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October 8, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK:

The AHL's 41-game preseason slate ended on Tuesday night with defending Calder Cup champion Houston posting a 1-0 win over San Antonio, the Aeros' second straight shutout victory over the Rampage. Houston (2-0-0) joined Cleveland (3-0-0) and Philadelphia (2-0-0) as the only teams with perfect preseason records.

Calder Cup 2003 Final
Game 1 – Houston 2, HAMILTON 1
Game 2 – HAMILTON 2, Houston 1 (4OT)
Game 3 – Hamilton 4, HOUSTON 2
Game 4 – HOUSTON 3, Hamilton 2 (OT)
Game 5 – HOUSTON 6, Hamilton 4
Game 6 – HAMILTON 2, Houston 1
Game 7 – Houston 3, HAMILTON 0

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LOOKING AHEAD:

For the fourth year in a row, the AHL's regular season begins in Wilkes-Barre, this time with the Penguins hosting East Division rival Norfolk tonight (7:05 ET)... The Admirals, coming off their second straight division crown, set sail with a young crew that includes seven rookies on their 22-man opening night roster, including Anton Babchuk, a first-round pick in the 2002 NHL draft, and Matt Ellison, the Canadian Major Junior Rookie of the Year last season... Craig Anderson, whose 1.94 GAA last year was the fourth-lowest in AHL history, is back between the pipes for Norfolk... The Penguins return a solid core of prospects, including Kris Beech, Shane Endicott, Michal Sivek, Colby Armstrong and 2003 AHL All-Stars Ross Lupaschuk and Tomas Surovy. New faces in Wilkes-Barre include defenseman Drew Fata (brother of two-time AHL All-Star and current Pittsburgh Penguin Rico Fata) and veteran goaltender Martin Brochu, a former AHL MVP and Calder Cup champion.

Tonight's game is expected to be the 101st consecutive regular-season sellout at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, extending the Penguins' own AHL record... It also marks the AHL return of Wilkes-Barre head coach Michel Therrien, former bench boss of the Montreal Canadiens. In the AHL, Therrien led Fredericton to the conference finals in 1999 and won a division title with Quebec in 2000.

(all times local)

Wed 10/8
Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05

Fri 10/10
Portland at Lowell, 7:00... Bridgeport at Hartford, 7:05... Binghamton at Philadelphia, 7:05... Springfield at Providence, 7:05... Worcester at Manchester, 7:35... Hamilton at Rochester, 7:35... Toronto at Milwaukee, 7:00... San Antonio at Utah, 7:05

Sat 10/11
Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:00... Rochester at Binghamton, 7:05... Philadelphia at Bridgeport, 7:05... Portland at Hartford, 7:05... Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Providence at Worcester, 7:05... Hershey at Syracuse, 7:30... Toronto at Cincinnati, 7:35... Lowell at Manchester, 7:35... Albany at Springfield, 7:35... Grand Rapids at Chicago, 7:00... Utah at San Antonio, 7:00... St. John's at Manitoba, 7:30

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ALUMNI WATCH:

The NHL begins its 2003-04 season tonight with three games... The defending Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils, led by AHL alumni Pat Burns behind the bench and Martin Brodeur between the pipes, visit the Boston Bruins, whose major off-season moves included hiring former Providence head coach Mike Sullivan and signing former AHL Rookie of the Year Felix Potvin... Anaheim, featuring AHL graduate and 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jean-Sebastien Giguere, pays a visit to Dallas and AHL alums Bill Guerin, Stu Barnes and Sergei Zubov... And in Chicago, Steve Sullivan, Tyler Arnason and the Blackhawks host the Minnesota Wild, who were led to the conference finals a year ago by former AHL All-Stars Andrew Brunette, Dwayne Roloson and Wes Walz.

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theahl.com LIVE:

Tonight's game also marks the debut of the Pointstreak real-time scoring system on theahl.com, the official Web site of the American Hockey League. Off-ice officials in all 28 AHL cities will be entering game information into a computer as it happens, allowing live boxscores and statistics to appear on theahl.com in real time.

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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, Worcester at Manchester -- WMUR-TV 9 (Manchester) -- 7:35 ET
Saturday, Providence at Worcester -- WCTR-TV 3 (Worcester) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, Portland at Hartford -- CN8 (The Comcast Network) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, Grand Rapids at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT

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