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January 16, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday night, Joe Hulbig (2g, 2a) and Craig Darby (1g, 2a) helped Albany past Rochester, 6-4... Jani Rita scored twice as Toronto defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5-2, despite being outshot by a 38-15 count... Rookie Mike Glumac had two goals and an assist to lead Worcester over Springfield, 3-1... Pascal Trepanier scored with 1:27 left in regulation and Eric Perrin netted the winner 25 seconds into overtime as Hershey rallied past Norfolk, 2-1... Josh Holden and Harold Druken scored late for St. John's in a 3-3 tie at Chicago.

Wed 1/14
ALBANY 6, Rochester 4... Syracuse 5, BINGHAMTON 3... CHICAGO 3, St. John's 3 (OT)... GRAND RAPIDS 3, Manitoba 3 (OT)... HARTFORD1, Portland 1 (OT)... Hershey 2, NORFOLK 1 (OT)... UTAH 2, Milwaukee 1... Toronto 5, WILKES-BARRE 2... WORCESTER 3, Springfield 1

Thu 1/15
SAN ANTONIO 2, Utah 1

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LOOKING AHEAD:

The race atop the East Division heats up this weekend as second-place Hershey visits third-place Philadelphia on Friday (7:05 ET) before hosting top-seeded Bridgeport on Saturday (7:00 ET). The Bears are 19-6-7-1 against the rest of the AHL, but 1-7-1-2 against these two foes, including dropping all six meetings with the Phantoms by a combined score of 27-10 this season. Philadelphia has won four straight overall, each by a single goal, while the Bears are unbeaten in four and have just one regulation loss in their last 10 (5-1-3-1). The Sound Tigers, who remain without injured leading scorer Jeff Hamilton, are an ordinary 6-5-0-1 since their 20-game unbeaten streak.

Grand Rapids and Chicago renew their rivalry on Friday at Van Andel Arena (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT) in the sixth meeting of the season between the top two teams in the West Division. Wolves captain Steve Maltais has opened 2004 with a seven-game scoring streak after struggling with just four assists and a minus-10 rating in December. Jiri Hudler has a point in 10 straight AHL games for the Griffins over an eight-week stretch that has included stints in the NHL and the World Junior Championships. Grand Rapids enters the weekend with a six-point lead over Chicago in a bid for a third straight division title.

Only four points separate five teams in the middle of the North Division standings, and Cleveland wraps up a six-game road swing with three matches this weekend, including key division battles Friday in Rochester (7:35 ET) and Saturday in Syracuse (7:30 ET). Garrett Stafford, who leads AHL rookie defensemen in scoring this season, has eight points in the last five games for the Barons, and Miroslav Zalesak has found the scoresheet in 15 of his last 16 outings (13g, 10a). Cleveland is 11-11-3-2 against division opponents this season and 9-4-3-3 overall on the road.

(all times Eastern)
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

Sat 1/17
Hamilton at Albany, 7:00... Bridgeport at Hershey, 7:00... Norfolk at Binghamton, 7:05... Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... St. John's at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Cleveland at Syracuse, 7:30... Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35... Portland at Manchester, 7:35... Toronto at Rochester, 7:35... Lowell at Springfield, 7:35... Manitoba at Chicago, 8:00... Houston at San Antonio, 8:00... Hartford at Utah, 9:05

Sun 1/18
Norfolk at Philadelphia, 1:05... Houston at Chicago, 4:00... Springfield at Lowell, 4:00... Providence at Portland, 4:05... Cleveland at Hershey, 5:00... Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05... Albany at Worcester, 7:15

Mon 1/19
Binghamton at Providence, 1:05... Hartford at Utah, 3:05

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ALUMNI WATCH:

2004 AHL All-Star selections Chad Wiseman and Niklas Kronwall scored their first NHL goals this week, Wiseman in the N.Y. Rangers' 3-3 tie with New Jersey on Thursday, and Kronwall for Detroit in a 4-2 win over Chicago on Wednesday... Scott Barney also scored his first NHL goal on Wednesday, in Los Angeles's 2-2 tie at Minnesota.

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AHL-TV:
Friday, Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:30 CT
Saturday, Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET
Saturday, Toronto at Rochester -- WB-16 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET
Saturday, Manitoba at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT
Sunday, Houston at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 3:00 CT

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