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April 9, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL) Albany Devils

Recent Results

Wed., Apr. 4 - Devils at Worcester (L, 1-2)

Fri., Apr. 6 - Devils at Adirondack (L, 2-3)

Sat., Apr. 7 - Devils vs. Adirondack (L, 3-5)

Upcoming Games

Fri., Apr. 13 - Devils vs. Norfolk (7:00 p.m.)

Sat., Apr. 14 - Devils vs. Providence (7:00 p.m.)

Sun., Apr. 15 - Devils vs. Syracuse (4:00 p.m.)

Upcoming Promotions

Sat., Apr. 14

- Military Appreciation Night: The Devils and their fans will celebrate the Armed Services. Admission is free for anyone with proper military identification.

Listen/Watch Live

- All three games this weekend are available online at ahllive.com.

The Week That Was

Wed., Apr. 4, Albany 1 at Worcester 2

Jeff Frazee tied a career-high with 43 saves, but the Devils fell, 2-1, to the Sharks at DCU Center. Frazee made nine saves in the first, 20 in the second and 14 in the third. Offensively, Worcester's Tony Lucia opened the scoring at 5:55 of the second, but Stephen Gionta responded at 18:18 of the same period. The game-winning goal came off the stick of John McCarthy at 12:21 of the third.

- Shots on Goal: Albany (32), Worcester (45)

- Power Play: Albany (0-4), Worcester (0-2)

- Three Stars: 1. John McCarthy (WOR), 2. Harri Sateri (WOR), 3. Jeff Frazee (ALB)

Fri., Apr. 6, Albany 2 at Adirondack 3

The Devils relinquished a third period lead, falling to the Phantoms, 3-2, at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Adirondack was led by three power-play goals, including the game-tying tally by Matthew Ford at 7:06 of the third and the game-winning goal by Denis Hamel at 13:38. Steve Zalewski and Kory Nagy both scored for Albany. In goal, Keith Kinkaid made 29 saves.

- Shots on Goal: Albany (34), Adirondack (32)

- Power Play: Albany (0-2), Adirondack (3-9)

- Three Stars: 1. Cullen Eddy (ADK), 2. Matthew Ford (ADK), 3. Denis Hamel (ADK)

Sat., Apr. 7, Albany 3 vs. Adirondack 5

Joe Whitney had a pair of goals, but the Devils lost to the Phantoms, 5-3, at the Times Union Center. Whitney's performance was only trumped by Adirondack's Matthew Ford, who registered a hat trick. His third goal was the game-winner, which came at 9:53 of the third period. Steve Zalewski was Albany's other scorer, while Rob Bordson and Mike Testwuide (empty net) also scored for Adirondack.

- Shots on Goal: Albany (40), Adirondack (21)

- Power Play: Albany (0-7), Adirondack (2-4)

- Three Stars: 1. Matthew Ford (ADK), 2. Michael Leighton (ADK), 3. Steve Zalewski (ALB)

Notables

- The Devils conclude the regular season with three home games this weekend. This season, Albany is 17-11-4-3 at the Times Union Center where 41 of the team's 71 points have been earned.

- Stephen Gionta, who was recalled by the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, netted his first career NHL goal - the game winner - against the Ottawa Senators Saturday in a 4-2 win. Gionta put home a rebound off Alexei Ponikarovsky's backhand attempt at 10:33 of the third period. The sixth-year pro was playing in his 13th career NHL contest.

- Steve Zalewski is one goal away from becoming the 12th Devil in franchise history to reach the 20-goal plateau. He has 19 tallies in 66 games this season.

- Mattias Tedenby registered assists in all three games this past week. For the season, he has 18 points (4g-14a) in 32 games.

- Rookie Joe Whitney increased his team lead to 44 points (15g-29a) thanks to a multi-goal performance Saturday against the Adirondack Phantoms.

Albany Leaders

Goals: Steve Zalewski (19)

Assists: Joe Whitney (29)

Points: Joe Whitney (44)

PIM: Tim Sestito (123)

Plus/Minus: Dan Kelly (+8)

PPG: Eric Gelinas (8)

Wins: Keith Kinkaid (17)

GAA: Jeff Frazee (2.71)

SV%: Keith Kinkaid (.906)

Last Week's Transactions

Apr. 2 - Timo Pielmeier reassigned by New Jersey to Elmira (ECHL)

Apr. 2 - Harry Young reassigned by New Jersey to Kalamazoo (ECHL)

Apr. 6 - Stephen Gionta recalled from loan by New Jersey

Conference Standings

# Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT

1 y * - Norfolk Admirals 73 52 18 1 2 107 0.733

2 y * - St. John's IceCaps 73 42 23 5 3 92 0.630

3 x * - Bridgeport Sound Tigers 73 39 25 3 6 87 0.596

4 x Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 73 43 23 2 5 93 0.637

5 x Hershey Bears 73 38 23 4 8 88 0.603

6 x Connecticut Whale 73 36 25 7 5 84 0.575

7 Syracuse Crunch 73 35 28 5 5 80 0.548

8 Manchester Monarchs 72 36 31 2 3 77 0.535

9 Portland Pirates 73 34 30 4 5 77 0.527

10 Adirondack Phantoms 73 36 33 2 2 76 0.521

11 Providence Bruins 73 34 32 3 4 75 0.514

12 Springfield Falcons 74 34 34 3 3 74 0.500

13 Albany Devils 73 30 32 6 5 71 0.486

14 Worcester Sharks 72 29 31 4 8 70 0.486

15 Binghamton Senators 74 28 40 4 2 62 0.419

* Division leaders are seeded 1, 2, and 3

x clinched playoff berth

This Week's Opponents

Fri., Apr. 13 vs. Norfolk

Record: 52-18-1-2 (107 pts./1st Eastern Conference)

Recent Results: Apr. 3 vs. WB/Scranton (W, 2-1), Apr. 6 vs. Binghamton (W, 3-1), Apr. 7 vs. Binghamton (W, 4-1)

Offensive Leaders: Cory Conacher (35g-40a), Tyler Johnson (31g-36a), Trevor Smith (24g-40a)

Goaltender Leaders: Dustin Tokarski (31-11-0, 2.24, .913)

Sat., Apr. 14 vs. Providence

Record: 34-32-3-4 (75 pts./11th Eastern Conference)

Recent Results: Apr. 1 at Connecticut (W, 3-2 OT), Apr. 6 vs. Worcester (W, 3-0), Apr. 7 at Bridgeport (W, 4-2)

Offensive Leaders: Carter Camper (18g-29a), Josh Hennessy (19g-20a), Craig Cunningham (19g-16a)

Goaltender Leaders: Anton Khudobin (21-19-3, 2.61, .919)

Sun., Apr. 15 vs. Syracuse

Record: 35-28-5-5 (80 pts./7th Eastern Conference)

Recent Results: Apr. 4 vs. Binghamton (W, 5-1), Apr. 6 at Bridgeport (L, 1-3), Apr. 7 at Hershey (W, 3-2 SO)

Offensive Leaders: Patrick Maroon (32g-41a), Peter Holland (23g-37a), Kyle Palmieri (33g-24a)

Goaltender Leaders: Iiro Tarkki (22-17-4, 2.52, .923)

*Leaders are among active players

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