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January 14, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Eleven different players recorded a point and Wade Flaherty made 26 saves to improve his record to 9-2-1 on the season as Milwaukee shut out Utah on Monday, 6-0... Grand Rapids extended its unbeaten streak to four games with a 2-1 win over San Antonio on Tuesday.

Mon 1/12
Milwaukee 6, UTAH 0

Tue 1/13
Grand Rapids 2, SAN ANTONIO 1

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LOOKING AHEAD:

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton hosts Toronto on Wednesday night (7:05 ET) in the first meeting between the clubs. The Penguins have won four of their last five at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, where they are playing 12 of their next 14 games. The Roadrunners began a seven-game road trek with a loss and a tie in St. John's over the weekend, and currently sit seven points out of the last playoff spot in the North Division. The Pens' Michel Ouellet leads all AHL rookies with 19 goals this season; Toronto's Doug Lynch is second among rookie defensemen with 21 points.

St. John's brings a four-game unbeaten streak into Chicago on Wednesday (7:00 CT, 9:30 NT). Jeff Daw has recorded five points in three meetings with the Wolves this season, but Chicago has killed off 15 of 16 Maple Leafs power plays in going 2-1-0 in the season series. Winners of six of seven at home since Christmas, the Wolves enter play four points out of first place in the West Division, while the Leafs are just a point back of second-place Rochester in the North. Steve Maltais and rookie Karl Stewart each has a point in six straight for the Wolves, and Dan Corso has four points in three games since joining Chicago last week.

Unbeaten in five, Hartford hosts Portland on Wednesday (7:05 ET) in the Pirates' first contest after their 10-game points streak (6-0-3-1) was snapped on Saturday. The Wolf Pack have swept the teams' first five meetings this season, outscoring Portland 15-5 in the process. Hartford has opened up a five-point lead atop the Atlantic Division, and is one of three teams (Bridgeport, Grand Rapids) on pace for 100 points midway through the regular season. The Pack's Jason LaBarbera leads the AHL with 15 victories and six shutouts, and the clubs rank one-two in the AHL in team shutouts, with nine (Hartford) and eight (Portland) on the year.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 1/14
Rochester at Albany, 7:00... Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Syracuse at Binghamton, 7:05... Portland at Hartford, 7:05... Toronto at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Springfield at Worcester, 7:05... Hershey at Norfolk, 7:15... St. John's at Chicago, 8:00... Milwaukee at Utah, 9:05

Thu 1/15
Utah at San Antonio, 8:00

Fri 1/16
Norfolk at Lowell, 7:00... Albany at Binghamton, 7:05... Hershey at Philadelphia, 7:05... Manchester at Portland, 7:05... Bridgeport at Providence, 7:05... Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Toronto at Syracuse, 7:30... Manitoba at Cincinnati, 7:35... Cleveland at Rochester, 7:35... Worcester at Springfield, 7:35... San Antonio at Houston, 8:00... St. John's at Milwaukee, 8:00

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ALUMNI WATCH:

On Tuesday night, 2004 AHL All-Star selection Josh Langfeld scored his first NHL goal in Ottawa's 4-0 win over New Jersey... 2003 AHL All-Star Jason Botterill had a goal and an assist in Buffalo's 6-2 victory over Philadelphia... Pierre Hedin recorded an assist in his NHL debut, helping Toronto past Calgary, 4-1... Chris Mason made 33 saves for his first NHL shutout as Nashville skated to a 0-0 tie with Los Angeles... On Monday, Reinhard Divis stopped all 15 shots he faced in relief to earn the victory in St. Louis's 7-4 win over Chicago.

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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Syracuse at Binghamton -- Time Warner Ch. 12 (Binghamton) -- 7:05 ET
Wednesday, Toronto at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Wednesday, St. John's at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Friday, Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:30 CT

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