2009–10 Las Vegas Wranglers season

The 2009–10 Las Vegas Wranglers season will be the 7th season for the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL. The Wranglers will enter the season with a new head coach for the first time since the inaugural season, following the promotion of former head coach and general manager Glen Gulutzan to the position of head coach of the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League.
== Preseason ==
Following an unlikely return to the National Conference finals, the first head coach and general manager of the Las Vegas Wranglers, Glen Gulutzan, left the team to become the head coach of the expansion Texas Stars of the AHL. For the first time in seven years, Wranglers owner Charles Davenport was forced to look for a head coach, but stated that Gulutzan's move to the AHL was "long overdue." Gulutzan had been offered assistant coaching jobs in the AHL for the past few years, but the offer to coach Texas was his first head coaching offer in the AHL. Davenport is actively searching for Gulutzan’s replacement and hopes to fill the position within one month. Gulutzan said he would make some recommendations to help Davenport’s search.
On June 25, the Wranglers announced that they had hired former Stockton Thunder assistant, Ryan Mougenel to be the second head coach and general manager in team history. Mougenel played in the ECHL for Hampton Roads, Chesapeake, Jackson and Atlantic City. Mougenel was officially introduced at Orleans Arena on June 30. Mougenel said he intends to keep a core nucleus of last year's squad while implementing on-ice systems similar to those Gulutzan employed. Mougenel also announced that the team would not retain Mike McBain as the team's assistant coach and would not employ an assistant coach at all for the 2009-10 season, a move many ECHL clubs have decided to due to financial constraints. 
On July 15, the Wranglers announced that they had hired former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau to take over as the team's director of player development as well as being a special assistant to the General Manager. Primeau, who played in fifteen NHL seasons, runs the Durham Hockey Institute in Toronto with Wranglers head coach and general manager Ryan Mougenel and Keith's brother Wayne and the trio are also the owners of the Whitby Fury of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. 
On August 10, the Wranglers announced that the team had severed its six-year affiliation with the Calgary Flames and signed an agreement to become the ECHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes and Phoenix's AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage. Head Coach Ryan Mougenel stated that cost of travel between Las Vegas and Abbotsford, British Columbia (site of Calgary's newly relocated AHL affiliate) and immigration issues from Canada played large roles in the decision to separate.
On August 26, the Wranglers announced that they would play a home and home preseason series with the Ontario Reign. The first game would be played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on October 8, while the two teams will play again the following night at the Center Ice Arena in Ontario, California.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record
1 	October 8 	Ontario 	2 - 5 	Las Vegas 	 	Ouzas 	 	1-0-0
2 	October 9 	Las Vegas 	3 - 4 	Ontario 	SO 	Gistedt 	 	1-0-1
:1. Game played at Center Ice Arena in Ontario, California.
== Regular season ==
== Standings ==
=== Division standings ===
Pacific Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PTS
y-Bakersfield Condors (ANA)	72	38	29	4 	1 	232	243	81
x-Las Vegas Wranglers (PHX)	72	34	30	4 	4 	234	257	76
x-Stockton Thunder (EDM/SJ)	72	33	29	2 	7 	235	241	76
e-Ontario Reign (LA) 	72	31	31	3 	7 	214	229	72
=== Conference standings ===
National Conference 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	SOL	GF 	GA 	PTS
b-Idaho Steelheads * 	72	48	17	2 	5 	260	191	103
y-Bakersfield Condors *	72	38	29	4 	1 	232	243	81
x-Alaska Aces 	72	36	28	4 	4 	232	240	80
x-Utah Grizzlies 	72	34	29	4 	5 	260	253	77
x-Las Vegas Wranglers 	72	34	30	4 	4 	234	257	76
x-Stockton Thunder 	72	33	29	2 	7 	235	241	76
x-Victoria Salmon Kings	72	34	32	4 	2 	230	243	74
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
e-Ontario Reign 	72	31	31	3 	7 	214	229	72
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, b - clinched Brabham Cup, best record in the conference and first round bye, e - eliminated from playoff contention
== Game log ==
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 16 	Utah 	5 - 3 	Las Vegas 	 	Ouzas 	6,383 	0-1-0 	0
2 	October 22 	Alaska 	5 - 2 	Las Vegas 	 	Gistedt 	3,107 	0-2-0 	0
3 	October 23 	Alaska 	3 - 4 	Las Vegas 	 	Ouzas 	3,372 	1-2-0 	2
4 	October 24 	Alaska 	3 - 6 	Las Vegas 	 	Ouzas 	4,321 	2-2-0 	4
5 	October 29 	Utah 	9 - 2 	Las Vegas 	 	Gistedt 	3,392 	2-3-0 	4
6 	October 30 	Las Vegas 	4 - 3 	Ontario 	 	Ouzas 	8,067 	3-3-0 	6
=== Playoffs ===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	 	
1 	April 6 	Utah 	4 - 6 	Las Vegas 	 	Spratt 	1,882 	1-0 	 	
2 	April 7 	Utah 	4 - 1 	Las Vegas 	 	Spratt 	2,298 	1-1 	 	
3 	April 10 	Las Vegas 	 	Utah 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	April 11 	Las Vegas 	 	Utah 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	April 13 	Las Vegas 	 	Utah 	If Necessary 	If Necessary 	If Necessary 	 	 	
== Player stats ==
=== Skaters ===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
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Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
*†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Wranglers. Stats reflect time with the Wranglers only.
*‡Denotes player was traded mid-season.
*(G)Denotes goaltender.
=== Goaltenders ===
Note: GPI = Games Played In; MIN = Minutes played; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; SV% = Save Percentage
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Player 	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
==Awards and records==
=== Awards ===
Regular Season	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Adam Miller 	Sher-Wood Player of the Week 	December 8, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Adam Miller 	All-Star Game representative 	December 31, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ned Lukacevic 	Sheer-Wood Player of the Week 	January 12, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Adam Miller 	Sher-Wood Player of the Week 	March 16, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jimmy Spratt 	Reebok Goaltender of the Week 	March 16, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Adam Miller 	Reebok Hockey Player of the Month	April 7, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Records===
== Transactions ==
The Wranglers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
August 14, 2009 	To Las Vegas Wranglers Craig Switzer 	To Elmira Jackals Tim Spencer
October 26, 2009	To Las Vegas Wranglers Player to be named later	To Trenton Devils Brett Wilson
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team
Michael Ouzas 	Reading Royals
John Morea 	Hudson Valley Bears
Jason Krischuk 	Asplöven HC
Sean Hurley 	Bakersfield Condors
Jeff Hazelwood 	Curry College
Ryan Weston 	Albany River Rats
Shay Stephenson	Krefeld Pinguine
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team
Tyler Mosienko 	Nürnberg Ice Tigers
John DeCaro 	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Shawn Limpright	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
=== Players re-signed ===
Player
Chris Neiszner
Dan Riedel
Adam Miller
John Schwarz
== Personnel ==
=== Final Roster ===
Updated April 6, 2010.
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=== Staff ===
						
Hockey Operations
*General Manager - Ryan Mougenel
*Director of player development - Keith Primeau
*Head Athletic Trainer - Scott McLay
Coaching Staff
*Head coach - Ryan Mougenel		
Management
*Owner - Charles Davenport, IV
*Owner - Jonathan Fleisig
*President and COO - Billy Johnson
*Vice President, corporate services and game production - Michael Delay
*Vice President, operations - Deric Voelker
*Director, CSPlus - Lyndsi Erickson				
Staff
== Affiliates ==
The Las Vegas Wranglers will enter their first season as the ECHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League after being the affiliate for the Calgary Flames for the first six years of the team's existence. The Wranglers will also begin their first season with the San Antonio Rampage as their American Hockey League affiliate.
== References ==
== See also ==
* 2009-10 ECHL season
== External links ==
* Las Vegas Wranglers official website
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