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January 28, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Edmonton swept a two-game series from Grand Rapids, getting two goals from J.J. Hunter in a 3-0 win on Wednesday, and two goals from Brad Winchester in a 3-1 win on Thursday... In other action on Wednesday, Zach Parise's overtime goal led Albany over Worcester, 4-3... Stephen Baby scored twice during a four-goal first period as Chicago downed Utah, 5-1... Lowell continued its climb in the Atlantic with a 5-2 win over Manchester.

Wed 1/26
LOWELL 5, Manchester 2... ALBANY 4, Worcester 3 (OT)... Rochester 4, HAMILTON 2... SAN ANTONIO 3, Milwaukee 2... EDMONTON 3, Grand Rapids 0... BINGHAMTON 5, Providence 4... Chicago 5, UTAH 1... Syracuse 4, WILKES-BARRE 3... Hartford 1, NORFOLK 0 (SO)... HERSHEY 3, St. John's 2 (SO)

Thu 1/27
EDMONTON 3, Grand Rapids 1


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LOOKING AHEAD:
It took more than three months, but in-state rivals Hershey and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton meet for the first time this season on Friday night when the puck drops at the Wachovia Arena... The clubs will play their entire 10-game season series over the final 11 weeks of the year... The Bears' Eric Perrin recorded 18 points (4g, 14a) in 10 games against the Penguins in 2003-04, and currently has 17 points in his last 13 games overall... Peter Budaj made 28 saves before stopping 13 of 15 shootout attempts in Hershey's 3-2 win over St. John's on Wednesday... Defenseman Ross Lupaschuk has seven points in his last six games for the Pens... Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-3-1 in January after going 13-2-2 in his previous 17 decisions.

Division leaders Binghamton and Rochester battle on Friday at the Blue Cross Arena, where the Amerks have won eight in a row... The Senators lead the East thanks to their current nine-game winning streak, while the Amerks are atop the North with a 21-3-1-3 record since Nov. 26... Denis Hamel has a point in 11 straight games (8g, 10a) for Binghamton, and leads all scorers with eight points in four contests against this season against his former team... Rochester rookie Thomas Vanek had back-to-back three-point games versus the Sens back in November... All-Star goaltender Ryan Miller has started 20 of the Amerks' 22 home games in 2004-05... Rochester is 100-106-20 all-time against AHL teams from Binghamton.

After taking the eventual champions to seven games in their division semifinal playoff series last spring, Cincinnati has split two meetings with Milwaukee this year entering their face-off at Cincinnati Gardens on Friday... The Mighty Ducks are 11-4-1-0 in their last 16 games, moving into third place in the congested West Division... Michael Holmqvist is on a five-game scoring streak for the Ducks, and Ilya Bryzgalov is unbeaten (6-0-0) in nine appearances since Dec. 4... Milwaukee wraps up its seven-game road trip with games in Grand Rapids on Saturday and in St. John's on Monday and Tuesday... Simon Gamache has already matched his output from last year with 56 points on the season.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 1/28
St. John's at Cleveland, 7:00... Hartford at Philadelphia, 7:05... Bridgeport at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Lowell at Worcester, 7:05... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:30... Springfield at Norfolk, 7:30... Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35... Portland at Manchester, 7:35... Binghamton at Rochester, 7:35... Chicago at San Antonio, 8:00... Manitoba at Utah, 9:05

Sat 1/29
St. John's at Cleveland, 7:00... Rochester at Hamilton, 7:00... Hartford at Hershey, 7:00... Worcester at Lowell, 7:00... Albany at Binghamton, 7:05... Philadelphia at Bridgeport, 7:05... Providence at Portland, 7:05... Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Springfield at Norfolk, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse, 7:30... San Antonio at Cincinnati, 7:35... Chicago at Houston, 8:35... Manitoba at Utah, 9:05

Sun 1/30
Hartford at Bridgeport, 4:05... Lowell at Manchester, 4:05... Wilkes-Barre at Providence, 4:05... Portland at Worcester, 4:05... Albany at Hershey, 5:00... Syracuse at Binghamton, 5:05... San Antonio at Cincinnati, 5:05

Mon 1/31
Milwaukee at St. John's, 6:05... Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 8:30

Tue 2/1
Milwaukee at St. John's, 6:05... San Antonio at Cleveland, 7:00... Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 8:30... Edmonton at Utah, 9:05


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BY THE NUMBERS:
220:24 – Shutout streak by Hartford goaltender Steve Valiquette entering the weekend... Valiquette, who leads the league with a 1.48 goals-against average, is 29:27 shy of Johnny Bower's 47-year-old league record (249:51).

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AHL-TV:
Friday, Bridgeport at Providence -- Cox Sports Television (Providence) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Syracuse at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Chicago at San Antonio -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Friday, Binghamton at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
Saturday, Hartford at Hershey -- WHTM-TV 27 (Hershey) -- 7:00 ET (live)
Saturday, Chicago at Houston -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:35 CT (live)
Monday, Milwaukee at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Tuesday, Milwaukee at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live)

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