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February 27, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Thursday, Michael Henrich scored twice in the third period to lift Toronto over Hamilton, 4-2, and improve the Roadrunners to 7-1-1-1 against the Bulldogs this season... Kevin Dallman celebrated his 23rd birthday by scoring the game-winning goal in Providence's 4-3 overtime decision at Lowell... Joey MacDonald made 33 saves as Grand Rapids blanked Utah, 2-0... On Wednesday, Hartford scored four times in the first 14:14 and cruised to a 5-2 win over Bridgeport... Pat Kavanagh scored a shorthanded goal in overtime to lift Manitoba over Albany, 3-2... Simon Gamache and Tony Hrkac each scored twice for Milwaukee in a 6-2 victory over visiting San Antonio.

Wed 2/25
SYRACUSE 3, Toronto 1... Wilkes-Barre 4, BINGHAMTON 3... HARTFORD 5, Bridgeport 2... MANCHESTER 0, Portland 0 (OT)... Philadelphia 4, CINCINNATI 1... CHICAGO 4, Utah 1... MILWAUKEE 6, San Antonio 2... MANITOBA 3, Albany 2 (OT)

Thu 2/26
GRAND RAPIDS 2, Utah 0... Providence 4, LOWELL 3 (OT)... TORONTO 4, Hamilton 2... MILWAUKEE 3, Houston 3 (OT)

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LOOKING AHEAD:

After a 4-8-0-0 road trip, San Antonio returns to the SBC Center on Friday night to host Houston (7:00 CT). The Rampage, who have dropped five in a row by an aggregate score of 24-8, enter the weekend four points out of a playoff spot in the West Division, but have 25 games remaining over the final 45 days of the season, more than any other team in the AHL. The season series between the Texas rivals is even at 2-2-2, but Eric Beaudoin and Mike Green, who have combined for 15 points against the Aeros this season, are both on recall to Florida. Eighteen-year-old Brent Burns, Minnesota's first-round pick in the 2003 draft, recorded an assist in his AHL debut with Houston on Thursday.

Norfolk hosts Binghamton for critical games at Scope on Friday and Saturday (7:30 ET), with the Admirals clinging to a one-point lead over the fifth-place Senators in the East Division coming in. Norfolk has won nine of its last 11 and is 10-3-1-0 since a Jan. 22 announcement that the team is up for sale. The Sens are mired in a six-game road winless streak (0-4-2-0) and have been shut out three times in the last eight games, but they still lead the Eastern Conference with 160 goals scored. Binghamton goaltender Ray Emery's goals against average is more than a full goal lower on the road (1.75) than at home (2.79) this season, but the second-year pro is just 6-7-4 on foreign ice.

In other action around the AHL this weekend, Portland takes a 14-game points streak (6-0-5-3) up north to battle St. John's on Friday and Saturday (7:35 NT, 6:05 ET)... Grand Rapids puts its 15-game home unbeaten streak on the line against Chicago on Friday (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT) before Philadelphia visits on Sunday (4:00 ET)... Unbeaten in eight (7-0-1-0), Hartford takes on the bottom two teams in the Atlantic, with a home-and-home against Springfield sandwiched around a date with Lowell... Cincinnati and Cleveland duel in a Buckeye battle at Gund Arena on Sunday (5:00 ET)... The HSBC Arena in Buffalo plays host to the Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch on Sunday evening (6:00 ET).

(all times Eastern)
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

Sat 2/28
Wilkes-Barre at Toronto, 4:00... Portland at St. John's, 6:05... Rochester at Cleveland, 7:00... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:00... Albany at Hershey, 7:00... Providence at Bridgeport, 7:05... Lowell at Hartford, 7:05... Binghamton at Norfolk, 7:30... Utah at Manchester, 7:35... Worcester at Springfield, 7:35... Cincinnati at Chicago, 8:00... San Antonio at Houston, 8:00... Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:00

Sun 2/29
San Antonio at Chicago, 4:00... Philadelphia at Grand Rapids, 4:00... Springfield at Hartford, 4:05... Providence at Manchester, 4:05... Cincinnati at Cleveland, 5:00... Binghamton at Hershey, 5:00... Milwaukee at Manitoba, 5:00... Wilkes-Barre at Toronto, 5:00... Syracuse vs. Rochester at Buffalo, 6:00... Utah at Worcester, 7:05

Tue 3/2
San Antonio at Cleveland, 7:00... Milwaukee at Manitoba, 8:30

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AHL-TV:
Fri., Portland at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (STJ) -- 7:35 NT
Fri., Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 6:30 CT
Sat., Cincinnati at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 7:00 CT
Sun., San Antonio at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 3:00 CT

Inside the AHL
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
Rogers Sportsnet (East) -- Sun., 1:00 p.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (West) -- Sun., 8:00 p.m. MT
Rogers Sportsnet (Ontario) -- Mon., 5:30 p.m. ET

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