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Published on February 22, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK: In Tuesday's only AHL action, David LeNeveu made 50 saves in regulation and overtime and four more in the shootout as San Antonio survived a three-goal Peoria comeback and defeated the Rivermen, 4-3.

Mon 2/20 No games scheduled

Tue 2/21 San Antonio 4, PEORIA 3 (SO)

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LOOKING AHEAD: Syracuse's seven-game winning streak gets a stern test on Wednesday when league-leading Wilkes-Barre/Scranton visits the War Memorial (7:00 ET)... The Crunch are 1-4-0-0 against the Penguins this season... In addition to his seven-game goal-scoring streak, Mark Hartigan has recorded a point in 15 of his 16 home matches with the Crunch this season (10g, 16a)... Andrew Penner is 8-1-0 in the Syracuse cage since Christmas... The Penguins are 2-2-0-1 so far on their nine-game road swing... Erik Christensen, who scored twice in Sunday's 8-3 loss to Providence, now has 18 goals and 16 assists in only 25 games for Wilkes-Barre... After starting the season with a 21-3-2 record, the Pens' Dany Sabourin has won just one of his last five decisions (1-3-1).

Bridgeport is 12-2-1-2 in its last 17 home games, but the Sound Tigers are still looking for their first win of the season over Hartford as the Wolf Pack visit on Wednesday night (7:35 ET)... The Wolf Pack are 7-0-2-0 in their last nine meetings with Bridgeport, including six wins in 2005-06... Hartford has also gone eight games overall without a regulation loss, since an 8-2 defeat to Lowell on Jan. 27... Pack defenseman Thomas Pock has 10 points in six games since the All-Star break... Robert Gherson has a 1.70 GAA in four appearances for Hartford since Al Montoya left a Feb. 11 game vs. Houston with an injury... Steve Regier is coming off a two-goal effort in the Tigers' 6-3 win over Norfolk on Sunday... Wade Dubielewicz is 8-1-1 in his last 10 decisions for Bridgeport.

Omaha's five-game road trip continues Wednesday night in Manchester (7:05 ET, XM Radio), the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights' only visit of the season to an Eastern Conference opponent... Omaha had two five-game winning streaks - one on the road, one overall - snapped in a 3-2 loss to Hamilton on Sunday evening... The Monarchs, who are 7-2-1-0 in their last 10, took a 4-1 decision from the Knights back at the Civic Auditorium on Jan. 20... Konstantin Pushkarev scored twice in that Manchester win and has nine points and a plus-7 rating in his last nine games... Ajay Baines, acquired from Norfolk last week, has goals in back-to-back games for Omaha, which comes into the week two points up on Iowa for fourth place in the West Division.

(all times Eastern) Wed 2/22 Norfolk at Albany, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Syracuse, 7:00... Omaha at Manchester, 7:05... Binghamton at Philadelphia, 7:05... Portland at Providence, 7:05... Grand Rapids at Rochester, 7:05... Hartford at Bridgeport, 7:35... Peoria at Chicago, 8:00

Thu 2/23 Lowell at Springfield, 7:05... San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8:00... Iowa at Houston, 8:05

Fri 2/24 Hershey at Albany, 7:00... Springfield at Hartford, 7:00... Toronto at Binghamton, 7:05... Grand Rapids at Philadelphia, 7:05... Manchester at Portland, 7:05... Norfolk at Providence, 7:05... Hamilton at Syracuse, 7:30... Bridgeport at Lowell, 7:35... Omaha at Rochester, 7:35... Iowa at San Antonio, 8:00... Wilkes-Barre at Manitoba, 8:30... Cleveland at Peoria, 8:30

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ALUMNI WATCH: At the conclusion of the preliminary round at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, 11 of the top 15 goaltenders in the tournament (ranked by save percentage) were AHL graduates, including Finland's Antero Niittymaki (.977), Russia's Evgeni Nabokov (.968), Switzerland's David Aebischer (.940) and Slovakia's Peter Budaj (.923).

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BY THE NUMBERS: 6.23 -- Goals per game in the American Hockey League this regular season (through Tuesday night), up more than 16 percent from last year's average (5.35).

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