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Published on February 24, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Thursday, Simon Gamache scored both Milwaukee goals in a 2-1 win over San Antonio... Krys Kolanos had a pair of goals as Lowell beat Springfield, 4-1... On Wednesday, Sean Bergenheim scored four goals in Bridgeport's 5-1 victory over Hartford... Syracuse ran its winning streak to eight games with a 4-3 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton... Jiri Hudler scored twice in Grand Rapids' 4-0 win over Rochester... Alexandre Picard scored his second goal of the night 3:15 into overtime to give Philadelphia a 3-2 win over Binghamton.

Wed 2/22 BRIDGEPORT 5, Hartford 1... ALBANY 4, Norfolk 3 (SO)... CHICAGO 3, Peoria 2 (SO)... Omaha 2, MANCHESTER 1... PHILADELPHIA 3, Binghamton 2 (OT)... Portland 6, PROVIDENCE 3... Grand Rapids 4, ROCHESTER 0... SYRACUSE 4, Wilkes-Barre 3

Thu 2/23 Lowell 4, SPRINGFIELD 1... MILWAUKEE 2, San Antonio 1... HOUSTON 4, Iowa 3

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LOOKING AHEAD: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton pays a visit to Winnipeg for two games this weekend against a Manitoba Moose team that ended the Penguins' 20-0-2-1 start to the season with a 3-1 win back on Dec. 9... The Penguins are still in first place in the East Division, while Manitoba has slipped back to third in the North... Erik Christensen remains Wilkes-Barre's top scoring threat, with six goals and two assists in his last eight games... Jesse Schultz has 26 goals for the Moose this season, nearly twice as many as his nearest teammate... Lee Goren has recorded 20 points in 20 games since rejoining Manitoba on Dec. 31... Wilkes-Barre is 2-3-0-1 so far on a nine-game road swing that will end in Toronto on Sunday; the Moose hit the road for eight straight following this weekend.

Portland hosts Manchester on Friday night (7:05 ET) for the seventh meeting of the season between the teams, who occupy the top two spots in the Atlantic Division... The Pirates own a 4-1-0-1 edge in the season series and have won six of their last seven overall, most recently a 6-3 win over Providence on Sunday... Pierre Parenteau now has 13 points (6g, 7a) in his last eight games for Portland... The Pirates' Ryan Shannon and the Monarchs' Jeff Tambellini are two of the top three rookie scorers in the AHL this season... Manchester, which comes into the weekend six points back of Portland in the Atlantic, continues its weekend with two games in Providence against the fourth-place Bruins.

A two-game showdown at the Bradley Center could shake up the top of the West Division as first-place Houston visits second-place Milwaukee on Saturday (7:30 CT) and Sunday (2:00 CT, XM Radio)... The Aeros have won four in a row to hang onto a slim two-point lead over the Admirals, who are 14-3-3-1 in their last 21 games... Houston's Erik Westrum (79 points) and Kirby Law (78) continue to lead the AHL in scoring, with Milwaukee's Darren Haydar (63) fifth... Josh Harding of the Aeros (24-7-0) and Pekka Rinne of the Admirals (23-12-2) rank second and third, respectively, in victories.

(all times Eastern)

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

Sat 2/25 Albany at Hartford, 7:00... Philadelphia at Hershey, 7:00... Omaha at Toronto, 7:00... Hamilton at Binghamton, 7:05... Manchester at Providence, 7:05... Norfolk at Springfield, 7:05... Grand Rapids at Syracuse, 7:30... Cleveland at Chicago, 8:00... Wilkes-Barre at Manitoba, 8:30... Houston at Milwaukee, 8:30

Sun 2/26 Houston at Milwaukee, 3:00... Binghamton at Bridgeport, 4:05... Hartford at Lowell, 4:05... Norfolk at Portland, 4:05... Manchester at Providence, 4:05... Syracuse at Albany, 5:00... Grand Rapids at Hershey, 5:00... Iowa at San Antonio, 5:00... Wilkes-Barre at Toronto, 5:00... Chicago at Peoria, 6:00... Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05

Mon 2/27 No games scheduled

Tue 2/28 Norfolk at Manchester, 7:05... Hamilton at San Antonio, 8:00... Rochester at Iowa, 8:05

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ALUMNI WATCH: In Olympic quarterfinals on Wednesday, Olli Jokinen scored twice and 2005 Calder Cup Playoff MVP Antero Niittymaki made 25 saves as Finland edged the United States, 4-3... Evgeni Nabokov made 27 stops as Russia blanked Canada, 2-0... 2000 Calder Cup champion Milan Hnilicka turned aside 20 shots to help the Czech Republic over Slovakia, 3-1.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 14 -- Consecutive games in which Moncton Golden Flames rookie Brett Hull scored a goal during the 1986-87 season, the longest run in AHL history... Syracuse's Mark Hartigan carries an eight-game streak into this weekend's action.

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