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Published on November 30, 2005 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday, Alexandre Burrows, Josh Green and Kevin Bieksa recorded three points each as Manitoba beat Hamilton, 7-2... Janos Vas netted the winning goal in Iowa's 3-2 decision over Grand Rapids... Manchester went to OT for the 13th time in 20 games this season, and improved to 14-3-0-3 overall with a 3-2 shootout win at Albany.

Mon 11/28

No games scheduled

Tue 11/29

Manchester 3, ALBANY 2 (SO)... IOWA 3, Grand Rapids 2... MANITOBA 7, Hamilton 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOOKING AHEAD: East Division foes Bridgeport and Hershey meet Wednesday at the Giant Center (7:00 ET) for the first of four meetings over the next 12 days... The streaky Sound Tigers have dropped five in a row on the heels of a six-game winning skein, which itself came right after another five-game slide... Rob Collins continues to pace Bridgeport with 21 points in 20 games this season, but he has just three points (3a) to show for his last seven road contests... The Bears had a 12-game points streak (8-0-2-2) snapped in a 1-0 loss to Norfolk on Saturday night... Tomas Fleischmann, just back after a 13-game NHL stint with Washington, has recorded a point in nine straight AHL games (4g, 9a) for Hershey.

Milwaukee hosts Peoria on Wednesday (7:00 CT) in the first AHL meeting between the once-familiar foes who last faced off against each other in the 1996 IHL Playoffs... The Admirals and Rivermen come in tied for third place in the West Division with identical 11-5-0-1 records... Milwaukee has won 11 of its last 13 overall and six straight at the Bradley Center... Brian Finley, the Ads' reigning CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week, is working on a shutout streak of 130:26... Peoria has won four of its five road contests this season, and is playing away from home for just the second time in November... Peter Sejna has 15 points in his last nine games for the Rivermen, and is tied for the AHL lead with nine power-play goals on the year.

Coming off back-to-back setbacks for the first time this season, Grand Rapids heads to Omaha to battle the Knights on Thursday (7:00 CT)... The Griffins already have one win against Omaha this season, a 3-1 victory on Oct. 22... Valtteri Filppula recorded an assist on Tuesday night to finish the month of November with 17 points (6g, 11a) in 12 games for Grand Rapids... Mark Giordano brings a seven-game scoring streak into the game (1g, 9a) for the Knights, and ranks second among AHL defensemen with 19 points this season... Omaha rookie Brandon Prust has four goals in his last three games after scoring once in his first 19 contests.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 11/30

Binghamton at Norfolk, 11:15... Bridgeport at Hershey, 7:00... Peoria at Milwaukee, 8:00... Cleveland at Houston, 8:05... Hamilton at Manitoba, 8:30

Thu 12/1

Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Omaha, 8:00

Fri 12/2

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

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ALUMNI WATCH: On Tuesday, Ryan Ready made his NHL debut, becoming the 11th member of the 2005 Calder Cup champion Philadelphia Phantoms to skate for the Flyers this year... Jean-Philippe Cote made his NHL debut in Montreal's 4-0 loss to Ottawa... 2004 Calder Cup champ Vern Fiddler had a goal and an assist as Nashville beat Calgary, 2-0... On Monday, Jimmy Howard made 22 saves in his NHL debut to lead Detroit over Los Angeles, 5-2.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 9 -- Consecutive wins to start his NHL career for Ottawa's Ray Emery, a league record, after Tuesday's 4-0 shutout of Montreal... Emery was the winning goaltender in both the 2003 and 2004 AHL All-Star Games, and was a member of the 2003 AHL All-Rookie Team.

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