AHL Quick Hits
Published on October 26, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
LOOKING BACK:
In Tuesday's AHL action, Brent Krahn earned his second shutout of the season (and second against Iowa), stopping 34 shots in Omaha's 2-0 win over the Stars... Brian Maloney scored twice and Scott Barney added a goal and an assist as Chicago posted a 5-1 win in Houston, ending the Aeros' six-game points streak (5-0-1-0).
Mon 10/24
No games scheduled
Tue 10/25
Omaha 2, IOWA 0... Chicago 5, HOUSTON 1
LOOKING AHEAD:
The Philadelphia Phantoms hit the road for a four-game swing through New England this week, beginning Wednesday in Lowell (7:05 ET)... The Phantoms have won four of their first five games in 2005-06, and four of the five have been decided by a single goal... R.J. Umberger leads Philadelphia in scoring with eight points (3g, 5a), chipping in on more than half of the team's 14 goals this season... The Phantoms are coming off a 1-0 win in Norfolk on Saturday in which former Lock Monster Jamie Storr made 44 saves... Lowell has lost three in a row after starting the year with back-to-back wins... Pavel Brendl has registered a point in each of his four games played this season (3g, 2a) for the Lock Monsters... Lowell forward Paul Healey won a Calder Cup title with Philadelphia in 1998.
Chicago went 13-4-3 against San Antonio over the last two seasons, but the Rampage have already taken the first two meetings of 2005-06 as the Wolves pay another visit to the SBC Center on Wednesday (7:00 CT)... Chicago is coming off a 5-1 win in Houston on Tuesday that snapped a four-game slide... San Antonio has been tough at home, winning four of five outings there this year... Steve Gainey picked up two goals and two assists in the Rampage's two-game sweep of the Wolves on Oct. 12 and 14, and leads the club with 10 points (5g, 5a) for the year... Steve Shields made 19 saves for Chicago in Tuesday's win to earn his first AHL victory since Dec. 1, 1996.
Cleveland continues a four-game road test on Thursday in Winnipeg, taking on division rival Manitoba (7:30 CT, 8:30 ET)... The Barons have already made two trips north of the border this season, falling 3-2 in Toronto on Oct. 14 and edging Hamilton, 2-1, in their most recent outing on Oct. 22... Dimitri Patzold made 36 saves in the win over the Bulldogs, while rookie Steve Bernier recorded a goal and an assist, giving him a point in each of his first six pro games... Manitoba was 6-0-1-1 against Cleveland a year ago, and has won five straight from the Barons on home ice... The Moose have spread the offense around, with 19 skaters already recording at least one point this season, led by Josh Green and Alexandre Burrows with five each.
(all times Eastern)
Wed 10/26
Philadelphia at Lowell, 7:05... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:30... Chicago at San Antonio, 8:00
Thu 10/27
Cleveland at Manitoba, 8:30
Fri 10/28
Iowa at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Philadelphia at Portland, 7:05... Hartford at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Albany at Norfolk, 7:15... Hamilton at Syracuse, 7:30... Rochester at Toronto, 7:30... Lowell at Springfield, 7:35... Houston at Milwaukee, 8:00... Chicago at Omaha, 8:00... Peoria at San Antonio, 8:00
ALUMNI WATCH:
On Tuesday, Stephen Weiss scored his first goal of the season at 53 seconds of overtime to give Florida a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh... 2004 AHL All-Star David LeNeveu made 24 saves for his first NHL win as Phoenix downed St. Louis in overtime, 5-4.
BY THE NUMBERS:
105 -- Former AHL All-Stars who have played in the National Hockey League in 2005-06, including team scoring leaders Marc Savard (Atlanta), Daniel Briere (Buffalo), Eric Staal (Carolina), Tyler Arnason (Chicago), Jason Williams (Detroit), Pavol Demitra (Los Angeles), Steve Sullivan (Nashville), Jason Spezza (Ottawa) and Vaclav Prospal (Tampa Bay).
American Hockey League Stories from October 26, 2005
- Rampage can't hold off Wolves - San Antonio Rampage
- Monsters Turn Back Champs, 4-1 - Albany Devils
- Lock Monsters stop Phantoms, 4-1 - Adirondack Phantoms
- Pirates Visit Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center - Portland Pirates
- Stars send three to ECHL - Iowa Chops
- Ak-Sar-Ben Knights Invite Fans to Halloween Party - Abbotsford Heat
- Wolves Release Shields, Sign Reid - Chicago Wolves
- Aeros recall G Kotyk from ECHL Augusta - Houston Aeros
- Defenseman announces his retirement - Peoria Rivermen
- Fiddler recalled to Nashville - Milwaukee Admirals
- Sound Tigers weekly spotlight Jeremy Colliton - Bridgeport Islanders
- 1,000,000th to pass through MTS Centre doors Saturday - Manitoba Moose
- Bears team up with Faulkner Honda - Hershey Bears
- Penguins weekly - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Penguins weekly - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Moose to wear special 10th nniversary jersey Thursday vs. Barons - Manitoba Moose
- Canucks sign Jason Doig - Manitoba Moose
- AHL Quick Hits - AHL
- Falcons recall Henrich from Johnstown - Springfield Falcons
- Lightning recall Artyukhin and Tarnasky - Springfield Falcons
- Sugarland to entertain Admirals fans - Milwaukee Admirals
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