BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Manchester Monarchs dropped their third consecutive game, a 6-4 defeat to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Arena at Harbor Yard on Saturday night.

ADIRONDACK, NY – The Manchester Monarchs dropped to second place in the Atlantic Division for the first time since October 18 as they fell 3-1 to the Adirondack Phantoms at the Glens Falls Civic Center on Friday night.

Manchester Monarchs rookie center Corey Elkins had his marriage proposal all planned out. He was going to pop the question to his girlfriend over the Christmas break, at his home in Detroit. Then real life interrupted. The Los Angeles Kings called him up over the holidays and all of a sudden Elkins had to go to his backup move. OK. How about this: his girlfriend could join him in L.A. and he could propose there. Yeah. That'd do it. They went for a nice walk along Manhattan Beach, he asked and she said yes.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that 12 games are scheduled to be heard live on XM Satellite Radio on their all-hockey NHL Home Ice channel later this month.