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Published on November 21, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday, former River Rat Steve Brule scored twice to lead Hershey to a 4-1 win in Albany... Kyle Wanvig scored twice to give Houston a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids... Kari Lehtonen stopped 32 shots in Chicago's 2-1 win over Cincinnati... Ernie Hartlieb had a goal and an assist to lead Worcester over Utah on Thursday, 4-1. The teams play twice more this weekend, including a matchup Sunday at the Savvis Center in St. Louis.

Wed 11/19
Chicago 2, CINCINNATI 1... ST. JOHN'S 3, Hamilton 1... Hershey 4, ALBANY 1... Houston 3, GRAND RAPIDS 1

Thu 11/20
MILWAUKEE 3, Houston 1... SAN ANTONIO 2, Chicago 2 (OT)... Worcester 4, UTAH 1

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LOOKING AHEAD:

Hamilton entertains Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday at Copps Coliseum (7:00 ET, 6:00 CT) after the Bulldogs had a six-game unbeaten streak snapped by St. John's on Wednesday. The Admirals are 3-0-2-1 on the road this season, and their .692 points percentage overall (7-2-3-1) is second-best in the Western Conference. With 15 points in his last seven games, Hamilton's Benoit Gratton is back atop the AHL's scoring race, a position he held last January when an injury cut his 2002-03 regular season short. Rookie Timofei Shishkanov, Nashville's second-round draft pick in 2001, leads Milwaukee with six goals and nine points this year.

Manchester and Binghamton meet for the first time on Friday (7:05 ET) at the Broome County Arena. The Monarchs have earned a point in eight straight (6-0-1-1), led by Pavel Rosa (1+10=11), Steve Kelly (3+8=11), Bryan Muir (4+6=10) and Scott Barney (7+1=8) during that span. Manchester goalie Milan Hnilicka, who won a Calder Cup with Senators head coach John Paddock in Hartford in 2000, is expected to return to the lineup after missing four weeks with a groin injury. The Senators, 5-2-1-2 at the BCA this year, are wrapping up a seven-game homestand that so far has yielded six of a possible 12 points. Denis Hamel, who ranks second in the AHL in scoring, has produced four two-point efforts in his last five outings for the B-Sens.

Rochester hosts Toronto in a North Division battle on Saturday night at the Blue Cross Arena (7:35 ET). Exactly 40 years earlier, on Nov. 22, 1963, the Amerks were scheduled to host the Quebec Aces in the same building when the assassination of President John F. Kennedy prompted the postponement of the two games on the league's schedule that Friday night. Rochester comes into this weekend with a 5-1-1-0 record on home ice, and goaltender Ryan Miller has not allowed more than two goals in any of his 11 starts overall, including a 0.65 GAA and .979 save percentage in three games against the Roadrunners.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 11/21
Grand Rapids at St. John's, 6:05... Milwaukee at Hamilton, 7:00... Cleveland at Toronto, 7:00... Manchester at Binghamton, 7:05... Lowell at Philadelphia, 7:05... Hartford at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Portland at Norfolk, 7:30... Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30... Albany at Springfield, 7:35... Cincinnati at Manitoba, 8:30

Sat 11/22
Grand Rapids at St. John's, 6:05... Binghamton at Albany, 7:00... Milwaukee at Hamilton, 7:00... Lowell at Hershey, 7:00... Providence at Hartford, 7:05... Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Portland at Norfolk, 7:30... Cleveland at Syracuse, 7:30... Toronto at Rochester, 7:35... Manchester at Springfield, 7:35... Chicago at Houston, 8:00... Cincinnati at Manitoba, 8:30... Worcester at Utah, 9:05

Sun 11/23
Binghamton at Bridgeport, 4:05... Springfield at Manchester, 4:05... Houston at San Antonio, 5:00... Grand Rapids at Toronto, 5:00... Portland at Philadelphia, 6:05... Hamilton at Rochester, 6:05... Utah vs. Worcester at St. Louis, 8:05

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ALUMNI WATCH:

On Thursday, Jason LaBarbera made 29 saves in his first NHL start, but Steve Konowalchuk scored twice to help Colorado to a 4-3 win over the N.Y. Rangers... Two-time AHL All-Star Miikka Kiprusoff made 22 stops in his Calgary debut, leading the Flames past Montreal, 2-1... On Wednesday, Kip Brennan scored his first NHL goal for Los Angeles in a 3-0 win over Nashville... Jeff Taffe chipped in a goal in Phoenix's 5-4 win over St. Louis.

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AHL-TV:
Friday, Grand Rapids at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT
Friday, Milwaukee at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:00 ET
Friday, Hershey at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Friday, Cincinnati at Manitoba -- Shaw Cable (Winnipeg) -- 7:30 CT
Saturday, Toronto at Rochester -- WB-16 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET
Saturday, Chicago at Houston -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Wednesday, Portland at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Wednesday, Grand Rapids at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT

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