Allen's #1's, The Schedule, The Roster, Steve Martinson Reaches 1700 Games Coached Milestone in Pursuit of All-Time Wins Record

 

Not much happening with the Allen Americans as they continue preparations for games at Kansas City (Saturday) and at Tulsa (Sunday). Because their games last weekend were postponed Allen hasn't played a game since January 9 and will end up playing 10 straight road games. The Americans last home game was December 31 and they won't play at home again until February 3. With all of the roster changes and so many road games this will be an important stretch for the Americans whose road record is 4-2-0-0.

 

- I decided to go through the entire ECHL daily report this morning and list every category (individual & team) where Allen is #1 or tied for #1. Here is the list:

#1 goals - Jesse Mychan (7)

#1 shorthanded points - Josh Lammon (3)

#1 saves - Zach Sawchenko (224)

#1 rookie points - Joe Garreffa (13)

#1 rookie goals - Joe Garreffa (6)

#1 rookie goals - Jake McGrew (6)

#1 rookie penalty minutes - Zane Franklin (33)

#1 rookie power play assists - Joe Garreffa (3)

#1 rookie power play points - Joe Garreffa (5)

#1 rookie power play goals - Joe Garreffa (2)

#1 defensemen shots - Matt Register (35)

#1 overtime win percentage - Allen 100% (1-0-0-0)

#1 road penalty kill percentage - Allen (94.1%)

#1 road shorthanded goals - Allen (3)

#1 record when leading after 1st period - Allen (5-0-0-0)

#1 record when leading after 2nd period - Allen (6-0-0-0)

#1 longest streak with a point - Tyler Sheehy (8 games)

#1 most saves one game - Zach Sawchenko (46)

#1 most saves 3rd period - Zach Sawchenko (22)

 

- Allen has already had 13 roster changes in January and there are still 12 days left in the month. There will be two more additions to the roster happening soon when the goalie and forward Martinson has come to terms with are announced. 

 

- Had someone ask me yesterday how many wins Steve Martinson has and how many more he needs to become #1 all time. Martinson stands at 1051 wins as of today and needs 194 more wins to break the record of 1244 held by Scotty Bowman. Over his coaching career Martinson has averaged over 40 wins per season. If he maintains a pace of 40 wins per season he will become the all time winningest coach at the end of the 2024-25 season or early in the 2025-26 season. Martinson has won 62% of the games he has coached. He has coached exactly 1700 games and won 1051.  I don't think it is a question of whether he will break the record, the question is whether he will break the record in Allen or elsewhere. 

 

- Five more players were recalled/loaned to the AHL yesterday. They were all from Utah heading to Colorado and included both of Utah's goalies That makes a total of 32 ECHL players recalled/loaned to the AHL in the last six days.

 

- Six more players were added to the Commissioner's Exempt List (CEL) yesterday and two were removed. In the last eight days 36 players have been added to the CEL.

 

- Five ECHL teams have a winning/point percentage above .710. The remaining teams are all at .591 or below. Here are the top five:

.889 - Indy

.773 - South Carolina

.727 - Allen

.722 - Wichita

.714 - Florida

DID YOU KNOW: Here is Steve Martinson's record since joining the Allen Americans. Based on a 72 game schedule he has averaged just over 41 wins per season.

8-3-0-0:      2020-21  (11 games)

40-14-6-2:  2019-20  (62 games)

25-41-4-2:  2018-19  (72 games)

35-29-6-2:  2017-18  (72 games)

49-17-4-2:  2016-17  (72 games)

*41-24-3-4:  2015-16  (72 games)

*48-14-6-4:  2014-15 (72 games)

*39-22-1-4:  2013-14 (66 games) 

*39-18-3-6:  2012-13  (66 games)

*won championship