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


On Tuesday night, Cleveland got two goals and an assist from Patrick Rissmiller and beat Edmonton, 3-2, for their third victory over the Road Runners in four nights... Peter Sejna scored shorthanded with 2:53 remaining in regulation to lift Worcester over Manchester, 2-1.

Tue 3/1
CLEVELAND 3, Edmonton 2... Worcester 2, MANCHESTER 1


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LOOKING AHEAD:
First place in the East Division is on the line as Norfolk visits Binghamton for the first of a two-game series on Wednesday night... The Admirals are 4-2-0-0 with four games remaining on their 10-game road trip, while the Senators have strung together three straight wins to move one point behind the division-leading Ads... Binghamton's Jason Spezza continues to lead the AHL in scoring with 81 points, and his six points in four games are tops in the season series with Norfolk... The game will feature the top two rookie goal-scorers in the AHL: Brandon Bochenski of the Senators (25) and Rene Bourque of the Admirals (23).

Grand Rapids has won three in a row; St. John's is winless in five. The teams meet at Van Andel Arena on Wednesday as the Maple Leafs wrap up what has been so far an 0-4-1-0 road trip since the All-Star break... The Griffins have won three straight for the first time in three months, and begin the week just two points out of a playoff spot in the West Division... Matt Ellis had 10 points in 11 games during February for Grand Rapids... Maple Leafs forwards Kyle Wellwood (64) and David Ling (62) are fifth and sixth, respectively, in the AHL scoring race... The game marks Grand Rapids' first of six straight home contests against Canadian opponents.

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico and became a republic... On Wednesday, 169 years later, the AHL's two Lone Star teams meet up at the Toyota Center for the second of three straight games head-to-head ... San Antonio comes in trailing fourth-place Houston by six points in the West Division... Aeros forward Mikko Koivu has five goals and one assist in five games against the Rampage this season... Defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski had a goal and an assist in San Antonio's 3-2 shootout loss to Houston on Sunday.

(all times Eastern)
Wed 3/2
Lowell at Albany, 7:00... St. John's at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Norfolk at Binghamton, 7:05... Manchester at Hartford, 7:05... Bridgeport at Philadelphia, 7:05... Utah at Chicago, 8:00... San Antonio at Houston, 8:05

Thu 3/3
Worcester at Portland, 7:05... Houston at San Antonio, 8:00

Fri 3/4
Hershey at St. John's, 6:05... Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:00... Providence at Lowell, 7:00... Norfolk at Binghamton, 7:05... Springfield at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Albany at Syracuse, 7:30... Philadelphia at Bridgeport, 7:35... Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:35... Edmonton at Rochester, 7:35... Utah at Milwaukee, 8:00... Hartford at Houston, 8:35


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BY THE NUMBERS:
9.0 – Percentage increase in AHL average attendance through Tuesday's action, compared to the same number of games (808) from the start of the 2003-04 season.


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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Utah at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Friday, Hershey at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live)
Friday, Norfolk at Binghamton -- Time Warner Cable 14 (Binghamton) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Springfield at Wilkes-Barre -- Adelphia 63 (Wilkes-Barre) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Friday, Chicago at Cincinnati -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:35 CT (live)
Friday, Edmonton at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
Saturday, Hartford at San Antonio -- WB-35 (San Antonio) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Grand Rapids at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Saturday, Hershey at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)

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