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December 29, 2004 - Eastern Basketball Development League () News Release


On Tuesday, the eighth-largest crowd in AHL history (17,898) watched Rochester shut out Edmonton, 2-0, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo... Adam Hauser made 26 saves for his league-leading fifth shutout of the season as Manchester blanked Utah, 6-0... Portland snapped a nine-game road winless streak with a 3-2 win in Bridgeport... Joffrey Lupul's hat trick paced Cincinnati to a 5-4 win at Grand Rapids... On Monday, Chris Kelly and Josh Langfeld scored Binghamton's league-leading ninth and 10th shorthanded goals of the season in a 4-2 win at Syracuse... Wade Flaherty made 30 saves as Manitoba blanked Cleveland, 4-0.

Mon 12/27
Binghamton 4, SYRACUSE 2... HAMILTON 3, Edmonton 2... Manitoba 4, CLEVELAND 0... San Antonio 4, MILWAUKEE 3... Hartford 3, PROVIDENCE 2 (SO)

Tue 12/28
CLEVELAND 3, Manitoba 2 (OT)... Cincinnati 5, GRAND RAPIDS 4... MANCHESTER 6, Utah 0... WORCESTER 4, Hartford 3... Portland 3, BRIDGEPORT 2... ROCHESTER 2, Edmonton 0


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LOOKING AHEAD:
Binghamton brings a four-game winning streak down to Hershey on Wednesday night for the teams' second meeting of the season... Former Bear Charlie Stephens has five points (3g, 2a) in three games against his former team since being acquired by Binghamton last winter, including a goal in the Senators' 3-2 win on Oct. 22... Jason Spezza, the Sens' reigning CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week, has seven points in his last three games and ranks second in the league with 45 points on the year... The Bears have won three of four to start a seven-game homestand, most recently getting a 50-save shutout from Peter Budaj in Sunday's 5-0 win over Norfolk... Carl Corazzini has 10 points (4g, 6a) in his last 10 games for Hershey.

St. John's and Syracuse battle back-to-back at Mile One Stadium as the jockeying for position continues in the tight North Division... The Maple Leafs have won 10 of their last 11 home games and sit tied for third place, four points behind division-leading Manitoba and nine ahead of the last-place Crunch... Syracuse is 3-1-1-1 in its last six on the road, but has just one win in its last seven overall since a 6-2 victory over the Leafs on Dec. 4... Former Crunch forward David Ling leads St. John's with 23 assists and 32 points this season... Jeremy Reich has scored three of his four goals for Syracuse this season against the Maple Leafs.

Chicago entertains San Antonio on Wednesday night having won eight straight meetings with the Rampage, including all five this season by a combined score of 22-5... Wolves goaltender Kari Lehtonen has not allowed a goal to San Antonio over the past 178:24, stopping 80 of 81 shots overall in three games this season... J.P. Vigier has a point in nine straight games for Chicago (5g, 8a)... Captain Steve Maltais is one goal shy of 600 for his professional career... Ryan Jardine has five points in his last three games for the Rampage, who are coming off a 4-3 win in Milwaukee over the defending Calder Cup champions on Monday.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 12/29
Syracuse at St. John's, 6:05... Manchester at Lowell, 7:00... Rochester at Albany, 7:00... Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05... Portland at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Binghamton at Hershey, 7:30... Hamilton at Cincinnati, 7:35... San Antonio at Chicago, 8:00... Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05

Thu 12/30
Syracuse at St. John's, 6:05... Providence at Springfield, 7:05... Houston at Norfolk, 7:30... Hamilton at Milwaukee, 8:00

Fri 12/31
Utah at Hartford, 4:05... Philadelphia at Hershey, 5:00... Chicago at Manitoba, 5:00... Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05... Providence at Portland, 5:35... Houston at Norfolk, 6:00... Springfield at Binghamton, 6:05... Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Lowell at Manchester, 7:35... Albany at Rochester, 7:35... Cincinnati at San Antonio, 8:00... Cleveland at Edmonton, 9:00


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BY THE NUMBERS:
6 – Consecutive 3-2 games played by the Providence Bruins... The B's have participated in nine straight one-goal decisions, and have earned a point in 10 consecutive contests (7-0-0-3).


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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Syracuse at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Wednesday, Norfolk at Philadelphia -- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia -- 7:05 ET (live)
Wednesday, San Antonio at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Thursday, Syracuse at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Friday, Chicago at Manitoba -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 4:00 CT (live)
Friday, Albany at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
Saturday, Cincinnati at San Antonio -- WB-35 (San Antonio) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Chicago at Manitoba -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:30 CT (live)

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