MANNY LEGACE SIGNS PTO WITH FALCONS

Springfield, MA – The Springfield Falcons, proud members of the American Hockey League, announced today that they have signed goaltender Manny Legace to a Professional Tryout Agreement. 

Legace enters his 18th professional season and he is a veteran of 365 career NHL games posting a record of 187-99-41 with a 2.41 goals against average and .912 save percentage splitting time between the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Carolina Hurricanes.  The Toronto, Ontario native spent six seasons with Detroit where he was a member of the 2001-02 Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings team.  During the 2007-08 campaign while with the St. Louis Blues, Legace participated in the 2008 NHL All-Star Game.

Legace’s pro career started in Springfield with the Falcons starting in 1994.  He has played in 118 career games with the Falcons posting a record of 53-45-15.  Legace remains fourth on the Falcons’ all-time games played list for goaltenders.  During the 1995-96 season, Legace won the AHL’s Aldege (Baz) Bastien Memorial Award as the league’s top goaltender.  Legace remains the Falcons’ all-time leader in shutouts with eight.

                                                                          --Regular Season--

Season

 
Team

Lge

 
GP

Min

GA

EN

SO

GAA

W

L

T

Saves

SV%

1994-95

 
Springfield

AHL

 
39

2169

128

3

2

3.54

12

17

6

1006

.887

1995-96

 
Springfield

AHL

 
37

2196

83

1

5

2.27

20

12

4

923

.917

1996-97

 
Richmond

ECHL

 
3

157

8

0

0

3.05

2

1

0

53

.869

 

 
Springfield

AHL

 
36

2119

107

2

1

3.03

17

14

5

929

.897

1997-98

 
Las Vegas

ECHL

 
41

2106

111

4

1

3.16

18

16

4

1143

.911

 

 
Springfield

AHL

 
6

345

16

0

0

2.78

4

2

0

128

.889

1998-99

 
Los Angeles

NHL

 
17

899

39

5

0

2.60

2

9

2

400

.911

 

 
Long Beach

IHL

 
33

1796

67

3

2

2.24

22

8

1

691

.912

1999-00

 
Detroit

NHL

 
4

240

11

0

0

2.75

4

0

0

106

.906

 

 
Manitoba

AHL

 
42

2409

104

3

2

2.59

17

18

5

1095

.913

2000-01

 
Detroit

NHL

 
39

2136

73

1

2

2.05

24

5

5

836

.920

2001-02

 
Detroit

NHL

 
20

1117

45

0

1

2.42

10

6

2

458

.911

2002-03

 
Detroit

NHL

 
25

1406

51

1

0

2.18

14

5

4

630

.925

2003-04

 
Detroit

NHL

 
41

2325

82

3

3

2.12

23

10

5

937

.920

2004-05

 
Voskresensk

Russia

 
2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2005-06

 
Detroit

NHL

 
51

2905

106

1

7

2.19

37

8

3

1138

.915

 

 
Grand Rapids

AHL

 
1

60

2

0

0

2.00

1

0

0

20

.909

2006-07

 
St. Louis

NHL

 
45

2522

109

6

5

2.59

23

15

5

1068

.907

2007-08

 
St. Louis

NHL

 
66

3666

147

6

5

2.41

27

25

8

1501

.911

2008-09

 
St. Louis

NHL

 
29

1452

77

1

0

3.18

13

9

2

592

.885

 

 
Peoria

AHL

 
23

1290

43

1

3

2.00

14

7

1

615

.935

2009-10

 
Chicago

AHL

 
6

317

17

1

1

3.21

2

2

1

149

.898

 

 
Carolina

NHL

 
30

1596

77

4

1

2.89

10

8

6

723

.904

2010-11

 
Iserlohn

DEL

 
40

2322

97

0

3

2.51

17

22

0

1101

.919

2011-12

 
San Antonio

AHL

 
1

20

1

0

0

3.00

0

0

0

7

.875

 

Listed below is the Falcons current roster:

Goaltenders – Paul Dainton, Allen York, Danny Taylor, Manny Legace (4)

Defensemen – Raymond Macias, Steven Delisle, Dalton Prout, Nick Holden, John Moore, Cody Goloubef, Brent Regner, Anton Blomqvist (8)

Forwards – Nick Drazenovic, Adam Mair, Ryan Garlock, Mike Thomas, Tomas Kubalik, Wade MacLeod, Oliver Gabriel, Andrew Joudrey, Matt Calvert, Aaron Bogosian, Cam Atkinson, Dane Byers, Martin St. Pierre, Ryan Russell (14)

Ticket packages for the 2011-12 season are currently on sale and can be purchased by calling the Falcons Office at 413-739-GOAL.  The Falcons offer a variety of flexible ticket options including:  full season plans, 22-game packages, 14-game plans and 7-game packages.  Each package includes flexible payment plans and exclusive invites to special events held throughout the season.  Single game tickets are on sale at the MassMutual Center Box Office and through Ticketmaster.com.

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