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March 17, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday night, Jean-Francois Racine made 30 saves in his AHL debut as St. John's double up Rochester, 4-2... Sergei Varlamov scored twice and Alex Auld made 26 saves as Manitoba beat Albany, 3-0... Andy Chiodo needed just 15 saves to blank Philadelphia, 1-0, Wilkes-Barre's third straight shutout of the Phantoms... Former Falcon Patrick DesRochers stopped 32 shots to lift Lowell past Springfield, 4-1.

Mon 3/15
HAMILTON 5, Manitoba 2

Tue 3/16
Manitoba 3, ALBANY 0... Wilkes-Barre 1, PHILADELPHIA 0... Lowell 4, SPRINGFIELD 1... ST. JOHN'S 4, Rochester 2

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LOOKING AHEAD:

There aren't many inter-divisional games left on the AHL schedule, but Wednesday's slate provides three intriguing ones, beginning at Van Andel Arena, where Grand Rapids plays host to Toronto (7:00 ET). Four losses in their last seven outings have dropped the Griffins into a tie for the West Division lead, and Danton Cole's club finishes with eight of its final 12 games away from home. The Roadrunners are 18-7-3-1 since Jan. 10, and led by reigning Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week Jamie Wright, have scored 28 goals in their last eight games. Toronto comes into play in a three-way logjam for third place in the North, tied with Rochester and Cleveland.

With one regulation loss in its last eight games (5-1-1-1), Houston visits Worcester's Centrum Centre (7:05 ET, 6:05 CT) to take on the IceCats. The Aeros sit precariously in fourth place in the West with a six-point lead over San Antonio and Cincinnati, but by Thursday morning, the Rampage will have six games in hand on the defending champions. Worcester's Mike Glumac has tallied a point in 10 of his last 11 games (7g, 4a), and joins Wilkes-Barre's Michel Ouellet as the only rookies currently leading their teams in scoring. Houston goaltender Johan Holmqvist, who posted the first Game 7 road shutout in Calder Cup Finals history in June, has just two wins in his last 17 road decisions (2-13-2).

Hartford makes its first ever appearance at the Giant Center to take on Hershey (7:30 ET), which hasn't posted a home-ice win over the Wolf Pack since Nov. 21, 1998. Former Bears defenseman Ryan McGill has his Pack sitting atop the Eastern Conference, while Hershey is in the middle of a four-team dogfight for the final three spots in the East Division. The Bears have lost five in a row against Atlantic Division foes, but took a 4-2 win over Hartford on Jan. 2 behind Peter Budaj's 52-save effort. AHL All-Star Chad Wiseman has 19 points in his last 17 games and leads active Wolf Pack players in scoring.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 3/17
Rochester at St. John's, 6:05... Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:00... Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Houston at Worcester, 7:05... Hartford at Hershey, 7:30... Cincinnati at Chicago, 8:00... Milwaukee at Utah, 9:05

Thu 3/18
Manitoba at Toronto, 7:00

Fri 3/19
Hamilton at St. John's, 6:05... Manchester at Lowell, 7:00... Albany at Binghamton, 7:05... Bridgeport at Hartford, 7:05... Wilkes-Barre at Philadelphia, 7:05... Springfield at Providence, 7:05... Portland at Worcester, 7:05... Manitoba at Syracuse, 7:30... Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:35... Grand Rapids at Rochester, 7:35... Chicago at San Antonio, 8:00... Milwaukee at Utah, 9:05

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ALUMNI WATCH:

On Tuesday night, Matt Hussey scored in his NHL debut, a 4-1 Pittsburgh win over Washington... Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves in his first NHL start and Garrett Burnett potted his first NHL goal as Anaheim beat Phoenix, 3-2... 2001 AHL All-Star Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice in the final 97 seconds of regulation to lift San Jose to a 3-3 tie with Dallas... Rickard Wallin recorded a goal and an assist in Minnesota's 5-2 win over Ottawa... Mike Stutzel made his NHL debut with Phoenix, bringing the number of players to suit up in both the AHL and NHL this season to 389, a new all-time high.

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AHL-TV:
Wed., Rochester at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (STJ) -- 7:35 NT
Wed., Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (WBS) -- 7:05 ET
Wed., Cincinnati at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 7:00 CT
Fri., Hamilton at St. John's -- Rogers Cable 9 (STJ) -- 7:35 NT
Fri., Chicago at San Antonio -- Comcast Cable (CHI) -- 7:00 CT

Inside the AHL
Empire Sports Network -- Fri., 11:00 p.m. ET
America One -- Sat., 4:30 p.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (East) -- Mon., 5:00 p.m. ET
Rogers Sportsnet (Pacific) -- Tues., 3:30 p.m. PT

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