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February 2, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Milwaukee swept a two-game series in St. John's to start the week, getting a five total points from Simon Gamache... Drew MacIntyre made 35 saves as Grand Rapids snapped a four-game slide with a 5-1 win in Manitoba on Tuesday... Joel Kwiatkowski had two goals and an assist for San Antonio in a 4-3 win at Cleveland on Tuesday.

Mon 1/31
MANITOBA 2, Grand Rapids 0... Milwaukee 5, ST. JOHN'S 2

Tue 2/1
Grand Rapids 5, MANITOBA 1... Milwaukee 4, ST. JOHN'S 3... San Antonio 4, CLEVELAND 3... Edmonton 2, UTAH 1 (SO)


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LOOKING AHEAD:
The top two teams in the Eastern Conference duke it out on Wednesday as Manchester hosts Hartford... The Monarchs are 19-2-2-1 on home ice this season, but both of those overtime losses were to the Wolf Pack... Hartford has a 3-0-0 edge in the season series, allowing only three even-strength goals... Mike Cammalleri (6g, 9a) and former Wolf Pack forward Brad Smyth (4g, 6a) are on nine-game scoring streaks for Manchester... Jeff Hamilton has a point in 12 of his last 13 games (6g, 13a) for Hartford, which has split the first four games on a seven-game road trip... Since a personal 14-game winning streak, Jason LaBarbera has allowed 17 goals and has been pulled in three of five starts.

Norfolk sits just three points out of first place as division-leading Binghamton visits Scope for two games, starting Wednesday night... The Senators are 0-2-0-1 since a nine-game winning streak; the Admirals are coming off an 8-1-0-1 month of January... Norfolk's Rene Bourque was the Reebok AHL Rookie of the Month after recording 12 points and a plus-8 in 10 January games... Binghamton's Jason Spezza led all AHL scorers with 22 points last month... The Senators rank fourth in the AHL in offense (3.29 goals per game), while the Admirals are fourth in defense (2.32).

With 39 games scheduled for the final 75 days of the regular season, Houston heads to Rosemont to face the Wolves on Wednesday night... The Aeros are coming off a 3-2 win over Chicago on Saturday, in which Josh Harding made 17 saves in his return from a concussion suffered on Nov. 28... Christoph Brandner, back from 16 games on the injury list, added a goal in the win, and Brent Burns scored the winner with 50.7 seconds left in regulation... Houston is winless in its last 10 trips to Allstate Arena... Brad Larsen has scored a goal in four straight contests for the Wolves.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 2/2
Hartford at Manchester, 7:05... Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05... Bridgeport at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Springfield at Worcester, 7:05... Binghamton at Norfolk, 7:30... Philadelphia at Hershey, 7:35... Houston at Chicago, 8:00

Thu 2/3
Syracuse at Cleveland, 7:00... Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00

Fri 2/4
Hamilton at St. John's, 6:05... Grand Rapids at Philadelphia, 7:05... Lowell at Portland, 7:05... Hartford at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Bridgeport at Worcester, 7:05... Binghamton at Norfolk, 7:30... Syracuse at Cincinnati, 7:35... Albany at Rochester, 7:35... Manchester at Springfield, 7:35... Cleveland at Chicago, 8:30... San Antonio at Manitoba, 8:30... Milwaukee at Houston, 8:35... Utah at Edmonton, 9:00


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BY THE NUMBERS:
1-2-2-1 – Manchester's home record against Hartford (0-0-2-0) and Lowell (1-2-0-1) this season... The Monarchs are a perfect 18-0-0-0 at the Verizon Wireless Arena against the rest of the AHL.


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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Houston at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Friday, Hamilton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live)
Friday, Hershey at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Cleveland at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:30 CT (live)
Friday, Albany at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
Saturday, Chicago at Cleveland -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 12:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre -- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia -- 7:05 ET (live)
Saturday, Grand Rapids at Rochester -- WB 16 (Rochester) -- 7:35 ET (live)
Saturday, Grand Rapids at Rochester -- Comcast Local (Michigan) -- 7:35 ET (live)
Saturday, Hamilton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)

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