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February 7, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Michael Ryder scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season and Kristian Antila stopped 26 shots in his AHL debut as Hamilton doubled up Albany on Wednesday, 4-2. Tomas Plekanec scored the game-winning goal with 8:14 left in regulation to give the Bulldogs their 38th victory, one more than they recorded all of last season.

Sheldon Keefe extended his goal-scoring streak to five games with a pair of tallies and Jean-Marc Pelletier made 23 saves to lead Springfield to a 4-0 blanking of Binghamton on Wednesday. Since both players joined the Falcons on Jan. 17, Keefe has 10 points and a plus-11 rating in 10 games while Pelletier is 6-1-1 with a 1.86 GAA and two shutouts.

AHL All-Star Skills Competition – Sun 2/2
Canada 15, PLANETUSA 13

AHL All-Star Game – Mon 2/3
Canada 10, PLANETUSA 7

Wed 2/5
Springfield 4, BINGHAMTON 0... HAMILTON 4, Albany 2... MANCHESTER 2, Manitoba 2 (OT)... San Antonio 5, NORFOLK 1... PROVIDENCE 2, Worcester 2 (OT)... Syracuse 4, ROCHESTER 1... SAINT JOHN 3, Lowell 1... Grand Rapids 3, UTAH 2... Philadelphia 4, WILKES-BARRE 3

LOOKING AHEAD:

Syracuse makes itself at home at Nationwide Arena this weekend, residence of the parent Columbus Blue Jackets, with a pair of games against the AHL's Ohio entries, Cleveland and Cincinnati. The Crunch, who did not allow a goal in two contests in Columbus last year, are 4-1-1-2 in their last eight games. Tonight's opener welcomes the Barons (7:00 ET), who have split two meetings with Syracuse this year thanks to six points from rookie Niko Dimitrakos.

Providence puts its franchise record 14-game home unbeaten streak up against Saint John tonight (7:05 ET, 8:05 AT). The Bruins are 11-0-3-0 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center since a 3-2 loss to Worcester on Dec. 1, and 3-0-0-0 against the Flames this season. Rookie coach Mike Sullivan, who spent part of the 1993-94 season playing in Saint John, has his B's in second place in the Eastern Conference and six points ahead of Manchester atop the North Division.

A busy weekend for the Norfolk Admirals begins in Grand Rapids tonight (7:30 ET) in a battle of two of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Admirals have won six straight on the road including the last three by shutout; the Griffins are 7-1-2-0 in their last 10 overall, with Jason Williams tallying 15 points in those 10 games. Norfolk then heads to Milwaukee for an all-Admiral affair at the Bradley Center on Saturday, before the Blackhawks' affiliate hits the Windy City to face the Chicago Wolves on Sunday.

San Antonio's 12-game, 28-day road trip road trip continues in Wilkes-Barre with games tonight and Saturday (7:05 ET, 6:05 CT). The Rampage are 4-1-1-0 since the Livestock Exposition and Rodeo took over the SBC Center, including wins over division leaders Grand Rapids and Norfolk. The Penguins have been hovering within a game of the .500 mark since Christmas, and are coming off a pair of one-goal losses to Houston and Philadelphia last week.

(all times local)
Fri 2/7
Albany at St. John's, 7:35... Cleveland vs. Syracuse, 7:00 (at Columbus)... Hamilton at Philadelphia, 7:05... Saint John at Providence, 7:05... San Antonio at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Norfolk at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Hartford at Bridgeport, 7:35... Manitoba at Manchester, 7:35... Hershey at Rochester, 7:35... Lowell at Springfield, 7:35... Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:12... Houston at Chicago, 7:30... Worcester at Utah, 7:00

Sat 2/8
Albany at St. John's, 7:35... Philadelphia at Hershey, 7:00... Binghamton at Lowell, 7:00... Cincinnati vs. Syracuse, 7:00 (at Columbus)... Saint John at Bridgeport, 7:05... Rochester at Cleveland, 7:05... Hartford at Portland, 7:05... San Antonio at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Providence at Manchester, 7:35... Manitoba at Springfield, 7:35... Norfolk at Milwaukee, 7:12... Worcester at Utah, 7:00

Sun 2/9
Norfolk at Chicago, 3:00... Saint John at Lowell, 4:00... Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 4:05... Binghamton at Portland, 4:05... Manitoba at Providence, 4:05... Syracuse at Philadelphia, 5:05... Milwaukee at Houston, 5:00... Wilkes-Barre at Rochester, 6:05

ALUMNI WATCH:

Kris Vernarsky's first NHL goal helped Boston to a 6-3 win over Montreal on Thursday... Fernando Pisani scored his first NHL goal to lift Edmonton past Anaheim on Wednesday, 2-1.

ON THE AIR:

Friday, Albany at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT
Friday, Hamilton at Philadelphia -- CN8 (Comcast Network) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, San Antonio at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63/WNEP-DT 16-2 (NE Pennsylvania) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, Lowell at Springfield -- AT&T 3 (Hockey Night New England) -- 7:35 ET
Friday, Worcester at Utah -- Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain -- 7:00 MT
Friday, Hershey at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., 11:00am ET (tape)
AHL All-Star Skills Competition -- CN8 (Comcast Network) -- Sat., 2:00pm ET (tape)
AHL All-Star Game -- Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic -- Sat., 1:00pm ET (tape)
Saturday, Worcester at Utah -- UPN Z-24 (Salt Lake City) -- 7:00 MT

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