AHL Quick Hits
Published on April 13, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
On Monday night, Thomas Vanek scored twice and Rochester pulled out a 4-3 shootout win over St. John's, the Amerks' 50th victory of the season... On Tuesday, Ryan Kesler scored twice and Jeff Heerema added three assists in Manitoba's 3-2 win over Edmonton... Brian Finley made 31 saves as Milwaukee knocked off Grand Rapids, 4-1.
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Rochester 4, ST. JOHN'S 3 (SO)
Tue 4/12
MILWAUKEE 4, Grand Rapids 1... Manitoba 3, EDMONTON 2
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LOOKING AHEAD:
Manchester can all but wrap up its first division title with a win in Hartford on Wednesday night, but a Wolf Pack victory would take the Atlantic Division race down to the wire... The teams are a combined 97-41-7-7 this season, and each is over the 100-point mark... Hartford has a league-best 29 home wins on the year... Former Wolf Pack forward Brad Smyth has netted a goal in six straight games for the Monarchs, and Mike Cammalleri is one game shy of his fourth separate 10-game scoring streak of the year... Alexandre Giroux has a point in seven straight for Hartford... Jason LaBarbera is 4-0-1 with a 1.72 GAA against Manchester this season.
Hamilton needs a single point to wrap up the final playoff spot in the North Division; Syracuse needs to win its final four games and get some help... The clubs tangle at Copps Coliseum on Wednesday night... Since Mar. 13, when two points separated the bottom four teams in the North, Hamilton has gone on a 10-2-1-1 tear, and the Bulldogs are 15-3-1-0 in their last 19 in-division games... Steve Begin, the MVP of the 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs, has scored 10 goals in 20 games since joining Hamilton in late February... Mark Hartigan, out since Apr. 1 with appendicitis, has 22 points (14g, 8a) in his last 14 games for Syracuse... Nathan Robinson has recorded a point in 12 of his 15 outings with the Crunch (4g, 12a).
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(all times Eastern)
Wed 4/13
Rochester at St. John's, 6:05... Bridgeport at Albany, 7:00... Utah at Cleveland, 7:00... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:00... Manchester at Hartford, 7:05... Lowell at Springfield, 7:05... Manitoba at Edmonton, 9:00
Thu 4/14
Chicago at San Antonio, 8:00
Fri 4/15
Edmonton at St. John's, 6:05... Albany at Hartford, 7:05... Hershey at Philadelphia, 7:05... Springfield at Portland, 7:05... Worcester at Providence, 7:05... Cincinnati at Grand Rapids, 7:30... Rochester at Hamilton, 7:30... Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk, 7:30... Binghamton at Syracuse, 7:30... Lowell at Manchester, 7:35... Utah at Milwaukee, 8:00... Cleveland at Manitoba, 8:30... Chicago at Houston, 8:35
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BY THE NUMBERS:
6 â Different goaltenders in AHL history who have recorded 40 wins in a season: Johnny Bower (four times), Harvey Bennett (twice), Gil Mayer (twice), Gerry Cheevers, Marcel Paille and now Ryan Miller, who is 40-16-4 for Rochester this season after Monday's win at St. John's.
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AHL-TV:
Wednesday, Rochester at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 11:00 NT (tape)
Thursday, Chicago at San Antonio -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:00 CT (live)
Friday, Edmonton at St. John's -- Rogers Television 9 (St. John's) -- 7:35 NT (live)
Friday, Binghamton at Syracuse -- Time Warner Cable 26 (Syracuse) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Rochester at Hamilton -- Cable 14 (Hamilton) -- 7:30 ET (live)
Friday, Chicago at Houston -- Comcast Cable (Chicago) -- 7:35 CT (live)
American Hockey League Stories from April 13, 2005
