Joe Piskula News

For once, it was as it should be. The playoff-contending Monarchs looked like all of that and more, throttling last-place Springfield, 3-0, last night.

There have to be a hundred reasons for a last-place team with nowhere to go to keep playing.

The dossier: Rookie defenseman Davis Drewiske, coming off a five-game stint with the Kings, can make things happens whether setting up a goal or delivering one of his trademark open-ice hits.

Immediate concerns for the Manchester Monarchs entering tonight's 7 p.m. contest at the Verizon Wireless Arena against the Providence Bruins is the health of team leading scorer Marty Murray, replacing second ...