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Published on April 14, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


The AHL's 68th postseason kicks off at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena tonight (7:05 ET) as Binghamton hosts Norfolk in Game 1 of the East Division qualifying series. The Senators secured their playoff invite on Saturday night with a 2-2 tie against Rochester, while the Admirals squeaked in on Sunday evening after Hershey dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to Philadelphia.

These teams met three times over the final 10 days of the regular season, most recently a 3-0 Norfolk win on Apr. 9 in which Michael Leighton made 44 saves for the shutout... Two-time AHL All-Star Ray Emery stopped 40 of 41 shots in that loss for the Senators... The Admirals owned a 5-3-0-0 edge in the season series, including a split of four meetings at the Arena... Ads defenseman Burke Henry played for Binghamton coaches John Paddock and Mike Busniuk on Hartford's 2000 Calder Cup-winning team... Both of these teams had their 2003 playoff runs ended by eventual Calder Cup finalists (Norfolk by Houston, Binghamton by Hamilton)... The B-Sens were 6-1 on home ice in last year's postseason... Norfolk ranked 25th in the league averaging 2.15 goals per game in the regular season, but scored 26 goals in eight games against Binghamton (3.25 avg.).

For real-time game updates, Calder Cup news, statistics and history, and links to tonight's Game 1 cybercasts with Binghamton's Grady Whittenburg and Norfolk's Pete Michaud, visit the official Web site of the AHL's Calder Cup Playoffs, caldercup.com.

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TONIGHT'S GAMES
Game 1 – Norfolk at Binghamton, 7:05
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SERIES SCHEDULES
Atlantic Division Qualifying Series
4-Providence vs. 5-Portland
Game 1 – Thu 4/15 at Providence, 7:05
Game 2 – Fri 4/16 at Providence, 7:05
*Game 3 – Sun 4/18 at Providence, 4:05

East Division Qualifying Series
4-Binghamton vs. 5-Norfolk
Game 1 – Wed 4/14 at Binghamton, 7:05
Game 2 – Fri 4/16 at Binghamton, 7:05
*Game 3 – Sat 4/17 at Binghamton, 7:05

North Division Qualifying Series
4-Cleveland vs. 5-Toronto
§Game 1 – Thu 4/15 at Cleveland, 7:00
§Game 2 – Sat 4/17 at Cleveland, 7:00
*§Game 3 – Sun 4/18 at Cleveland, 7:00
§at Strongsville, Ohio

West Division Qualifying Series
4-Houston vs. 5-Cincinnati
Game 1 – Thu 4/15 at Houston, 8:05
Game 2 – Sat 4/17 at Houston, 8:05
*Game 3 – Sun 4/18 at Houston, 6:05

Atlantic Division Semifinal
2-Manchester vs. 3-Worcester
Game 1 – Thu 4/15 at Manchester, 7:05
Game 2 – Sat 4/17 at Manchester, 7:35
Game 3 – Sun 4/18 at Worcester, 5:05
Game 4 – Tue 4/20 at Worcester, 7:05
*Game 5 – Thu 4/22 at Manchester, 7:05
*Game 6 – Sat 4/24 at Worcester, 7:05
*Game 7 – Sun 4/25 at Manchester, 4:05

East Division Semifinal
2-Bridgeport vs. 3-Wilkes-Barre
Game 1 – Thu 4/15 at Bridgeport, 7:05
Game 2 – Sat 4/17 at Bridgeport, 7:05
Game 3 – Sun 4/18 at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05
Game 4 – Tue 4/20 at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05
*Game 5 – Thu 4/22 at Bridgeport, 7:05
*Game 6 – Fri 4/23 at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05
*Game 7 – Sun 4/25 at Bridgeport, 4:05

North Division Semifinal
2-Syracuse vs. 3-Rochester
Game 1 – Fri 4/16 at Syracuse, 7:30
Game 2 – Sat 4/17 at Syracuse, 7:30
Game 3 – Wed 4/21 at Rochester, 7:05
Game 4 – Fri 4/23 at Rochester, 7:35
*Game 5 – Sun 4/25 at Syracuse, 5:00
*Game 6 – Wed 4/28 at Rochester, 7:05
*Game 7 – Sat 5/1 at Syracuse, 7:30

West Division Semifinal
2-Grand Rapids vs. 3-Chicago
Game 1 – Fri 4/16 at Grand Rapids, 7:30
Game 2 – Sun 4/18 at Grand Rapids, 6:00
Game 3 – Wed 4/21 at Chicago, 8:00
Game 4 – Fri 4/23 at Chicago, 8:30
*Game 5 – Sat 4/24 at Grand Rapids, 8:00
*Game 6 – Mon 4/26 at Chicago, 8:00
*Game 7 – Wed 4/28 at Grand Rapids, 7:00

*if necessary... All times Eastern


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FROM CALDER TO STANLEY:
Glen Murray, who recorded five points in six games during the 1993 Calder Cup Playoffs, scored in the second overtime last night to give Boston a 4-3 win over Montreal... Tomas Vokoun, who made his AHL debut in the 1996 playoffs, stopped 41 shots as Nashville shut out Detroit, 3-0... Scott Thornton, a 1993 Calder Cup champion with Cape Breton, scored twice as San Jose defeated St. Louis, 4-3... Miikka Kiprusoff and Johan Hedberg, who as teammates led Kentucky to the 2000 Calder Cup Playoffs, faced each other in Game 4 of the Calgary-Vancouver series last night; Kiprusoff made 20 saves in the Flames' 4-0 win.

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BY THE NUMBERS:
4 - Players in this postseason who have at least 60 career Calder Cup Playoff points: Grand Rapids' Michel Picard (71), Chicago's Steve Maltais (67), Philadelphia's Peter White (67) and Rochester's Domenic Pittis (61).

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ON THIS DATE (APRIL 14):
2002 – In their professional playoff debuts, Rick DiPietro makes 20 saves and Trent Hunter adds a goal and two assists, leading Bridgeport past Manitoba, 5-0, in Game 1 of their conference quarterfinal series... 1953 – Pittsburgh defeats Cleveland, 3-2, on a Danny Lewicki goal in the fourth overtime period, forcing a Game 7 in the Calder Cup Final... 1949 – Providence beats Hershey, 3-2 in double overtime, to win Game 5 of the Calder Cup Final; the Reds would go to win Games 6 and 7 as well to capture the title.

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