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Published on November 6, 2002 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


The AHL has been off since Sunday's nine-game slate... Kyle Wanvig had a goal and two assists as Houston spoiled San Antonio's home opener with a 4-2 win at the SBC Center... Ryan Ready's hat trick paced Manitoba to a 5-3 win at Lowell... Matt Herr scored twice, including his fifth game-winning goal of the season, as Providence knocked off Springfield, 7-3... Worcester used a four-goal third period to power past St. John's, 6-4... Scott Clemmensen turned aside 34 shots as Albany and Binghamton deadlocked at 1-1... Jason Botterill's late goal helped Rochester tie Hamilton, 2-2... Eric Landry scored twice and Corey Hirsch made 45 saves in Utah's 5-3 win at Wilkes-Barre... A crowd of 8,423 watched hometown Hershey defeat Cleveland, 3-1... Steve Maltais's goal midway through overtime gave Chicago a wild 7-6 win over previously unbeaten Milwaukee.

Sun 11/3
BINGHAMTON 1, Albany 1 (OT)... HAMILTON 2, Rochester 2 (OT)... HERSHEY 3, Cleveland 1... Manitoba 5, LOWELL 3... Chicago 7, MILWAUKEE 6 (OT)... PROVIDENCE 7, Springfield 3... Houston 4, SAN ANTONIO 2... Utah 5, WILKES-BARRE 3... WORCESTER 6, St. John's 4

LOOKING AHEAD:

The week begins with a special 11:05 start this morning in Philadelphia, where the Phantoms will be out to continue their mastery of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Philly is 21-10-3 all-time in the regular season against their in-state rivals, and Phantoms captain Mark Greig has recorded 18+23=41 pts. in 32 career matches vs. the Pens. Philadelphia finds itself in unfamiliar territory: last in the South Division, two points behind third-place Wilkes-Barre.

Albany and Bridgeport square off at the Pepsi Arena tonight (7:00 ET) in a battle for first place in the East Division. The Sound Tigers went 6-1-1 against the River Rats en route to the best record in the AHL last season, but former Tigers Ray Giroux, Ken Sutton and Dave Roche have helped guide Albany's turnaround from a 54-loss campaign a year ago. Bridgeport comes into the game on a four-game unbeaten streak and 5-1-1 in its last seven.

Grand Rapids puts its 3-0-0-0 road mark on the line in Houston on Thursday (7:00 CT, 8:00 ET), where the Aeros have won all four of their games this year. After owning a 4-3-5 edge in last year's season series, the Griffins have already lost twice to the Aeros in 2002-03, by identical 4-2 scores on Oct. 18 and 24. Unbeaten in its last four, Grand Rapids sits atop the Central Division, while Houston's 11-1-0-0 mark is tops in the entire AHL.

(all times local)

Wed 11/6
Wilkes-Barre at Philadelphia, 11:05am... Bridgeport at Albany, 7:00... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:00... St. John's at Hartford, 7:05... Cincinnati at San Antonio, 7:00... Milwaukee at Utah, 7:00

Thu 11/7
Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:15... Grand Rapids at Houston, 7:00... Cincinnati at San Antonio, 7:00

Fri 11/8
St. John's at Saint John, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Hamilton, 7:00... Hershey at Binghamton, 7:05... Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05... Hartford at Providence, 7:05... Chicago at Syracuse, 7:30... Portland at Bridgeport, 7:35... Worcester at Manchester, 7:35... Cleveland at Rochester, 7:35... Albany at Springfield, 7:35... Lowell at Manitoba, 7:30... Milwaukee at Utah, 7:00

ALUMNI WATCH:

Lynn Loyns scored his first two NHL goals less than four minutes apart during San Jose's 5-2 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday... Two-time AHL All-Star Steve Sullivan (1995, 1996) had a goal and an assist as Chicago blanked Detroit on Tuesday, 2-0... Former AHL defenseman and assistant coach Rod Langway was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday, becoming the 101st member of the Hall with ties to the American Hockey League.

ON THE AIR:

Friday, Norfolk at Philadelphia -- CN8 (The Comcast Network) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, Chicago at Hershey -- CLTV (Chicago) -- 6:00 CT

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