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December 4, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Mike Green scored twice and Jim Campbell registered three assists as San Antonio downed Grand Rapids on Monday night, 5-3. It was the 10th straight game in which the Rampage had gained at least one standings point (4-0-4-2), and snapped the Griffins' own point streak at 16 games (11-0-3-2). David Gove broke a 3-3 tie early in the third period as San Antonio improved its record to 4-1-2-0 at the SBC Center.

Mon 12/2
SAN ANTONIO 5, Grand Rapids 3

LOOKING AHEAD:

Milwaukee wraps up a seven-game road trip with a naval get-together in Norfolk tonight (7:15 ET, 6:15 CT). Wisconsin's Admirals snapped an 0-4-2-1 slide with a win in Cleveland on Saturday, while Virginia's Ads kicked off a seven-game homestand with a win and an overtime loss against Houston over the weekend. Norfolk, 0-18-7 a year ago when trailing after two periods, already has four third-period comeback victories in 2002-03.

Manchester and Hamilton finish off a home-and-home series tonight at Copps Coliseum (7:00 ET), after the Bulldogs posted a 3-1 win in New Hampshire on Sunday. Hamilton dropped the first two games of its six-game road trip, 8-0 and 1-0, before winning the last four by a combined 16-4. The Monarchs will be out to put a leash on top 'Dogs Jason Ward, Benoit Gratton and Fernando Pisani, who have 63 points among them in their last 17 games.

Four of the six AHL division leaders go head-to-head tonight, beginning at the Arena at Harbor Yard (7:05 ET) where Bridgeport puts its eight-game unbeaten streak on the line against Providence. The Sound Tigers are 5-0-3-0 in their last eight overall and 8-0-2-0 in their last 10 on home ice, while the Bruins are 1-3-1-1 in their last six on the road, including an 11-0 loss in Worcester on Saturday. Rick DiPietro has his own unbeaten streak working, as the former number one draft pick has gone 13 starts without a loss (8-0-5).

And in Houston (7:00 CT, 8:00 ET), the West-leading Aeros host Central Division-leading Grand Rapids in the teams' fifth meeting of the season. Houston owns the league's fourth-ranked offense (3.48 goals scored per game) and the best home record in the AHL (6-1-1-0, .813), while the Griffins are second in defense (2.32 gpg) and have a league-best 6-1-1-2 (.750) road mark. The teams last met back on Nov. 15, when Marc Lamothe stopped 34 shots to lead Grand Rapids to a 3-0 victory.

(all times local)
Wed 12/4
Portland at Albany, 7:00... Manchester at Hamilton, 7:00... Cincinnati at Syracuse, 7:00... Providence at Bridgeport, 7:05... Manitoba at Hartford, 7:05... Milwaukee at Norfolk, 7:15... Grand Rapids at Houston, 7:00... Utah at San Antonio, 7:00

Fri 12/6
Portland at St. John's, 7:35... Binghamton at Saint John, 7:30... Manchester at Albany, 7:00... Cleveland at Hamilton, 7:00... Worcester at Hartford, 7:05... Hershey at Philadelphia, 7:05... Lowell at Providence, 7:05... Utah at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Rochester at Norfolk, 7:30... Manitoba at Bridgeport, 7:35... Syracuse at Springfield, 7:35... Chicago at Milwaukee, 7:12... Wilkes-Barre at Houston, 7:30

ALUMNI WATCH:

Al MacNeil, who won three Calder Cups as an AHL head coach in the 1970s, took over as the interim coach of the Calgary Flames and guided them to a 2-1 win in Colorado on Tuesday; Oleg Saprykin and Craig Conroy scored the Flames' goals... Also on Tuesday night, Sean Avery and Brett Hull scored to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Anaheim... Mike York scored 89 seconds into overtime as Edmonton beat Minnesota, 2-1... Jason Doig, recalled earlier in the day, recorded an assist in his Washington debut to help the Capitals beat Pittsburgh, 4-1... Karel Pilar's overtime goal gave Toronto a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay.

ON THE AIR:

Friday, Portland at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT
Saturday, Providence at Manchester -- AT&T 3 (Hockey Night New England) -- 7:35 ET
Sunday, Milwaukee vs. Houston at St. Paul, Minn. -- KTBU-TV 55 (Houston) -- 4:00 CT

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