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Published on February 25, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday, Dallas Eakins and Martin Grenier scored in the third period, but Ilkka Pikkarainen evened things up with 4:09 left in regulation as Albany and Manitoba skated to a 2-2 tie... Monday, Adam Hauser made 22 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, leading Manchester to a 2-0 win over visiting Binghamton.

Mon 2/23
MANCHESTER 2, Binghamton 0

Tue 2/24
MANITOBA 2, Albany 2 (OT)

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LOOKING AHEAD:

Portland carries a 13-game points streak (6-0-4-3) into the Verizon Wireless Arena on Wednesday (7:05 ET) to face off with Manchester, which is 5-1-2-0 in its last eight and two points ahead of the third-place Pirates in the Atlantic Division. Portland has also earned a point in six straight road contests (2-0-2-2), but has been outscored 14-2 in three games at the VWA this season. Noah Clarke, the reigning Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week, has nine points (6g, 3a) in seven games since returning from the 2004 Pepsi AHL All-Star Classic on Feb. 8-9.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton faces an important test when Binghamton hosts the Penguins on Wednesday (7:05 ET). The Senators enter the game four points up on the Pens for the fifth and final playoff spot in the East Division, but Wilkes-Barre is surging, unbeaten in four and still with three games in hand on the Sens. Sebastien Caron is 2-0-2 in four AHL starts this season for the Penguins, who are 4-1-1-1 in their last seven road games. Denis Hamel has scored 16 of his 21 goals this season at the Broome County Arena.

On its biggest roll of the season, Toronto heads to Syracuse on Wednesday (7:00 ET) and hosts Hamilton on Thursday (7:00 ET) with sights set on moving up the North Division ladder. The Roadrunners have won seven of nine to hit the .500 mark for the first time at 24-24-8-2, and now find themselves just six points out of second place with 14 of their final 21 games (beginning Thursday) at Ricoh Coliseum. Toronto is 2-0-1-1 against the Crunch and an impressive 6-1-1-1 against the first-place Bulldogs this season. The Roadrunners' J.J. Hunter has 15 points in his last 14 games after recording four in his first 20.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 2/25
Toronto at Syracuse, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton, 7:05... Bridgeport at Hartford, 7:05... Portland at Manchester, 7:05... Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:35... Utah at Chicago, 8:00... San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8:00... Albany at Manitoba, 8:30

Thu 2/26
Utah at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Providence at Lowell, 7:00... Hamilton at Toronto, 7:00... Houston at Milwaukee, 8:00

Fri 2/27
Portland at St. John's, 6:05... Bridgeport at Albany, 7:00... Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:00... Lowell at Worcester, 7:05... Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Binghamton at Norfolk, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse, 7:30... Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:35... Hershey at Rochester, 7:35... Hartford at Springfield, 7:35... Houston at San Antonio, 8:00

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ALUMNI WATCH:

Steve Begin, MVP of the 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs, scored the deciding goal with 41 seconds left in regulation as Montreal downed Ottawa on Tuesday, 4-2... Monday night, former Lowell Lock Monsters Roberto Luongo (38 saves), Andreas Lilja (goal), Mathieu Biron (assist), Branislav Mezei (assist) and Byron Ritchie (assist) returned to eastern Massachusetts and helped Florida to a 2-0 win over the Bruins in Boston... Rick Bowness, a former player and head coach in the AHL, has been named the new head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes, while Mike Kitchen, once an AHL player and assistant coach, is now the head coach of the St. Louis Blues.

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AHL-TV:
Wed., Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton -- Time Warner Ch. 12 (BNG) -- 7:05 ET
Wed., Utah at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 7:00 CT
Fri., Portland at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (STJ) -- 7:35 NT
Fri., Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 6:30 CT

Inside the AHL
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh -- Wed., 3:00 p.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (East) -- Thurs., 12:30 a.m. ET
Empire Sports Network -- Thurs., 10:00 a.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (East) -- Fri., 4:00 p.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (West) -- Fri., 4:00 p.m. MT
Empire Sports Network -- Fri., 7:00 p.m. ET
America One -- Sat., 4:30 p.m. ET

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