AHL's Atlantic Division's Top Players Per Team...

Since the Falcons will play sixty of their eighty games against their six divisional rivals, I may as well introduce you to each teams key contributors.

'07-08 Division Champions the Providence Bruins:

C Martin St. Pierre 5-9 187lbs. 8/11/83
'07-08 (Rockford) 69gp. 21-67-88 +3 80pim.
'08-09 2gp. 1-2-3 -1 0pim.

C Vladimir Sobodtka 5-10 183lbs. 7/2/87
'07-08 18gp. 10-10-20 +12 37pim.
'08-09 2gp. 2-2-4 Ev 7pim. (currently on recall to Boston)

Rw Martin Karsums 5-10 192lbs. 2/26/86
'07-08 79gp. 20-43-63 +25 57pim.
'08-09 2gp. 1-1-2 -1 2pim.

D Matt Lashoff 6-2 205lbs. 9/29/86
'07-08 60gp. 9-27-36 +11 79pim.
'08-09 2gp. 0-1-1 Ev 6pim.

G Tuuka Rask 6-2 170lbs. 3/10/87
'07-08 45gp. 27-13-0-2 2.33GAA 0.905sv%
'08-09 2gp. 2-0-0-0 2.89GAA 0.880sv%

Key Rookies: Rw Brad Marchand, Rw Mikko Lehtinen,

Manchester Monarchs

Rw Teddy Purcell 6-3 190lbs. 9/8/85
'07-08 67gp. 25-58-83 Ev 34pim.
'08-09 1gp. 0-0-0 -2 0pim.

C Gabe Gauthier 5-9 205lbs. 1/20/84
'07-08 61gp. 23-37-60 -13 43pim.
'08-09 1gp. 1-0-1 +1 0pim.

Key Rookies: G Jonathan Bernier, C Bud Holloway, D Viatcheslav Voynov

Portland Pirates

Rw Mark Mancari 6-4 215lbs. 7/11/85
'07-08 (Rochester) 80gp. 21-36-57 -7 78pim.
'08-09 1gp. 3-2-5 +3 0pim.

Lw Marc-Andre Gragnani 6-2 200lbs. 3-11-87
'07-08 (Rochester) 78gp. 14-38-52 -24 38pim.
'08-09 1gp. 0-1-1 +1 0pim.

Lw Dylan Hunter 6-0 190lbs. 5/21/85
'07-08 (Rochester) 70gp. 20-27-47 -10 69pim.
'08-09 1gp. 0-1-1 +1 0pim.

C Marek Zagrapan 6-1 198lbs. 12/6/86
'07-08 (Rochester) 76gp. 18-22-40 -22 66pim.
'08-09 1gp. 0-0-0 -1 0pim.

Key Rookies: C Nathan Gerbe, C Tim Kennedy, D Chris Butler

Lowell Devils

Rw Niklas Bergfors 5-11 190lbs. 3/8/87
'07-08 66gp. 12-15-27 -12 22pim.
'08-09 2gp. 1-4-5 2pim.

Key Rookies: Rw Matt Halischuk, Rw Vladimir Zharkov, D Tyler Eckford

Worcester Sharks

C Cory Larose 5-11 190lbs. 5/14/75
'06-07 (Chicago) 63gp. 22-61-83 +16 75pim.
'08-09 1gp. 2-0-2 -1 2pim.

Rw Ryan Vesce 5-8 175lbs. 4/7/82
'07-08 (Binghampton) 80gp. 16-35-51 -26 51pim.
'08-09 1gp. 0-2-2 -1 0pim.

Key Rookies: Rw Mike Morris, D Jason Demers, Lw Jamie McGinn

Hartford Wolf Pack

Rw Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau 5-11 195lbs. 3/24/83
'07-08 75gp. 34-47-81 +15 81pim.
'08-09 2gp. 0-0-0 +2 0pim.

Lw Dane Byers 6-3 199lbs. 2/21/86
'07-08 73gp. 23-23-46 +23 184pim.
'08-09 2gp. 1-0-1 -1 2pim.

Key Rookies: D Bobby Sanguinetti

Springfield Falcons

Lw Rob Schremp 5-11 200lbs. 7/1/86
'07-08 78gp. 23-53-76 -15 64pim.
'08-09 0gp.

Rw/C Gilbert Brule 5-10 185lbs. 1/1/87
'07-08 (Syracuse) 16gp. 5-5-10 +2 44pim.
'08-09 2gp. 2-1-3 +1 2pim.

Lw/C Ryan Potulny 6-0 190lbs. 9/5/84
'07-08 (Philadelphia) 58gp. 21-26-47 -16 51pim.
'08-09 2gp. 2-0-2 +1 0pim.

Rw Carl Corazzini 5-9 176lbs. 4/21/79
'07-08 (Grand Rapids) 80gp. 24-36-60 -19 14pim.

D Theo Peckham 6-2 223lbs. 11/10/87
'07-08 59gp. 6-6-12 -14 174pim.
'08-09 2gp. 2-0-2 +1 9pim.

Key Rookies: D Taylor Chorney, D Cody Wild, Lw Bryan Lerg