canada
Switzer, Craig Craig Switzer
2.0 D
L
39
2009
Peachland, British Columbia
17
Canada
Watkins, Matt Matt Watkins
7.0 RW
L
37
2009
Aylesbury, Saskatchewan
18
United States
Weston, Ryan Ryan Weston
3.0 F
R
40
2009
Henniker, New Hampshire
35
Sweden
Wiikman, Miika Miika Wiikman
1.0 G
L
39
2010
Mariestad, Sweden
Staff [ ]
Las Vegas Wranglers staff
Hockey Operations
Coaching Staff
Management
Owner - Charles Davenport, IV
Owner - Jonathan Fleisig
President and COO - Billy Johnson
Vice President, corporate services and game production - Michael Delay
Vice President, operations - Deric Voelker
Director, CSPlus - Lyndsi Erickson
Affiliates [ ]
The Las Vegas Wranglers will enter their first season as the ECHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League after being the affiliate for the Calgary Flames for the first six years of the team's existence. The Wranglers will also begin their first season with the San Antonio Rampage as their American Hockey League affiliate.[7]
References [ ]
↑ Attendance Report . ECHL.com (2009-10-21). Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Silver, Steve (June 16, 2009). Wranglers coach accepts AHL promotion . Las Vegas Sun .
↑ Staff (June 18, 2009). Texas Stars hire Gulutzan as head coach . Austin American-Statesman .
↑ Silver, Steve (June 25, 2009). Wranglers hire Stockton assistant to replace Gulutzan . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (June 30, 2009). Wranglers introduce new coach and general manager . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (July 15, 2009). Former NHL All-Star named Director of Player Development . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Silver, Steve (August 10, 2009). Wranglers drop Calgary affiliation . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (August 26, 2009). Wranglers finalize preseason schedule . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Silver, Steve (August 14, 2009). Wranglers sign Riedel, trade Spencer . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (August 7, 2009). Wranglers ink former Fresno goalie . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ 11.0 11.1 Silver, Steve (August 18, 2009). Miller set to return . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (August 21, 2009). Krischuk returning to Las Vegas . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Silver, Steve (August 25, 2009). Wranglers three more . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Silver, Steve (August 31, 2009). Wranglers add former Boston University standout . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ 15.0 15.1 Silver, Steve (September 10, 2009). Wranglers add veteran forward . Las Vegas Sun.
↑ Press release (May 25, 2009). Stürmer Tyler Mosienko wird ein Ice Tiger . Nürnberg Ice Tigers .
↑ Morris, Kelly (July 3, 2009). DeCaro, Muscutt set to return . The Times .
↑ Silver, Steve (July 20, 2009). Wranglers roster slowly taking shape . Las Vegas Sun.
See also [ ]
External links [ ]