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


LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Nolan Schaefer shut out San Antonio for the second time in three nights, making 35 saves in Cleveland's 2-0 win... Ryan Bayda's second goal of the game gave Manitoba a 3-2 overtime win over Toronto... Billy Tibbetts' second goal of the game gave Chicago a 5-4 overtime win over Milwaukee... On Wednesday, Colby Armstrong recorded three points - and earned a recall to Pittsburgh - as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton shut out Hartford, 5-0... Jiri Hudler had three assists in Grand Rapids' 5-4 win over Omaha... Kirby Law scored his league-leading 21st goal of the season in his 500th AHL game as Houston beat Iowa, 3-2... Hershey defeated Albany, 4-2, in front of a capacity crowd of 10,576 fans at Giant Center.

Wed 12/28 BRIDGEPORT 4, Springfield 0... GRAND RAPIDS 5, Omaha 4... HERSHEY 4, Albany 2... HOUSTON 3, Iowa 2... LOWELL 4, Providence 2... Portland 5, MANCHESTER 2... WILKES-BARRE 5, Hartford 0... Philadelphia 3, NORFOLK 1... SYRACUSE 4, Binghamton 3

Thu 12/29 CLEVELAND 2, San Antonio 0... CHICAGO 5, Milwaukee 4 (OT)... HAMILTON 4, Rochester 1... MANITOBA 3, Toronto 2 (OT)

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LOOKING AHEAD: With their captain on the verge of history, Philadelphia hosts Bridgeport on Friday night (7:05 ET, Comcast SportsNet)... John Slaney's 453 career points tie him with Steve Kraftcheck for the most ever by an AHL defenseman; the record-tying point was the game-winning goal in Wednesday's 3-1 victory over Norfolk... The fourth-place Phantoms enter the weekend with a two-point lead in the East over the Sound Tigers, who have lost eight of their last nine road contests... Bridgeport's Wade Dubielewicz has stopped 106 of 109 shots in his last three starts (2-0-1)... The Tigers are 3-0-1-0 against Philadelphia this season, including two shutout wins.

Unbeaten in regulation since Dec. 9 (5-0-1-1), Portland hosts Providence on Friday (7:05 ET)... Four of the first five meetings this season between these teams have been decided by a single goal, the last two in overtime... The Bruins have seven wins in their last nine games to pull into a tie for fourth in the Atlantic... Nathan Robinson has a point in 10 straight for the B's (9g, 9a); Corey Perry's current 15-game streak for the Pirates (13g, 15a) is the longest in the AHL this season... Providence forward Jason MacDonald has five points in five games against Portland this season, and three points in 21 games vs. the rest of the AHL.

Grand Rapids rings out 2005 with a pair of home games, taking on Hamilton on Friday before renewing its rivalry with Chicago on Saturday... Manny Legace, 10 years removed from his Bastien Award-winning season for Springfield, is scheduled to get a conditioning start for the Griffins against the Bulldogs... Grand Rapids enters the weekend on top of the North Division, on a five-game winning streak overall and 12-2-0-2 at Van Andel Arena this season... Jiri Hudler has recorded a point in 14 of 15 home games this season (7g, 22a)... Saturday's contest marks the first meeting of the season between the Griffins and Wolves.

(all times Eastern) Fri 12/30 Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Bridgeport at Philadelphia, 7:05... Providence at Portland, 7:05... Hershey at Norfolk, 7:15... Hartford at Syracuse, 7:30... Binghamton at Rochester, 7:35... Manchester at Springfield, 7:35... Milwaukee at Omaha, 8:00... Iowa at San Antonio, 8:00... Peoria at Chicago, 8:30

Sat 12/31 Lowell at Bridgeport, 1:05... Philadelphia at Hershey, 5:00... Toronto at Manitoba, 5:00... Springfield at Portland, 5:35... Syracuse at Binghamton, 6:05... Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre, 6:05... Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Providence at Hartford, 7:00... Albany at Manchester, 7:35... Hamilton at Peoria, 8:00... Houston at San Antonio, 8:00... Omaha at Iowa, 8:35

Sun 1/1 No games scheduled

Mon 1/2 Cleveland at Toronto, 12:30 (Air Canada Centre)... Rochester at Manitoba, 3:00

Tue 1/3 Rochester at Manitoba, 8:30

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ALUMNI WATCH: On Thursday night, Freddy Meyer scored his first NHL goal in Philadelphia's 4-3 win at Carolina... Former AHL All-Stars Derek Armstrong (3g), Ladislav Nagy (1g, 3a), Mike Cammalleri (1g, 2a), Keith Ballard (2g) and Joe Corvo (2a) accounted for 14 points in Phoenix's 6-5 overtime win over Los Angeles.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 8 -- Members of the 2005-06 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the lineup Thursday night when Michel Therrien earned his first win as Pittsburgh head coach, 6-2 over New Jersey... Marc-Andre Fleury made 44 saves and Colby Armstrong made his NHL debut in the game.

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