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Published on January 21, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday, Gavin Morgan's hat trick lifted Hamilton over Chicago, 6-3... Mike Smith stopped 39 shots as Houston blanked Edmonton, 2-0... Jozef Balej and Chad Wiseman each scored twice in Hartford's 5-0 win over Springfield... Josh Prudden tied the game with 53 seconds left in regulation, but Cleveland fell to Cincinnati in a shootout, 4-3... On Thursday, Brian Finley made 25 saves for Milwaukee in a 4-0 win over San Antonio.

Wed 1/19
Rochester 4, ALBANY 0... HARTFORD 5, Springfield 0... MANCHESTER 2, Worcester 0... St. John's 4, HERSHEY 2... CINCINNATI 4, Cleveland 3 (SO)... Hamilton 6, CHICAGO 3... HOUSTON 2, Edmonton 0

Thu 1/20
MILWAUKEE 4, San Antonio 0... MANITOBA 3, Wilkes-Barre 2 (SO)


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LOOKING AHEAD:
Two of the AHL's best teams in recent history meet up at the Blue Cross Arena on Friday as Rochester hosts Philadelphia... The Amerks and Phantoms have combined for eight division titles since 1996-97, and both are among the AHL's elite again in 2004-05... Rochester is 18-3-1-2 since Nov. 26, while Philadelphia is sub-.500 (7-8-2-4) since its AHL-record 17-game winning streak was snapped on Nov. 28... Ryan Miller is tied for the AHL lead with 21 victories for the Amerks, who have won seven in a row at home... Antero Niittymaki is winless in his last seven outings (0-3-4) for the East-leading Phantoms.

Grand Rapids tries to end a pair of seven-game home losing streaks – one overall and one against Chicago – as the Wolves visit Van Andel Arena on Friday night... The Griffins are in a 1-10-0-1 rut and have fallen into a three-way tie for third place in the West Division, 11 points behind second-place Chicago... Defenseman Niklas Kronwall continues to lead Grand Rapids with 21 assists and 30 points this season... Including the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs, Wolves goalie Kari Lehtonen is 9-2-0 in his last 11 starts against the Griffins.

St. John's and Binghamton head to the Corel Centre on Saturday in another AHL version of the Battle of Ontario... The Maple Leafs swept a pair of meetings in Toronto last month, but the Senators enter the weekend 13-5-1-0 since then... St. John's, in Syracuse on Friday night, was 5-2-0-0 to start its 12-game road trip... Denis Hamel had seven goals and seven assists in his previous seven games through Thursday, but no points in three games against the Leafs this year... Matt Stajan (2g, 2a), Kyle Wellwood (1g, 3a) and David Ling (3a) combined for 11 points in the Leafs' 4-2 win at Hershey on Wednesday.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 1/21
Manchester at Binghamton, 7:05... Portland at Providence, 7:05... Hartford at Worcester, 7:05... Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Hershey at Norfolk, 7:30... St. John's at Syracuse, 7:30... Albany at Bridgeport, 7:35... Hamilton at Cincinnati, 7:35... Lowell at Springfield, 7:35... Philadelphia at Rochester, 7:35... Houston at San Antonio, 8:00... Manitoba at Edmonton, 9:00... Cleveland at Utah, 9:05

Sat 1/22
Philadelphia at Hershey, 7:00... St. John's vs. Binghamton (at Ottawa), 7:05... Worcester at Portland, 7:05... Providence at Springfield, 7:05... Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Manchester at Albany, 7:30... Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30... Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:35... Lowell at Hartford, 7:35... Hamilton at Milwaukee, 8:30... Grand Rapids at Houston, 8:35... Cleveland at Utah, 9:05

Sun 1/23
Cincinnati at Chicago, 4:00... Manitoba at Edmonton, 4:00... Hartford at Lowell, 4:00... Portland at Providence, 4:05... Manchester at Worcester, 4:05... Binghamton at Hershey, 5:00... Milwaukee at San Antonio, 6:00... Grand Rapids at Houston, 6:05

Mon 1/24
Albany at Philadelphia, 7:05

Tue 1/25
Rochester at Cleveland, 7:00... Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05


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BY THE NUMBERS:
7-2-0-1 – Record of the Lowell Lock Monsters when trailing after one period this season... Lowell had six wins all of last year when facing a deficit through 20 minutes of play.


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AHL-TV:
Friday, Portland at Providence -- Cox Sports Television (Providence) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:30 CT (live)
Friday, Chicago at Grand Rapids -- Comcast Local (Michigan) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Philadelphia at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET (live)
Friday, Manitoba at Edmonton -- Rogers Sportsnet (East, West, Pacific) -- 9:00 ET (live)
Friday, Manitoba at Edmonton -- Rogers Sportsnet (Ontario) -- 11:30 ET (tape)
Saturday, St. John's vs. Binghamton -- Rogers Sportsnet -- 7:05 ET (live)
Saturday, Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Saturday, Chicago at Cincinnati -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:35 CT (live)
Sunday, Cincinnati at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 3:00 CT (live)
Sunday, Manitoba at Edmonton -- Rogers Sportsnet (East, Ontario, Pacific) -- 4:00 ET (live)
Sunday, Manitoba at Edmonton -- Rogers Sportsnet (West) -- 8:00 MT (tape)

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