AHL American Hockey League

AHL Quick Hits

October 29, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday night, Carlo Colaiacovo, a first-round draft pick in 2001, scored his first pro goal at 3:55 of overtime, giving St. John's a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee... Ryan Ready's goal with 5:54 left in regulation gave Manitoba a 2-2 tie with visiting Binghamton... Kyle Wanvig scored three times and Stephane Veilleux recorded three assists as Houston earned its first win at the Toyota Center, 5-1 over Cleveland.

Tue 10/28
ST. JOHN'S 3, Milwaukee 2 (OT)... MANITOBA 2, Binghamton 2 (OT)... HOUSTON 5, Cleveland 1

------------------------------

LOOKING AHEAD:

Toronto wraps up its season-opening nine-game road trip on Wednesday in Grand Rapids (7:00 ET) against the Griffins, who are off to a fast start at 5-2-0-0. The Roadrunners have scored 18 goals on the season, including nine in their two wins and nine in their six losses, while Grand Rapids has been its old stingy self, allowing 15 goals in seven outings. Nathan Robinson, an OHL scoring champion two years ago, already has two goals this season for the Griffins, one fewer than his total in 53 AHL contests as a rookie.

Portland visits Worcester on Wednesday (7:05 ET) in an Atlantic Division battle between teams struggling out of the gate. The Pirates (3-5-0-0) scored just four goals in losing their first four games of the season, but have won three of their last four with Maxime Ouellet and Rastislav Stana shutting down the opposition. The IceCats are 1-4-1 in their last six, and find themselves without offensive weapon Johnny Pohl, who earned his first NHL recall by the parent St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.

Chicago puts its West-leading 5-0-0-1 record on the line against Cincinnati on Wednesday (7:00 CT, 8:00 ET). The Wolves are 11-5-1 against the Mighty Ducks all-time, including a qualifying series win en route to the 2002 Calder Cup title. Eric Healey and Simon Gamache, two of the leading goal-scorers in the AHL last season, are pacing Chicago's offense with six points each, while Chris Kunitz, a Hobey Baker finalist at Ferris State and the second-leading scorer in the nation last year, leads the Ducks with three goals on the year.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 10/29
Milwaukee at St. John's, 6:05... Hartford at Albany, 7:00... Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Norfolk at Springfield, 7:05... Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Portland at Worcester, 7:05... Cincinnati at Chicago, 8:00

Thu 10/30
Norfolk at Portland, 7:05

Fri 10/31
Wilkes-Barre at Albany, 7:00... Providence at Hartford, 7:05... Grand Rapids at Cincinnati, 7:35... Chicago at Houston, 8:00... Syracuse at Milwaukee, 8:00... Manitoba at San Antonio, 8:00... Hamilton at Rochester, 8:05... Bridgeport at Utah, 9:05

------------------------------

ALUMNI WATCH:

On Tuesday, 2003 Calder Cup champion Travis Roche recorded his first NHL point, an assist, in Minnesota's 3-1 win over Buffalo... Charlie Stephens picked up his first NHL point, an assist on the game-winning goal in Colorado's 4-2 win over Calgary... Eleven Syracuse Crunch alumni hit the ice in Vancouver's 6-3 victory over Columbus, including the Canucks' Artem Chubarov and Brent Sopel and the Blue Jackets' Derrick Walser and Andrej Nedorost... On Monday night, 1998 AHL All-Rookie forward Marc Savard scored twice, including the overtime winner, as Atlanta rallied for a 3-2 victory in Toronto.

------------------------------

AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Wednesday, Cincinnati at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Wednesday, Milwaukee at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- Wed., 11:00 pm NT (tape)
Friday, Chicago at Houston -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Friday, Hamilton at Rochester -- Time Warner 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., 12:30 pm ET (tape)
Saturday, Grand Rapids at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Sunday, St. John's at Toronto -- Rogers Sportsnet -- 2:00 ET (live on digital), same-day tape on cable
Sunday, Syracuse at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 4:00 CT

Check out the American Hockey League Statistics



American Hockey League Stories from October 29, 2003


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central