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Published on April 28, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


Manitoba pushed St. John's to the brink of extinction with a 3-2 overtime win in Game 4 last night, taking a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven North Division semifinal... Winnipeg native Lee Goren scored the winning goal on a power play 2:35 into OT, the Moose's second PPG in 25 chances in the series... The game was played before a capacity crowd of 8,812 at the MTS Centre... Clarke Wilm scored twice for the Maple Leafs, his first postseason goals since the 1998 Calder Cup Final.

Cincinnati staved off elimination as Zenon Konopka and Michael Holmqvist scored power-play goals in the final 4:05 of regulation to give the Mighty Ducks a 3-1 win over Milwaukee in Game 5 last night... Shane O'Brien added a goal and an assist and Joffrey Lupul and Ryan Getzlaf had two assists each... For Getzlaf, they were the first two points of his pro career... Ilya Bryzgalov got his first start of the series and made 20 saves for Cincinnati.

Philadelphia got two goals and an assist from Jeff Carter and 40 saves from Antero Niittymaki in a 4-1 win over Norfolk last night, giving the Phantoms a 3-1 series lead... The 20-year-old Carter, who scored at least 34 goals in each of the last three seasons at Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), leads the Phantoms with three goals in the series... Patrick Sharp added a goal and an assist for Philadelphia, his fifth and sixth points of the postseason.

Andy Chiodo made 23 saves for his fourth career playoff shutout as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton evened up their East Division semifinal with a 2-0 win over Binghamton in Game 4... Matt Murley opened the scoring late in the first period, and Colby Armstrong gave the Penguins breathing room with 10:52 left in regulation... Ray Emery made 20 saves in defeat.

Jason Holland scored with 48 seconds to go last night, giving Manchester a big 3-2 win at Providence and squaring their Atlantic Division semifinal at two games apiece... Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist and Mike Cammalleri and Tom Kostopoulos added two assists each... Tomas Kurka and Milan Jurcina scored for the Bruins... Mathieu Garon, lifted from Game 3 after allowing five goals in two periods, settled in and made 24 saves on the night for the Monarchs... Game 5 is tonight (7:05 ET) at the Verizon Wireless Arena, where Manchester is 2-7 all-time in the postseason.

Another pivotal Game 5 tonight (7:05 ET) has Lowell visiting Hartford with their series knotted at 2-2... The Lock Monsters' second line of Ryan Bayda, Mike Zigomanis and Chad Larose has accounted for six of the team's eight goals in the series... Jeff Hamilton has recorded a point in each of the four games for the Wolf Pack (3g, 3a)... Hartford's Steve Valiquette and Jason LaBarbera, the AHL's top two goalies in the regular season, have a combined .943 save percentage through four games.

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Game 5 – Lowell at Hartford, 7:05
Game 5 – Providence at Manchester, 7:05

SERIES SCHEDULES
A1-Manchester vs. A4-Providence
Game 1 – Providence 5, MANCHESTER 1
Game 2 – MANCHESTER 4, Providence 2
Game 3 – PROVIDENCE 6, Manchester 3
Game 4 – Manchester 3, PROVIDENCE 2
Game 5 – Thu 4/28 at Manchester, 7:05
Game 6 – Sat 4/30 at Providence, 7:05
*Game 7 – Mon 5/2 at Manchester, 7:05

A2-Hartford vs. A3-Lowell
Game 1 – HARTFORD 5, Lowell 2
Game 2 – Lowell 2, HARTFORD 1
Game 3 – Hartford 4, LOWELL 1
Game 4 – LOWELL 3, Hartford 2
Game 5 – Thu 4/28 at Hartford, 7:05
Game 6 – Sat 4/30 at Lowell, 7:00
*Game 7 – Sun 5/1 at Hartford, 6:05

E1-Binghamton vs. E4-Wilkes-Barre
Game 1 – BINGHAMTON 5, Wilkes-Barre 2
Game 2 – BINGHAMTON 4, Wilkes-Barre 2
Game 3 – WILKES-BARRE 3, Binghamton 2 (3OT)
Game 4 – WILKES-BARRE 2, Binghamton 0
Game 5 – Fri 4/29 at Binghamton, 7:05
Game 6 – Sun 5/1 at Wilkes-Barre, 5:05
*Game 7 – Mon 5/2 at Binghamton, 7:05

E2-Philadelphia vs. E3-Norfolk
§Game 1 – PHILADELPHIA 3, Norfolk 1
§Game 2 – PHILADELPHIA 3, Norfolk 0
Game 3 – NORFOLK 3, Philadelphia 1
Game 4 – Philadelphia 4, NORFOLK 1
Game 5 – Fri 4/29 at Norfolk, 7:30
*§Game 6 – Sun 5/1 at Philadelphia, 7:05
*§Game 7 – Mon 5/2 at Philadelphia, 7:05

N1-Rochester vs. N4-Hamilton
Game 1 – ROCHESTER 3, Hamilton 1
Game 2 – ROCHESTER 2, Hamilton 1
Game 3 – Rochester 4, HAMILTON 3
Game 4 – Rochester 5, HAMILTON 4

N2-St. John's vs. N3-Manitoba
Game 1 – Manitoba 5, ST. JOHN'S 3
Game 2 – ST. JOHN'S 6, Manitoba 1
Game 3 – MANITOBA 5, St. John's 2
Game 4 – MANITOBA 3, St. John's 2 (OT)
Game 5 – Fri 4/29 at Manitoba, 8:30
#*Game 6 – Sat 4/30 vs. St. John's, 7:05
#*Game 7 – Mon 5/2 vs. St. John's, 7:35

W1-Chicago vs. W4-Houston
Game 1 – CHICAGO 4, Houston 1
Game 2 – Houston 2, CHICAGO 1 (OT)
Game 3 – Chicago 1, HOUSTON 0
Game 4 – Chicago 2, HOUSTON 1
Game 5 – Chicago 5, HOUSTON 3

W2-Milwaukee vs. W3-Cincinnati
Game 1 – MILWAUKEE 4, Cincinnati 2
Game 2 – CINCINNATI 4, Milwaukee 3 (2OT)
Game 3 – MILWAUKEE 3, Cincinnati 2 (OT)
Game 4 – MILWAUKEE 3, Cincinnati 0
Game 5 – CINCINNATI 3, Milwaukee 1
Game 6 – Fri 4/29 at Cincinnati, 7:35
*Game 7 – Sun 5/1 at Milwaukee, 5:30

All times Eastern... *if necessary
§ at Wachovia Center – Philadelphia
# at Air Canada Centre – Toronto

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BY THE NUMBERS:
80.5 -- Of all the best-of-seven series in Calder Cup Playoff history that have been tied at 2-2, percentage of Game 5 winners that have gone on to win the series (66 of 82).

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ON THIS DATE (April 28):
2004 – Rochester scores four times in the third period, avoiding elimination with a 7-5 win in Game 6 vs. Syracuse... 1976 – Rookie Paul Woods scores 2:20 into overtime as Nova Scotia captures its second Calder Cup in five years with a 5-4 win over Hershey... 1972 – In the highest-scoring game in AHL postseason history, Baltimore beats Cincinnati, 10-8.

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