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March 11, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday night, Christoph Schubert scored 1:57 into overtime as Binghamton snapped Rochester's 17-game home winning streak with a 4-3 victory... Jay McClement matched an AHL season high with five points (2g, 3a) in Worcester's 7-3 win over Portland... Scott Clemmensen made 49 saves in Albany's 3-2 shootout loss to Hamilton... On Thursday, Brian Finley earned his 29th win of the season as Milwaukee blanked Houston, 5-0.

Wed 3/9
Philadelphia 2, LOWELL 0... SYRACUSE 4, Edmonton 2... HAMILTON 3, Albany 2 (SO)... CHICAGO 3, Houston 1... Manitoba 4, GRAND RAPIDS 2... MANCHESTER 3, Springfield 1... Hartford 3, UTAH 0... Binghamton 4, ROCHESTER 3 (OT)... BRIDGEPORT 3, Providence 2... WORCESTER 7, Portland 3

Thu 3/10
Cleveland 2, SAN ANTONIO 1... MILWAUKEE 5, Houston 0


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LOOKING AHEAD:
The Chicago Wolves play the 1,000th game (regular season and playoffs) in franchise history when they visit Hamilton on Friday night... The Wolves, who began play in the IHL in 1994, are four points behind division-leading Milwaukee in the West, while the Bulldogs are just one point out of a playoff spot in the North... Tommi Santala extended his scoring streak to 13 games (3g, 13a) with the winning goal in Chicago's 3-1 win over Houston on Wednesday... Kari Lehtonen is 7-0-0 in net for the Wolves since the All-Star break... Hamilton is 9-3-0-1 in its last 13 home games; all three losses were against league-leading Rochester... Tomas Plekanec has two goals and seven assists in his last eight games for the Bulldogs.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Norfolk engage in a big two-game weekend series at Scope, with the Penguins coming in one point up on the fourth-place Admirals in the East Division... Wilkes-Barre has dominated the season series, going 5-0-1-0 over the first six meetings... The Pens' Colby Armstrong and Tomas Surovy lead all scorers with eight points each against Norfolk... Wilkes-Barre forward Michel Ouellet has not scored a goal in nine games since the All-Star break... The Admirals are playing 14 of their next 16 games at home, where they have not played since Feb. 18... Norfolk went 5-4-0-1 on its recent 10-game road trip.

Providence hosts Portland on Friday night in an Atlantic Division tilt... The Pirates have won four of their last five to keep their playoff hopes alive, while the Bruins have dropped four of five to sink to fifth place... Andy Hilbert has 14 points (4g, 10a) in eight games against Portland this season, while Brad Boyes has scored seven goals... Brian Willsie, who is riding a five-game scoring streak for the Pirates, had three goals and an assist in a 5-1 win over the B's on Feb. 26... Kirk Daubenspeck owns a 1.69 goals-against average and .949 save percentage in 15 appearances for Portland this season.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 3/11
Edmonton at St. John's, 6:05... Worcester at Albany, 7:00... Bridgeport at Hartford, 7:05... Portland at Providence, 7:05... Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Chicago at Hamilton, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk, 7:30... Hershey at Syracuse, 7:30... Philadelphia at Manchester, 7:35... Binghamton at Rochester, 7:35... Lowell at Springfield, 7:35... Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:00... Cincinnati at Utah, 9:05

Sat 3/12
Springfield at Manchester, 2:05... Philadelphia at Portland, 2:05... Edmonton at St. John's, 6:05... Hershey at Bridgeport, 7:05... Lowell at Hartford, 7:05... Providence at Worcester, 7:05... Binghamton at Albany, 7:30... Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk, 7:30... Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30... Manitoba at Chicago, 8:00... Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:30... San Antonio at Houston, 8:35... Cincinnati at Utah, 9:05

Sun 3/13
Manitoba at Chicago, 4:00... Edmonton at Hamilton, 4:00... Manchester at Lowell, 4:00... Springfield at Bridgeport, 4:05... Hartford at Portland, 4:05... Philadelphia at Worcester, 4:05... Norfolk at Hershey, 5:00... Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05... Syracuse at Rochester, 6:05

Mon 3/14
Cincinnati at Houston, 8:05

Tue 3/15
Cleveland at St. John's, 6:05... Manitoba at Milwaukee, 8:00


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BY THE NUMBERS:
7 – Entering play this weekend, number of teams in the seven-team North Division with points percentages of .500 or better.


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AHL-TV:
Friday, Edmonton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live)
Friday, Chicago at Hamilton -- Comcast Cable (Chicago)/Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Binghamton at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape)
Saturday, Lowell at Hartford -- CN8 (Comcast) -- 7:05 ET (live)
Saturday, Edmonton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Sunday, Manitoba at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 3:00 CT (live)
Tuesday, Cleveland at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Wednesday, Edmonton at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Wednesday, Cleveland at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)

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