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November 22, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Jason Ward's four-point night allowed him to extend his scoring streak to 10 games and pull into a tie for the AHL scoring lead (9+16=25 pts.), while providing Hamilton with enough offense to get past St. John's on Wednesday, 7-5. Ward's second goal of the game was part of a four-goal second period for the Bulldogs, who improved to 11-4-1-1 on the season with the win. Alexei Ponikarovsky scored twice for the Maple Leafs, who have just one win in their last 11 outings (1-8-2-0). Tonight's rematch (7:00 ET) is expected to sell out the lower bowl at Copps Coliseum.

Wed 11/20
CLEVELAND 4, Albany 2... GRAND RAPIDS 2, Cincinnati 2 (OT)... HAMILTON 7, St. John's 5... MANCHESTER 6, Lowell 1... MILWAUKEE 1, San Antonio 1 (OT)... NORFOLK 3, Binghamton 1... UTAH 2, Philadelphia 1 (OT)... Hershey 4, WILKES-BARRE 3 (OT)

Thu 11/21
HOUSTON 4, Hartford 3 (OT)

LOOKING AHEAD:
Grand Rapids tries to extend an 11-game unbeaten streak (8-0-3-0) with a pair of home games, beginning tonight against San Antonio (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT). The Griffins have allowed 19 goals during the streak, which has included five one-goal victories. The visiting Rampage are unbeaten in their last five outings, including four consecutive ties entering the weekend. A meeting between Griffins defenseman Ed Campbell and his brother Jim Campbell will have to wait; the Rampage forward has missed the last nine games due to injury.

The view from the top has been good for the Norfolk Admirals, who enter tonight's game against Binghamton (7:30 ET) with the league's best record at 13-2-1-2. The Admirals roster boasts the AHL's co-scoring leader in Mike Peluso (25 points), the co-victories leader in Michael Leighton (seven) and the GAA leader in Craig Andersson (1.86). The Senators have two wins in their last 11 games and are 3-6-2-1 since losing Jason Spezza to Ottawa. Former AHL All-Star defenseman Josef Boumedienne leads the B-Sens with 11 assists, 12 points and a plus-9 rating.

Hartford and Springfield collide in a home-and-home series as the East Division standings get a little tighter. Entering the weekend, Marty McSorley's Falcons have won three in a row while the rest of the East is on a collective 0-9-3-2 skid. Hartford returns home Saturday (7:05 ET) after a winless four-game road trip to Utah and Texas that ended with a 4-3 overtime loss in Houston on Thursday. The Falcons enter Sunday's contest (4:05 ET) with an all-time record of 178-114-38 (.597) at the Springfield Civic Center, including 12-11-4 against the Wolf Pack. Former teammates Rob Murray and Ken Gernander are the AHL's active leaders in games played with 1,638 contests between them.

(all times local)
Fri 11/22
St. John's at Hamilton, 7:00... Cincinnati at Lowell, 7:00... Houston at Cleveland, 7:05... Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05... Springfield at Providence, 7:05... Portland at Worcester, 7:05... San Antonio at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Binghamton at Norfolk, 7:30... Bridgeport at Syracuse, 7:30... Albany at Rochester, 7:35... Utah at Chicago, 7:30... Saint John at Manitoba, 7:30

Sat 11/23
Syracuse at Albany, 7:00... Milwaukee at Hershey, 7:00... Hamilton at Binghamton, 7:05... Philadelphia at Bridgeport, 7:05... Springfield at Hartford, 7:05... Lowell at Portland, 7:05... Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Cincinnati at Worcester, 7:05... Cleveland at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Providence at Manchester, 7:35... San Antonio at Rochester, 7:35... Houston at Chicago, 7:00... Saint John at Manitoba, 7:30

Sun 11/24
Lowell at Manchester, 4:05... Worcester at Portland, 4:05... Albany at Providence, 4:05... Hartford at Springfield, 4:05... Hamilton at Syracuse, 5:00... Cincinnati at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05... Binghamton at Hershey, 6:00

ALUMNI WATCH:
Former first-round draft pick Shaone Morrisonn made his NHL debut on Tuesday in Boston's 2-0 loss to Toronto... David Vyborny scored with 48 seconds left in regulation and 1999 AHL All-Star Marc Denis finished with 26 saves as Columbus defeated St. Louis on Wednesday, 3-2... Mark Parrish scored twice and Garth Snow stopped 29 shots as the N.Y. Islanders beat Tampa Bay on Thursday, 7-2.

ON THE AIR:
Friday, St. John's at Hamilton -- Rogers Sportsnet (East region) -- 7:00 ET
Friday, Milwaukee at Philadelphia -- CN8 (The Comcast Network) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, San Antonio at Rochester -- WRWB-TV WB 16 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET
Saturday, Houston at Chicago -- CLTV (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT

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