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Published on October 24, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Brad Boyes recorded two goals and two assists during a six-goal third period as Cleveland routed San Antonio on Thursday night, 7-1. Niko Dimitrakos added a goal and two assists and Christian Ehrhoff tallied a goal and an assist in his first AHL game... Utah got in the win column for the first time in 2003-04 with a 2-1 win over the Rampage on Wednesday... Tomas Surovy and Tom Kostopoulos each picked up a goal and two assists in the first period of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's 6-1 win over Norfolk on Wednesday night.

Wed 10/22
Wilkes-Barre 6, NORFOLK 1... Hamilton 2, MANITOBA 1... UTAH 2, San Antonio 1

Thu 10/23
MILWAUKEE 5, Cincinnati 3... Cleveland 7, SAN ANTONIO 1

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LOOKING AHEAD:

All eyes will be on Van Andel Arena on Friday night (7:30 ET, 5:30 MT), as Grand Rapids hosts Utah. Curtis Joseph is expected to make his AHL debut in net for the Griffins on a conditioning loan from Detroit, his first appearance of the 2003-04 season. The two-time NHL All-Star and 2002 Olympic gold medalist will be helped by a stingy Griffins defense that has allowed the fewest goals in the AHL each of the last two years, bolstered this year by Red Wings' 2000 first-round draft pick Niklas Kronwall. Utah owns a 12-9-1 edge over Grand Rapids since the teams joined the AHL in 2001.

The Toyota Center opens its doors to the AHL on Friday (7:00 CT, 8:00 ET) as the Houston Aeros celebrate their 2003 Calder Cup championship in their home opener. The Aeros split their first two meetings of the year – road contests last weekend in Milwaukee and Grand Rapids – and are on home ice for the first time since Game 5 of last year's finals. Rickard Wallin leads Houston with three points on the year, while fellow returnees Marc Cavosie, Stephane Veilleux and Kyle Wanvig have tallied a goal and an assist apiece.

Lowell puts its perfect record to the test on Friday (7:00 ET) when Manchester pays a visit to the Tsongas Arena. The Lock Monsters, at 4-0-0-0 the last unbeaten and untied team in the AHL, lost 10 of 12 to their rivals a year ago, but already have a 4-2 win over the Monarchs in 2003-04. Ryan Bayda, the reigning Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week who has been in on half of Lowell's goals this year, is on recall to Carolina, while Manchester is without point-a-game forward Steve Kelly, who begins a four-game AHL suspension this weekend.

Binghamton puts its 5-1-0-0 record to the test this weekend, hosting 4-0-1-0 Hershey on Friday (7:05 ET) before visiting 4-0-1-0 Syracuse on Saturday (7:30 ET). The Senators saw their season-opening five-game winning streak end in a 1-0 loss to Bridgeport on Oct. 19, but the Sens have still outscored their opponents by a 2-to-1 margin on the year. The Bears' Peter Budaj and the Crunch's tandem of Pascal Leclaire and Karl Goehring will provide solid competition for Binghamton's 2003 All-Rookie netminder Ray Emery (1.39, .951).

(all times Eastern)
Fri 10/24
Manchester at Lowell, 7:00... Hershey at Binghamton, 7:05... St. John's at Portland, 7:05... Albany at Providence, 7:05... Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Springfield at Worcester, 7:05... Utah at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Hartford at Bridgeport, 7:35... Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35... Toronto at Rochester, 7:35... Cleveland at Houston, 8:00... Hamilton at Manitoba, 8:30

Sat 10/25
Springfield at Albany, 7:00... Rochester at Hershey, 7:00... Manchester at Hartford, 7:05... Lowell at Providence, 7:05... Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Portland at Worcester, 7:05... Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30... Binghamton at Syracuse, 7:30... Grand Rapids at Cincinnati, 7:35... Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:00... Toronto at Chicago, 8:00

Sun 10/26
Grand Rapids at Hamilton, 4:00... Lowell at Hartford, 4:05... St. John's at Portland, 4:05... Manchester at Providence, 4:05... Toronto at Chicago, 5:00... Norfolk at Hershey, 5:00... Binghamton at Manitoba, 5:00... Utah at Houston, 6:00... Syracuse at Rochester, 6:05

Tue 10/28
Milwaukee at St. John's, 6:05... Cleveland at Houston, 8:00... Binghamton at Manitoba, 8:30

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ALUMNI WATCH:

Three AHL graduates posted NHL shutouts on Thursday night: Montreal's Jose Theodore, Carolina's Kevin Weekes and Tampa Bay's John Grahame, a 1999 Calder Cup champion.

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AHL-TV:
Friday, Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, Toronto at Rochester -- Time Warner 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., 12:30 pm ET (tape)
Saturday, Toronto at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Sunday, Toronto at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 4:00 CT
Tuesday, Milwaukee at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- Tue., 11:00 pm NT (tape)

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