AHL Quick Hits
December 23, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Greg Mauldin scored with 59.8 seconds left in overtime to give Syracuse a 5-4 win at Rochester... Donald MacLean recorded three goals and two assists to lead Grand Rapids over Hershey, 6-4... David LeNeveu made 28 saves and went 5-for-5 in the shootout in San Antonio's 3-2 win over Omaha... On Wednesday, Wade Dubielewicz stopped 26 shots in Bridgeport's 2-1 win over league-leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton... Toronto beat Lowell, 5-2, behind two goals from John Pohl.
Wed 12/21 Norfolk 8, BINGHAMTON 6... BRIDGEPORT 2, Wilkes-Barre 1... Chicago 6, CLEVELAND 3... Grand Rapids 5, MILWAUKEE 0... TORONTO 5, Lowell 2... PROVIDENCE 4, Manchester 1
Thu 12/22 Hamilton 5, CLEVELAND 3... GRAND RAPIDS 6, Hershey 4... Syracuse 5, ROCHESTER 4 (OT)... SAN ANTONIO 3, Omaha 2 (SO)
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LOOKING AHEAD: Another battle for first in the Atlantic Division sends Manchester up to Portland to face the Pirates in a pre-Christmas showdown Friday (7:05 ET)... The Monarchs are two points back of Portland, which brings a four-game winning streak into the contest... Pirates Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry have taken the AHL by storm, with 48 points combined in 12 games since joining Portland on Nov. 22, and fellow rookie Ryan Shannon has seven points in six games since returning from injury... Connor James had a six-game scoring streak snapped in Manchester's 4-1 loss to Providence on Wednesday... The Monarchs' Brad Smyth leads all AHL forwards in plus/minus rating (+16).
Former teammates meet for the first time as coaches when Bruce Boudreau leads his Hershey Bears into Rosemont to face John Anderson's Chicago Wolves on Friday (7:30 CT)... The Toronto natives played together with the junior Marlies (1973-75) and the NHL's Maple Leafs (1977-83)... Boudreau's Bears are second in the East Division despite coming off back-to-back regualtion losses for the first time this season... Eric Fehr, who recently made his NHL debut with Washington, recorded three points in Thursday's loss to Grand Rapids... Anderson's Wolves have struggled to a 10-12-1-4 start, but have won three of their last four on home ice... Stephen Baby has 10 points on the year for Chicago, all coming in his last nine games.
Iowa takes a four-game winning streak into Friday's game against Milwaukee (7:05 CT)... The Stars are 8-1-1-1 in their last 11 games, but have been outscored 16-6 by the Admirals in the teams' last three meetings, all Milwaukee wins... Mathias Tjarnqvist has picked up seven points (6g, 1a) in seven games with the Stars this season... Dan Ellis has won his last four starts for Iowa, stopping 133 of 138 shots (.964)... Kris Beech, back in Milwaukee after an NHL stint in Nashville, has 10 points in his last seven AHL games... Brian Finley is 7-1-0 in the Admirals net this year... Stars coach Dave Allison guided Milwaukee from 2000-02.
(all times Eastern) Fri 12/23 Cleveland at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Lowell at Binghamton, 7:05... Manchester at Portland, 7:05... Springfield at Providence, 7:05... Philadelphia at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Rochester at Hamilton, 7:30... Albany at Syracuse, 7:30... Hartford at Bridgeport, 7:35... Milwaukee at Iowa, 8:05... Hershey at Chicago, 8:30... Omaha at Houston, 8:35
Sat 12/24 No games scheduled
Sun 12/25 No games scheduled
Mon 12/26 Albany at Binghamton, 7:05... Lowell at Providence, 7:05... Hershey at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:00... San Antonio at Houston, 8:05... Peoria at Iowa, 8:05
Tue 12/27 Portland at Albany, 7:00... San Antonio at Cleveland, 7:05... Providence at Springfield, 7:05... Syracuse at Hamilton, 7:30... Binghamton at Toronto, 7:30... Peoria at Milwaukee, 8:00
American Hockey League Stories from December 23, 2005
- Aeros Edge Knights In OT, 4-3 - Abbotsford Heat
- Santa Law's goal lifts Aeros to comeback win - Houston Aeros
- Nycholat gets game-winner as Bears down Chicago 4-3 - Hershey Bears
- Iowa Stars Win Fifth Straight - Iowa Chops
- Sound Tigers Outshot By Hartford 3-2 - Bridgeport Islanders
- Senators shutdown Lock Monsters in 4-1 win - Binghamton Senators
- Monarchs Slip Past Pirates In Shootout - Manchester Monarchs
- Binghamton not so merry for Monsters, 4-1 - Albany Devils
- Penguins blank Phantoms - Adirondack Phantoms
- Barons Fall at Grand Rapids, 4-1 - Cleveland Barons
- 'Dogs Drop 3-2 Decision to Amerks - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Columbus Reassigns Hartigan to Crunch - Syracuse Crunch
- Late Barrage lifts Griffins to 4-1 win - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Former Lock Monsters to Participate in Turin - Albany Devils
- Columbus Recalls Hartigan - Syracuse Crunch
- Marlies' White to Play for Canada at Spengler Cup - Toronto Marlies
- AHL Quick Hits - AHL
- Moose Re-Assign Centomo to Oklahoma City - Manitoba Moose
- Skinner to Join Canada at Spengler Cup - Manitoba Moose
- Aeros Update - Houston Aeros
- Rampage Shoot Past Knights 3-2 - Abbotsford Heat
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