AHL Quick Hits
Published on February 9, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
Houston got goals from five different players in a 5-2 win over Utah before 9,062 fans in a Tuesday matinee at the Toyota Center... Rochester ran its winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 win in St. John's on Tuesday night.
Mon 2/7
No games scheduled
Tue 2/8
HOUSTON 5, Utah 2... Rochester 3, ST. JOHN'S 1
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LOOKING AHEAD:
The Road Runners will live up to their name as Edmonton plays 17 of its next 19 games away from home, beginning with a visit to Cleveland on Wednesday and Thursday... It's also the first of 15 straight against division opponents for Edmonton, which sits fourth in the North... The Road Runners are 3-0-0-0 against the Barons this year, with Tony Salmelainen recording four goals and an assist in the season series... Mike Morrison and Tyler Moss have combined to allow three goals during Edmonton's current five-game winning streak... Cleveland is fresh off a home-and-home sweep of Chicago, including Saturday's 2-1 win that snapped a six-game home losing streak... Jason Jaffray has scored five goals in the Barons' last seven games.
After Tuesday's win over Utah, Houston hits the road for important division games in Grand Rapids (Wednesday) and Milwaukee (Thursday)... The Aeros have moved to within one point of the final playoff spot in the West Division and are one point ahead of the Griffins as they head to Van Andel Arena... Pierre-Marc Bouchard is on a seven-game scoring streak for the Aeros (3g, 7a)... Houston goalie Josh Harding has a 1.72 GAA in four appearances since returning from a concussion, including a 1-0 shutout of Milwaukee on Saturday.
Philadelphia sits three points behind a first-place logjam in the East Division heading into Wednesday's visit to Norfolk... While the Phantoms have lost four in a row and are 5-10-1-4 in their last 20, the Admirals are on an 8-0-0-1 tear and are tied with Binghamton and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton atop the East... Norfolk rookie Rene Bourque has 14 points in 12 games since New Year's, and Michael Leighton is 10-1-1 in his last 12 decisions... The Admirals are 4-0-1-0 against the Phantoms in 2004-05.
(all times Eastern)
Wed 2/9
Rochester at St. John's, 6:05... Springfield at Albany, 7:00... Edmonton at Cleveland, 7:00... Houston at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Hershey at Lowell, 7:00... San Antonio at Syracuse, 7:00... Worcester at Manchester, 7:05... Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:30... Utah at Chicago, 8:00
Thu 2/10
Edmonton at Cleveland, 7:00... Houston at Milwaukee, 8:00
Fri 2/11
Manitoba at St. John's, 6:05... Portland at Albany, 7:00... Lowell at Philadelphia, 7:05... Manchester at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Utah at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Edmonton at Hamilton, 7:30... Cincinnati at Syracuse, 7:30... Binghamton at Bridgeport, 7:35... San Antonio at Rochester, 7:35... Worcester at Springfield, 7:35... Milwaukee at Chicago, 8:30
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BY THE NUMBERS:
999 â Regular-season AHL games coached by Binghamton's John Paddock, who will become the third man ever to reach 1,000 when the Senators visit Bridgeport on Friday.
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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, San Antonio at Syracuse -- Time Warner Cable 26 (Syracuse) -- 7:00 ET (live)
Wednesday, Utah at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Wednesday, Rochester at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Friday, Manitoba 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, Milwaukee at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:30 CT (live)
Friday, Edmonton at Hamilton -- Rogers Sportsnet (West, Pacific) -- 8:00 MT (tape)
Friday, Edmonton at Hamilton -- Rogers Sportsnet (East, Ontario) -- 11:30 ET (tape)
Friday, San Antonio at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
American Hockey League Stories from February 9, 2005
- Bears rally to defeat Lowell 4-3 - Hershey Bears
- Streaking Monarchs Hand IceCats Fourth Straight Setback - Manchester Monarchs
- Bootland's late goal grounds Aeros, 3-1 - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Late goals lift Griffins over Aeros 3-1 - Houston Aeros
- Phantoms Defeat Norfolk, 3-1 - Adirondack Phantoms
- Monarchs Sign Kinasewich To Tryout - Manchester Monarchs
- Bears play at Lowell Wednesday night - Hershey Bears
- River Rats and AHA Go Red For Women on Friday - Albany River Rats
- Volchenkov to play in 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Game - Binghamton Senators
- Holmqvist added to PlanetUSA All-Star Team - Cincinnati RailRaiders
- Bulldogs to hold skills competition - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Wolves Bolster Blue Line - Chicago Wolves
- AHL adds three to All-Star rosters - AHL
- Bourque named to Canadian All-Star team - Norfolk Admirals
- AHL Quick Hits - AHL
- Penguins recall defenseman Drew Fata from Wheeling - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Rampage Gameday Preview - San Antonio Rampage
- Aeros play in Grand Rapids tonight - Houston Aeros
- Aeros recall G Gherson - Houston Aeros
- Norfolk recalls Krys Barch - Norfolk Admirals
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