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Published on February 28, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Mike Peluso scored with 3:43 left in regulation to help Norfolk to a 3-3 tie with Manchester on Wednesday night. Brett McLean had a goal and an assist and Igor Korolev scored on a penalty shot for the Admirals, who are 1-2-4-1 in their last eight games. Steve Kelly scored twice and Travis Scott finished with 38 saves for the Monarchs, who have started a 10-game road swing with two ties.

Wed 2/26
ALBANY 4, Syracuse 2... Grand Rapids 7, CHICAGO 4... CLEVELAND 3, Hamilton 2... NORFOLK 3, Manchester 3 (OT)... SAINT JOHN 2, Portland 2 (OT)... Milwaukee 5, UTAH 4... WILKES-BARRE 6, Binghamton 3

Thu 2/27
Saint John 3, PORTLAND 2

LOOKING AHEAD:

There will be history in Springfield on Friday (7:35 ET) as captain Rob Murray becomes the sixth player to skate in 1,000 regular season AHL games. Murray's Falcons are currently 10th in the Eastern Conference, six points behind seventh-place Hartford, which is 4-1-1-1 in its last seven road games. Wolf Pack captain and former teammate Ken Gernander is second to Murray on the AHL's active games-played list with 809 entering the weekend.

Bridgeport goes for its first-ever victory over Hershey at Harbor Yard on Friday (7:35 ET). The Sound Tigers are 0-3-2-0 in their brief existence against the Bears, who are looking for their 10th consecutive trip to the Calder Cup Playoffs. Bridgeport is 6-0-0-1 in its last seven at home and 11-1-0-1 in its last 13 overall as the Sound Tigers try to defend their East Division title. Hershey's leading scorer Brian Willsie has 20 points in his last 19 games for the Bears.

Utah begins a six-game road swing with three games in less than 48 hours against West Division foes, starting in Milwaukee on Friday (7:12 CT, 6:12 MT). The Admirals, who also play three in three against division opponents this weekend, are 5-1-0-0 against the Grizzlies this season, including a 5-4 win in Salt Lake on Wednesday. Darren Haydar leads all scorers in the season series with seven assists and eight points for Milwaukee, 10th in the Western Conference entering the weekend. Former Admiral Bubba Berenzweig has five points in five games since joining Utah.

Rookie goaltender Ryan Miller leads Rochester into Grand Rapids for two big games, Saturday night (7:30 ET) and Sunday afternoon (4:00 ET). Miller time in Michigan is nothing new, as East Lansing native Ryan won the 2001 Hobey Baker Award at Michigan State, 11 years after his cousin (and future Griffin) Kip Miller did the same with the Spartans. Miller, who was 73-18-12 in three years at MSU, is 14-10-4 with the Amerks; Rochester is 8-16-9 without him between the pipes.

(all times local)
Fri 2/28
Providence at St. John's, 7:35... Manitoba at Saint John, 7:30... Binghamton at Albany, 7:00... Philadelphia at Hamilton, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Cleveland, 7:05... Portland at Worcester, 7:05... Manchester at Norfolk, 7:30... Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30... Hershey at Bridgeport, 7:35... Lowell at Cincinnati, 7:35... Hartford at Springfield, 7:35... Grand Rapids at San Antonio, 7:00... Utah at Milwaukee, 7:12... Chicago at Houston, 7:30

Sat 3/1
Providence at St. John's, 7:35... Manchester at Hershey, 7:00... Albany at Bridgeport, 7:05... Lowell at Cleveland, 7:05... Binghamton at Hartford, 7:05... Rochester at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Cincinnati, 7:35... Worcester at Springfield, 7:35... Utah at Chicago, 7:00... Milwaukee at Houston, 7:30

Sun 3/2
Manitoba at Hamilton, 2:00... Bridgeport at Albany, 4:00... Utah at Chicago, 3:00... Rochester at Grand Rapids, 4:00... Wilkes-Barre at Cincinnati, 4:05... Springfield at Portland, 4:05... Hartford at Worcester, 4:05... Syracuse at Binghamton, 5:05... Norfolk at Hershey, 6:00... Manchester at Philadelphia, 6:05... Milwaukee at San Antonio, 7:00

Mon 3/3
Houston at San Antonio, 7:00

Tue 3/4
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:05

ALUMNI WATCH:
On Thursday, 1997 AHL All-Star Game MVP Tomas Vokoun made 22 saves for his second consecutive shutout and 2003 AHL All-Star Game MVP Jon Sim scored his first goal as a Predator, leading Nashville past Pittsburgh, 6-0... Justin Papineau scored his first NHL goal and Curtis Sanford made 21 saves in St. Louis's 4-1 win over Edmonton... 1998 AHL All-Rookie forward Marc Savard scored in overtime to give Atlanta a 4-3 victory in Bob Hartley's return to Colorado... On Wednesday, Tomas Kurka and Mike Zigomanis each scored his first NHL goal in Carolina's 4-2 loss to Phoenix.

ON THE AIR:
Wednesday, Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63/WNEP-DT 16-2 (NE Pennsylvania) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, Providence at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT
Friday, Philadelphia at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:00 ET
Friday, Rochester at Syracuse -- Time Warner Cable 13 (Syracuse) -- 7:30 ET
Monday, Houston at San Antonio -- Fox Sports Net Southwest -- 7:00 CT

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