AHL Quick Hits
November 16, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
LOOKING BACK:
In Tuesday's only AHL action, Valtteri Filppula recorded a goal and an assist in the third period before scoring the deciding shootout goal in Grand Rapids' 5-4 win over Manitoba... Wade Flaherty made 49 saves in the loss for the Moose.
Mon 11/14
No games scheduled
Tue 11/15
GRAND RAPIDS 5, Manitoba 4 (SO)
LOOKING AHEAD:
A light Wednesday schedule is headlined by a Western Conference battle between Hamilton and Milwaukee at the Bradley Center (7:00 CT)... The Admirals bring a six-game winning streak into the game, their longest since winning their final seven games of the 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs... Milwaukee has outscored its opponents 30-10 during that span... Libor Pivko has recorded a point in six straight games for the Admirals (3g, 7a)... The Bulldogs have won three in a row overall, and three of four on the road this season... Cristobal Huet, 16-8-5 with Manchester in 2002-03, has been assigned to Hamilton on a conditioning loan from Montreal.
Bridgeport hosts Philadelphia on Wednesday (7:05 ET) looking to extend its five-game winning streak... The Sound Tigers have allowed seven goals in those five games, on the heels of allowing seven in a loss to Manchester on Nov. 4... Bridgeport, already sixth in the AHL scoring 3.57 goals per game, has added former AHL goal-scoring champion Jeff Hamilton... The Phantoms, who snapped a nine-game winless slide with a 5-2 victory over Binghamton on Sunday, have just one win in their last seven visits to Harbor Yard (1-3-3)... With his hat trick on Sunday, Pat Kavanagh has eight points (6g, 2a) in his last four games for Philadelphia.
Syracuse visits Cleveland in one of three AHL games on Thursday (7:05 ET)... Both teams are in the middle of a tight North Division race, where nine points currently separate the seven teams... The Barons have won five of their last six games, and Patrick Rissmiller has eight points in that stretch, including a goal and two assists in a 4-1 win over the Crunch on Nov. 6... Cleveland has posted five straight victories on home ice, a club record... The Crunch erased a five-game losing streak with weekend wins over Chicago and Albany... Geoff Platt has 12 goals in 13 games for Syracuse this season, tied for the AHL lead among rookies.
(all times Eastern)
Wed 11/16
Philadelphia at Bridgeport, 7:05... Albany at Lowell, 7:05... Hamilton at Milwaukee, 8:00
Thu 11/17
Syracuse at Cleveland, 7:05... San Antonio at Omaha, 8:00... Houston at Manitoba, 8:30
Fri 11/18
Cleveland at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Bridgeport at Hartford, 7:00... Toronto at Binghamton, 7:05... Hershey at Philadelphia, 7:05... Manchester at Providence, 7:05... Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk, 7:15... Portland at Lowell, 7:35... Syracuse at Rochester, 7:35... Albany at Springfield, 7:35... Hamilton at Omaha, 8:00... San Antonio at Iowa, 8:05... Houston at Manitoba, 8:30... Chicago at Peoria, 8:30
ALUMNI WATCH:
On Tuesday, Gregory Campbell scored his first NHL goal for Florida, but Yann Danis made 27 saves to lead Montreal to a 4-3 overtime win... Maxim Lapierre made his NHL debut for the Canadiens, becoming the 106th player to skate in both the AHL and NHL this season... On Monday, Erik Christensen recorded a goal and an assist in Pittsburgh's 3-2 shootout loss to the N.Y. Islanders... Mike Morrison made 31 saves in his first NHL start as Edmonton beat Colorado, 5-2.
BY THE NUMBERS:
91.8 -- Penalty-killing efficiency of the Lowell Lock Monsters in 2005-06, tops in the league... AHL teams are combining for an average of 2.5 power-play goals per game this season, but Lowell has allowed just seven in 85 chances over 15 contests.
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American Hockey League Stories from November 16, 2005
- Admirals Extend Win Streak to Seven - Milwaukee Admirals
- Aucoin Shines as Monsters Drown River Rats, 4-1 - Albany Devils
- Phantoms can't solve Sound Tigers - Adirondack Phantoms
- Bulldogs Fall to Admirals, 1-0 - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Sound Tigers Make It A Half Dozen - Bridgeport Islanders
- Stars collecting books - Iowa Chops
- Rivermen plan Girl Scout Night for December 10 - Peoria Rivermen
- Penguins weekly - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Stars announce TV broadcasts - Iowa Chops
- Wolves Try to Can Hunger - Chicago Wolves
- Hockey 101: For Women Only A Huge Success - Manchester Monarchs
- Verbeek returned to Wheeling - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Moose Sign Bayda to PTO - Manitoba Moose
- Insana returns to Griffins - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Spend the holidays with the Aeros - Houston Aeros
- Cassivi returns to Hershey, two home games this weekend - Hershey Bears
- Bulldogs announce exciting upcoming promotional plans - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Canucks recall Green - Manitoba Moose
- Hamilton Bulldogs game notes - Hamilton Bulldogs
- AHL Quick Hits - AHL
- Blackhawks recall Shawn Thornton - Norfolk Admirals
- Bulldogs game notes - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Falcons make addition to roster - Springfield Falcons
- Moose reassign Engman to Columbia - Manitoba Moose
- Falcons weekly update - Springfield Falcons
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