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Published on January 7, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday, Colin Forbes and Mike Zigomanis picked up three points apiece as Lowell doubled up Portland, 6-3... Jason King had three assists for Manitoba in a 3-0 victory over Cleveland... Matt Stajan scored shorthanded with 5:58 left in regulation, giving St. John's a 3-2 win over Hamilton... On Thursday, Ryan Miller (32 saves) and Mike Morrison (33 saves) dueled to a scoreless tie before Rochester prevailed over Edmonton in a shootout, 1-0.

Wed 1/5
ST. JOHN'S 3, Hamilton 2... Hershey 5, ALBANY 3... LOWELL 6, Portland 3... MANCHESTER 5, Utah 1... WORCESTER 2, Wilkes-Barre 1... MANITOBA 3, Cleveland 0... EDMONTON 4, Rochester 3

Thu 1/6
Rochester 1, EDMONTON 0 (SO)


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LOOKING AHEAD:
Chicago heads to Milwaukee on Friday night with the West Division lead on the line... The first-place Wolves have given up 16 goals in their first three trips to the Bradley Center this year, most recently a 7-2 loss on Dec. 17... Steve Maltais has scored six of his 12 goals this season in six games against Milwaukee... Former Wolves forward Simon Gamache leads all scorers in the season series with nine points for the second-place Admirals, and has 15 points (5g, 10a) in his last nine games overall... Milwaukee's Darren Haydar had eight points in three games last week to earn CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week honors.

Bridgeport is in Norfolk for a two-game series at Scope beginning Friday... The all-time series between the teams has been a defensive one, with the teams combining for 39 goals in the 12 meetings... This year, Sean Bergenheim scored twice in a 3-2 Sound Tigers win on Nov. 13, and Michael Leighton made 21 saves in a 1-0 Admirals win on Dec. 1... Last weekend's split against Houston began a stretch in which Norfolk will play 15 of 17 games on home ice; the Sound Tigers, who began a seven-game road trip on Dec. 31, are a league-worst 2-11-1-0 on the road this season... The Admirals are second in the AHL in home penalty killing (93.6%), but last in home power play efficiency (7.6%).

League-leaders Manchester and Hartford close out the weekend with a get-together at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Sunday... The teams' first two meetings this season ended in Wolf Pack victories, including a 4-3 overtime decision on Dec. 5 that remains one of only two losses in 17 home games this season for the Monarchs... Manchester enters Friday's action with a four-point lead over Hartford atop both the Atlantic Division and the overall AHL standings... Entering the weekend, the Wolf Pack were on a 14-3-0-1 run, and Jason LaBarbera had won his previous 11 decisions.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 1/7
Hershey at Albany, 7:00... Rochester at Cleveland, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton, 7:05... Portland at Hartford, 7:05... Syracuse at Philadelphia, 7:05... Grand Rapids at Hamilton, 7:30... Bridgeport at Norfolk, 7:30... Utah at Cincinnati, 7:35... Lowell at Manchester, 7:35... Providence at Springfield, 7:35... Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:00... Worcester at San Antonio, 8:00

Sat 1/8
Houston at Milwaukee, 2:30... St. John's at Hamilton, 7:00... Syracuse at Binghamton, 7:05... Providence at Portland, 7:05... Hartford at Springfield, 7:05... Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Bridgeport at Norfolk, 7:30... Utah at Cincinnati, 7:35... San Antonio at Chicago, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 8:00... Edmonton at Manitoba, 8:30

Sun 1/9
Edmonton at Manitoba, 3:00... San Antonio at Chicago, 4:00... Providence at Lowell, 4:00... Hartford at Manchester, 4:05... Springfield at Portland, 4:05... Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 5:00... Albany at Philadelphia, 5:05... Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05... Worcester at Houston, 6:05

Mon 1/10
St. John's at Edmonton, 9:00

Tue 1/11
Hamilton at Chicago, 8:00... Manitoba at San Antonio, 8:00... Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05


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BY THE NUMBERS:
.723 – Points percentage league-wide this season of teams scoring the game's first goal (318-102-26-38)... Hartford is a league-best 16-1-1-0 when scoring first this year.


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AHL-TV:
Friday, Syracuse at Philadelphia -- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton -- Time Warner Cable 14 (Binghamton) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Grand Rapids at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Chicago at Milwaukee -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Saturday, San Antonio at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Edmonton at Manitoba -- Rogers Sportsnet (all regions) -- 8:30 ET (live)
Sunday, Edmonton at Manitoba -- Rogers Sportsnet (all regions) -- 3:00 ET (live)
Sunday, San Antonio at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 3:00 CT (live)
Monday, St. John's at Edmonton -- Rogers Sportsnet (all regions) -- 9:00 ET (live)
Tuesday, Hamilton at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)

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