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November 23, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK:

On Tuesday, Donald MacLean recorded a hat trick to lead Grand Rapids to a 4-2 win at Manitoba... Brent Krahn made 36 saves as Omaha beat Hamilton, 4-1... Libor Pivko had a goal and two assists in Milwaukee's 3-1 win over San Antonio.

Tue 11/22

MILWAUKEE 3, San Antonio 1... OMAHA 4, Hamilton 1... Grand Rapids 4, MANITOBA 2

LOOKING AHEAD:

The long holiday weekend in the U.S. begins with a 10-game schedule on Wednesday night, including the Penguins looking to continue its historic start as Providence comes calling (7:05 ET)... At 16-0-1-0, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton has earned a point in each of its first 17 games, but is now without leading scorer Michel Ouellet, who made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh on Tuesday... In fact, four of the Penguins' top seven scorers this season are in the NHL, but Tomas Surovy has six goals in his last six games for Wilkes-Barre, including a hat trick at Bridgeport on Sunday... Following Wednesday's contest, the Penguins head to Rochester and Binghamton with an eye on more AHL history, as their current 11-game road winnning streak (dating back to last season) is two off the league record.

Milwaukee spends its Thanksgiving in Texas with a four-game set against San Antonio (Wednesday, Saturday) and Houston (Friday, Sunday)... The Admirals, with eight wins in nine games entering the trip, begin play 13 points behind the division-leading Aeros with a whopping nine games in hand... Libor Pivko and Darren Haydar share the Milwaukee team lead with 14 points apiece, while Kris Beech has scored a team-high six goals... Pekka Rinne remains one of the top goaltenders in the AHL, ranking second with a 1.81 goals-against average in 12 outings... Houston is 7-2-0-1 in the month of November, but dropped two of three last weekend... The Rampage have lost six in a row at the SBC Center.

With 13 wins in its first 17 games, Portland gets four tough division tests in a five-day span, beginning with a visit from second-place Manchester on Wednesday... The Monarchs have a record of 5-0-0-1 in their last six games, with five of them decided in overtime or a shootout... Manchester rookie Jeff Tambellini has recorded a point in nine of his last 10 games (11g, 8a)... The Pirates, who recently began a stretch of 28 straight games against Atlantic Division foes, enter the week with a seven-game winning streak within the division and winners of seven of their last eight overall... Portland added 2003 first-round draft picks Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf on Monday... Nathan Marsters is a perfect 7-0-0 to begin his AHL career, with a 1.91 GAA and .937 save percentage for the Pirates.

(all times Eastern) Wed 11/23

Albany at Hartford, 7:00... Cleveland at Hershey, 7:00... Manchester at Portland, 7:05... Binghamton at Rochester, 7:05... Lowell at Springfield, 7:05... Providence at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Philadelphia at Norfolk, 7:15... Hamilton at Chicago, 8:00... Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 8:30

Thu 11/24

Syracuse at Binghamton, 6:00

Fri 11/25

Philadelphia at Albany, 7:00... Portland at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Norfolk, 7:15... Cleveland at Hamilton, 7:30... Bridgeport at Syracuse, 7:30... Manitoba at Toronto, 7:30... Springfield at Lowell, 7:35... Hartford at Manchester, 7:35... Wilkes-Barre at Rochester, 7:35... Iowa at Omaha, 8:00... Chicago at Peoria, 8:30... Milwaukee at Houston, 8:35

Sat 11/26

Manitoba at Cleveland, 1:05... Rochester at Albany, 5:00... Norfolk at Hershey, 7:00... Providence at Hartford, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton, 7:05... Lowell at Portland, 7:05... Manchester at Springfield, 7:05... Bridgeport at Philadelphia, 7:30... Toronto at Syracuse, 7:30... Omaha at Chicago, 8:00... Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 8:00... Iowa at Peoria, 8:00... Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8:00

Sun 11/27

Providence at Manchester, 4:05... Portland at Springfield, 4:05... Philadelphia at Binghamton, 5:05... Manitoba at Cleveland, 5:05... Iowa at Omaha, 6:00... Milwaukee at Houston, 6:05... Toronto at Rochester, 6:05

Mon 11/28

No games scheduled

Tue 11/29

Manchester at Albany, 7:00... Grand Rapids at Iowa, 8:05... Hamilton at Manitoba, 8:30

ALUMNI WATCH:

On Tuesday, 2005 Calder Cup champion R.J. Umberger scored his first NHL goal in Philadelphia's 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay... Christoph Schubert netted his first career NHL goal to help Ottawa past Carolina, 5-3... 1996 AHL All-Star Pavol Demitra recorded four assists as Los Angeles beat St. Louis, 6-3.

BY THE NUMBERS:

31 -- Thanksgiving Day games played in Binghamton, N.Y., since professional hockey first came to the Broome County Arena in 1973... The home team is 14-15-2, with the 32nd edition set for Thursday when Syracuse visits the Senators.

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