Matthew Lombardi scored the first Renegades goal of the 2010-2011 season
Week Record: 0-3-1
Games: 12/5 @ Death 3-1 L, 12/6 vs Phantoms 3-1 L, 12/8 vs Blades 4-0 L, 12/11 @ Thunder 2-1 OTL
The Renengades did not start the season the way they were hoping to. The team that had the best record in their conference one year ago still has yet to get a win in the 2010-2011 season. The Renegades have allowed 12 goals and only scored 3 in the first four games.
Craig Anderson got a game misconduct early in the first period in the home opener, which the Renegades went on to lose 3-1.
"We are not worried at all." Said coach Tom Renney. "Every season we tend to start off poorly, it takes us some time to build momentum."
The Renegades have been struggling on the power play, having many power plays go by with zero shots on goal. The Renegades on paper appear to be a strong offensive team but they have not showed their offensive weapons at all yet.
Matthew Lombardi was the first Renegade to score a goal this season.
Goals: Matthew Lombardi (1), Dainius Zubrus (1), Patrick Kane (1).
Game of the Week: The Renegades final game of this past week, against the Toronto Thunder, proved to be an exciting one, where the Renegades got their first point of the 2010-2011 season. They faced against their old goal tender in Marty Turco who had spent the last four seasons in Raleigh. Patrick Kane scored first for his first goal of the year, but Toronto tied it up and those were the only goals in regulation. Craig Anderson showed why the Renegades replaced Turco with him as Anderson saved 34 of 35 shots for a .971 save percentage. His performance gave him the first star of the game award. However the Thunder won the game in a shootout. Turco saved 28 of 29 shots for a .966 save percentage and was the second star of the game.
3 Stars of the Week:
1) G Craig Anderson - .923 save percentage
2) D Ian White - 2 Assists
3) LW Patrick Kane - 1 goal
Rumors: One team has inquired about Dustin Byfuglien, but the Renegades have stated that all their players are safe, and that no matter what happens they have no plans of making any trades that would effect their NHA roster until at least a month or two into the season. There have been a couple of teams that have also inquired about prospect defender Dimitri Orlov, and because the Renegades do have a good number of defenders they said they may be willing to part with a defensive prospect for an offensive of goalie prospect.
Transactions: The Renegades have traded defensive prospect Cade Fairchild earlier today to the Dallas Storm for goalie prospect Sam Brittain. "Fairchild has shown a lot of promise, but we are afraid that his size might limit him in the future. Brittain is a big guy and has taken advantage of his size at the University of Denver this season with a .929 save percentage with a 2.08 goals per game average in 16 games. He is 10-4 with one shootout. The Renegades have also signed forward Greg Mauldin to a minor league contract who played his first game for the Attack earlier today.
During the offseason, the Renegades make a large purchase and acquired their own airplane, a used Boeing 747 titled Renegade Air. It is the largest airplane for a sports team, as most teams that do not charter their flights use Boeing 737s. The airplane will also be used to transport the Albany Attack to most of their games.
Injuries: The Renegades have had no injuries so far this season!
AHA Update: The Albany Attack have had a decent season so far this year going 2-2-0. Yan Stastny leads the team in goals and points with 3 goals and 4 points. Rookie Kevin Shattenkirk is tied with Stastny with 4 points from 4 assists. Gabe Gauthier also has three goals, tied with Stastny, and is the only other member of the attack with more than one goal. Brian Finley has both of the teams wins but sports a .898 save percentage. Rejean Beauchemin, who has only started one game so far, has a .395 save percentage and is expected to start in the next game vs the Quebec Voltigeurs in Quebec.
Next Week Schedule: The Renegades have three games next week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The game on monday night will be the first of the season against division rival Pittsburgh Mammoth (1-1-1) in Pittsburgh. The Renegades will return home to play the Tampa Bay Admirals (2-1-0) on Wednesday before flying on Renegade Air to New York to face the New York Ravens (2-1-0) on Friday. Craig Anderson is expected to start all three games.
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