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Published on December 12, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Doug Lynch recorded three assists and Steve Valiquette made 24 saves as Toronto defeated Chicago on Thursday, 5-1, spoiling Wolves head coach John Anderson's return to the city where he played 12 seasons of junior and NHL hockey... Mike Green, Eric Beaudoin and Denis Shvidki combined for eight points and a plus-9 rating in San Antonio's 3-1 win over Milwaukee... Rookie Michel Ouellet's hat trick lifted Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to a 6-4 win over Hershey on Wednesday.

Wed 12/10
Manitoba 3, BINGHAMTON 0... BRIDGEPORT 4, Utah 0... Milwaukee 2, CHICAGO 0... CLEVELAND 4, Grand Rapids 3... Worcester 1, NORFOLK 0... ST. JOHN'S 5, ROCHESTER 1... WILKES-BARRE 6, Hershey 4

Thu 12/11
San Antonio 3, MILWAUKEE 1... TORONTO 5, Chicago 1

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LOOKING AHEAD:

It's a homecoming for several Moose as Manitoba visits Syracuse on Friday night (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT) in the first-ever regular season meeting between the teams, marking the return of Pat Kavanagh, Ryan Ready, Chris Nielsen, Sean Pronger and head coach Stan Smyl to central New York. The Crunch, 7-2-1-0 on home ice this season, have played five consecutive one-goal games, most recently a 3-2 overtime loss to Hershey on Sunday. Brad Moran and 2001-02 AHL scoring champion Donald MacLean lead Syracuse with 18 points each.

Bridgeport begins a three-game weekend in Philadelphia on Friday (7:05 ET) with a 17-game unbeaten streak intact. The Phantoms are 8-1-1-0 since dropping a 3-2 decision to the Tigers on Nov. 15, and would be the hottest team in the AHL if not for their East Division foes from the shores of Long Island Sound. Bridgeport's Jeff Hamilton and Philadelphia's Ben Stafford and Nick Deschenes (who was reassigned to Trenton this week) were linemates at Yale University, finishing 1-2-3 in team scoring in 2000-01.

Old rivals Providence and Hartford find themselves tied atop the Atlantic Division heading into Friday's showdown at the Dunkin' Donuts Center (7:05 ET), where the Bruins are 6-1-2 in their last nine. Layne Ulmer has scored four of his eight goals this season in four games against Providence, including the game-winners on both Oct. 31 and Nov. 15 as the Wolf Pack have already improved on their 1-7-2 head-to-head mark from 2002-03. Nineteen-year-old Hannu Toivonen posted his first AHL shutout last time out, a 3-0 win over Lowell on Dec. 7.

Elsewhere this weekend, Grand Rapids hosts Houston on Friday (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT) in a rematch of last year's Western Conference final... Cleveland brings a 5-1-2-2 road record into Copps Coliseum to take on Hamilton on Friday (7:00 ET)... For the first time since Mar. 21, 2001, Worcester visits Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday (7:05 ET)... Utah wraps up a four-game eastern road swing in Manchester, Hartford and Bridgeport.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 12/12
Binghamton at St. John's, 6:05... Springfield at Albany, 7:00... Cleveland at Hamilton, 7:00... Portland at Lowell, 7:00... Bridgeport at Philadelphia, 7:05... Hartford at Providence, 7:05... Worcester at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Houston at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Hershey at Norfolk, 7:30... Manitoba at Syracuse, 7:30... San Antonio at Cincinnati, 7:35... Utah at Manchester, 7:35

Sat 12/13
Manitoba at Cleveland, 1:00... Binghamton at St. John's, 6:05... Wilkes-Barre at Albany, 7:00... Worcester at Hershey, 7:00... Providence at Lowell, 7:00... Manchester at Bridgeport, 7:05... Utah at Hartford, 7:05... Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30... Chicago at Syracuse, 7:30... Toronto at Rochester, 7:35... Portland at Springfield, 7:35... San Antonio at Houston, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 8:00

Sun 12/14
Manitoba at Hamilton, 4:00... Utah at Bridgeport, 4:05... Portland at Hartford, 4:05... Lowell at Providence, 4:05... Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 5:05... Hershey at Philadelphia, 6:05

Tue 12/16
Manitoba at Cleveland, 7:00... Norfolk at Houston, 8:00

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ALUMNI WATCH:

Former AHL coach of the year Glen Hanlon won his NHL head coaching debut as Washington got past Boston on Thursday, 6-5... Also Thursday, Alex Auld made 27 saves as Vancouver tied Colorado, 1-1... On Wednesday, Detroit's Jiri Hudler and Dallas's Trevor Daley netted their first NHL goals.

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AHL-TV:
Friday, Binghamton at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT
Friday, Cleveland at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:00 ET
Friday, Worcester at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, Utah at Hartford -- CN8/UPN Z-24 (Utah) -- 7:05 ET/5:05 MT
Saturday, Chicago at Syracuse -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:30 CT
Saturday, Toronto at Rochester -- WB-16 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET
Saturday, Binghamton at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)

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