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March 18, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday, Chicago ran its points streak to 12 games (11-0-1-0) with a 3-2 shootout win over Edmonton... St. John's saw its six-game winning streak end as Cleveland scored five times in the third period of a 7-1 victory... Former IceCat Eric Nickulas had a goal and an assist in Norfolk's 3-1 win over Worcester... Thursday night, Manitoba ended a four-game winless skid with a 5-2 victory at Milwaukee.

Wed 3/16 NORFOLK 3, Worcester 1... Cleveland 7, ST. JOHN'S 1... Bridgeport 4, BINGHAMTON 3 (SO)... SPRINGFIELD 4, Hershey 2... CHICAGO 3, Edmonton 2 (SO)... Houston 5, UTAH 1

Thu 3/17 Manitoba 5, MILWAUKEE 2

LOOKING AHEAD: A pair of fifth-place teams lock horns this weekend as Edmonton's road trip takes them to Grand Rapids on Friday night... The Road Runners, percentage points behind Syracuse for fourth in the North, are 1-9-1-5 since Feb. 9, when they began a stretch playing 17 of 19 away from home... Mike Morrison has a 1.73 goals-against average in 14 appearances with the Road Runners this season, but just a 2-5-5 record to show for it... The Griffins are six points out of fourth place in the West, and 4-1-1-0 in their last six home games... Joey MacDonald has made a franchise-record 16 straight appearances in net for Grand Rapids... Edmonton closes out its grueling road stretch back at Van Andel Arena on Sunday.

Manchester hosts Hartford on Friday night as the top two teams in the Eastern Conference go head-to-head for the seventh time this season... The Monarchs hold a two-point lead over the Wolf Pack in the Atlantic Division, and have won four of five since a 4-2 loss to the Wolf Pack on Mar. 2... Manchester's Mike Cammalleri needs 10 goals in his last 16 games to become the AHL's first 50-goal scorer since current teammate Brad Smyth (2000-01)... Hartford's Steve Valiquette leads the AHL with a 1.76 GAA on the season, but has allowed eight goals in 77 minutes of work (6.22 GAA) against the Monarchs this year.

Hershey's playoff aspirations could hang in the balance as the Bears pay a visit to Binghamton on Friday and host Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday... Hershey enters the weekend seven points out of the postseason picture in the East Division, with seven of their final 15 games against the Senators (two) and Penguins (five)... The Bears have won eight of their last nine home games, but are winless in their last six (0-4-1-1) away from the Giant Center... Hershey's two-time All-Star center Eric Perrin has 14 points in eight career games against Binghamton, and 20 points in 15 games against Wilkes-Barre... The B-Sens begin play 8-1-1-1 in their last 11 games, and two points ahead of the pack atop the East; the Pens are in fourth.

(all times Eastern)
Fri 3/18 Hamilton at St. John's, 6:05... Hershey at Binghamton, 7:05... Worcester at Philadelphia, 7:05... Lowell at Providence, 7:05... Edmonton at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Portland at Norfolk, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse, 7:30... Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:35... Hartford at Manchester, 7:35... Albany at Rochester, 7:35... Bridgeport at Springfield, 7:35... Houston at Utah, 9:05

Sat 3/19 Hamilton at St. John's, 6:05... Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:00... Hartford at Lowell, 7:00... Philadelphia at Binghamton, 7:05... Albany at Springfield, 7:05... Portland at Norfolk, 7:30... Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30... Bridgeport at Manchester, 7:35... Grand Rapids at Chicago, 8:00... Utah at San Antonio, 8:00... Houston at Manitoba, 8:30... Edmonton at Milwaukee, 8:30

Sun 3/20 Houston at Manitoba, 3:00... Bridgeport at Albany, 4:00... Edmonton at Grand Rapids, 4:00... Springfield at Lowell, 4:00... Manchester at Providence, 4:05... Wilkes-Barre at Hershey, 5:00... Utah at San Antonio, 5:00... Cleveland vs. Rochester (at Buffalo), 5:05... Portland at Philadelphia, 6:05

Mon 3/21 – Tue 3/22 No games scheduled

BY THE NUMBERS: 14-5-1-1 – Record of "home" teams in AHL games played in NHL arenas this season... Rochester hosts Cleveland at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo on Sunday, and Bridgeport takes on Norfolk at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday.

AHL-TV: Friday, Hamilton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live) Friday, Chicago at Cincinnati -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 6:35 CT (live) Friday, Albany at Rochester -- Time Warner Cable 98 (Rochester) -- Sat., noon ET (tape) Saturday, Grand Rapids at Chicago -- Comcast Cable (Chicago)/Comcast Local (Michigan) -- 8:00 ET (live) Saturday, Utah at San Antonio -- WB-35 (San Antonio) -- 7:00 CT (live) Saturday, Hamilton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape) Sunday, Portland at Philadelphia -- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia -- 7:00 ET (tape)


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