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May 1, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Two deciding Game Sevens highlight the first day of May in the American Hockey League. In Milwaukee, the Admirals forced a Game 7 tonight (7:00 CT) with a 6-3 win over Cincinnati last night. Darren Haydar and Simon Gamache recorded a goal and two assists apiece and Milwaukee scored three times on the power play, giving them 12 PPG for the series. Haydar, last year's AHL rookie of the year, now has 10 points in the series, including nine in three games at the Bradley Center.

Syracuse and Rochester are also going the distance, with Game 7 set for tonight (7:30 ET) at the historic Onondaga County War Memorial. The Amerks have won the last two games of the series by a combined score of 13-5, and are trying to become the 12th team in AHL history to successfully rally from a 3-1 series deficit. Rochester is 7-2 all-time in seventh games, while the Crunch are 1-1, most recently dropping a 6-2 decision at home to Chicago in the 2002 conference semifinals.

Norfolk avoided elimination with a 2-1 win over Philadelphia last night, as Blake Bellefeuille scored on a power play with 1:54 left in regulation. The Phantoms still lead the series, 3-2, with Game 6 back at the Wachovia Center tonight (7:05 ET). Craig Anderson made 26 saves for the Admirals and Quintin Laing added his team-leading fifth goal of the postseason. Four of the first five contests played in the series have ended in 2-1 scores.

Hartford got two goals from Jed Ortmeyer and 27 saves from Jason LaBarbera to post a 3-1 win over Worcester last night; the series shifts to the Centrum Centre for Game 2 tonight (7:05 ET). Ortmeyer, a rookie out of the U. of Michigan, returned to the Wolf Pack lineup in the first round after playing 58 NHL games with the N.Y. Rangers this season. Jozef Balej added a shorthanded goal for his third game-winner of the postseason, and LaBarbera's bid for a third straight home shutout ended with 3:33 left in regulation.

Tavis Hansen scored twice and Nolan Schaefer made 32 saves as Cleveland staved off elimination with a 4-1 win over Hamilton in Game 5 last night. Christian Ehrhoff and rookie Tim Conboy added two assists each for the Barons, who converted three times on the power play in a span of 7:04 over the first and second periods. Bulldogs forward Alexander Perezhogin has been suspended indefinitely by the AHL for his actions against Cleveland's Garrett Stafford, who was released from Hamilton General Hospital early this morning.

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TODAY'S GAMES
$Game 6 – Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05
Game 2 – Hartford at Worcester, 7:05
Game 7 – Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30
Game 7 – Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00


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SERIES SCHEDULES
Atlantic Division Final
1-Hartford vs. 3-Worcester
Game 1 – HARTFORD 3, Worcester 1
Game 2 – Sat 5/1 at Worcester, 7:05
Game 3 – Sun 5/2 at Worcester, 6:05
Game 4 – Wed 5/5 at Hartford, 7:05
*Game 5 – Fri 5/7 at Hartford, 7:05
*Game 6 – Sat 5/8 at Hartford, 7:05
*Game 7 – Thu 5/13 at Worcester, 7:05

Atlantic Division Semifinals
1-Hartford def. 5-Portland, 4-1
3-Worcester def. 2-Marnchester, 4-2

East Division Semifinals
1-Philadelphia vs. 5-Norfolk
$Game 1 – PHILADELPHIA 2, Norfolk 1
$Game 2 – Norfolk 2, PHILADELPHIA 1 (OT)
Game 3 – Philadelphia 3, NORFOLK 1
Game 4 – Philadelphia 2, NORFOLK 1 (3OT)
Game 5 – NORFOLK 2, Philadelphia 1
$Game 6 – Sat 5/1 at Philadelphia, 7:05
*$Game 7 – Mon 5/3 at Philadelphia, 7:05
$at Wachovia Center

2-Bridgeport vs. 3-Wilkes-Barre
Game 1 – BRIDGEPORT 5, Wilkes-Barre 4 (OT)
Game 2 – BRIDGEPORT 5, Wilkes-Barre 4 (OT)
Game 3 – WILKES-BARRE 3, Bridgeport 2 (OT)
Game 4 – Bridgeport 4, WILKES-BARRE 2
Game 5 – Wilkes-Barre 2, BRIDGEPORT 1 (OT)
Game 6 – WILKES-BARRE 5, Bridgeport 0
Game 7 – Wilkes-Barre 3, BRIDGEPORT 2 (OT)

North Division Semifinals
1-Hamilton vs. 4-Cleveland
Game 1 – HAMILTON 4, Cleveland 0
Game 2 – Cleveland 4, HAMILTON 3 (OT)
Game 3 – Hamilton 5, CLEVELAND 3
Game 4 – Hamilton 4, CLEVELAND 3
Game 5 – Cleveland 4, HAMILTON 1
Game 6 – Sun 5/2 at Cleveland, 4:00
*Game 7 – Mon 5/3 at Hamilton, 7:00

2-Syracuse vs. 3-Rochester
Game 1 – SYRACUSE 3, Rochester 2
Game 2 – Rochester 6, SYRACUSE 0
Game 3 – Syracuse 3, ROCHESTER 2
Game 4 – Syracuse 3, ROCHESTER 2
Game 5 – Rochester 6, SYRACUSE 0
Game 6 – ROCHESTER 7, Syracuse 5
Game 7 – Sat 5/1 at Syracuse, 7:30

West Division Semifinals
1-Milwaukee vs. 5-Cincinnati
Game 1 – Cincinnati 5, MILWAUKEE 4 (OT)
Game 2 – MILWAUKEE 6, Cincinnati 0
Game 3 – CINCINNATI 1, Milwaukee 0
Game 4 – Milwaukee 4, CINCINNATI 3 (OT)
Game 5 – CINCINNATI 3, Milwaukee 1
Game 6 – MILWAUKEE 6, Cincinnati 3
Game 7 – Sat 5/1 at Milwaukee, 8:00

2-Grand Rapids vs. 3-Chicago
Game 1 – Chicago 4, GRAND RAPIDS 3 (OT)
Game 2 – Chicago 1, GRAND RAPIDS 0
Game 3 – CHICAGO 4, Grand Rapids 1
Game 4 – CHICAGO 8, Grand Rapids 2

*if necessary... All times Eastern


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BY THE NUMBERS:
56 -- Game Sevens played in AHL history... Home teams are 29-27 all-time, but have lost five of seven over the past three postseasons.

3 -- Times in AHL history that two Game Sevens have been played on the same day: Apr. 17, 1984; May 14, 1997; and now May 1, 2004.

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ON THIS DATE (May 1):
2001 – Jeremy Brown's goal at 12:09 of overtime gives Providence a 3-2 overtime win at Worcester in Game 7 of their conference semifinal... 1999 – Chris Ferraro scores at 17:55 of the second overtime to give Hamilton a 3-2 win over Albany in the winner-take-all Game 5 of their conference quarterfinal series... 1971 – The Springfield Kings close out a Calder Cup championship with a 5-3 win over Providence in Game 4... 1963 – In the first AHL game ever played in the month of May, Buffalo posts a 6-2 victory over Hershey in Game 7 of the Calder Cup final at the Aud.

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