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March 1, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday night, Jaroslav Halak made 21 saves in his second career AHL start and James Sanford scored 2:09 into overtime as Hamilton got past San Antonio, 1-0... Daniel Paille had two goals and an assist as Rochester beat Iowa, 5-4... Matt Keith scored twice for Norfolk in a 3-2 win at Manchester.

Mon 2/27 No games scheduled

Tue 2/28 Rochester 5, IOWA 4... Norfolk 3, MANCHESTER 2... Hamilton 1, SAN ANTONIO 0 (OT)

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LOOKING AHEAD: Norfolk continues its 11-game, 18-day road trip in Hartford on Wednesday night (7:00 ET)... The Admirals are 3-2-0-1 so far, including Tuesday's 3-2 win in Manchester... Mark Cullen, whose 62 points are a Norfolk record for a single season, finished February with 10 goals on the month, and has scored 21 times in his last 25 games... Nathan Barrett has scored a career-high 23 goals for the Admirals, 18 coming on the power play... The Wolf Pack are 10-1-0-1 in their last dozen games, and have earned points in eight straight at home (7-0-0-1)... Thomas Pock had seven mulitple-point games during February (5g, 11a), and now ranks second among all AHL defensemen in scoring with 52 points... Jarkko Immonen is on a seven-game scoring streak for Hartford (5g, 5a).

Toronto kicks off a three-game tour of Pennsylvania with a stop in Hershey on Wednesday (7:00 ET)... The Marlies, 3-0-0-2 in their last five games, have opened up a nine-point lead in the race for fourth place in the North Division... Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 37 saves in Toronto's last outing, a 3-1 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday evening... Rookie defenseman Staffan Kronwall, who has 10 points in 11 AHL games this season, was assigned to the Marlies on Tuesday... The Bears are six points out of first in the East Division, and headed towards a postseason berth for the first time in three years... Maxime Daigneault, a second-round draft pick by Washington in 2002, made his Bears debut on Saturday and made 26 saves in a 2-1 shootout loss to Philadelphia.

Rivals Manitoba and Chicago meet for just the second time this season as the Moose visit Allstate Arena on Wednesday (7:00 CT)... It's the start of an eight-game road trip for Manitoba, which is three points back of second-place Syracuse in the North... Jesse Schultz has scored five goals in his last four games and a team-leading 29 goals on the season for the Moose, who are coming off a 3-1-1-0 stretch against top-tier opponents Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Wilkes-Barre... The Wolves, who swept Manitoba in four straight in the 2005 Western Conference championship series, are 4-1-1-0 in their last six games, and have not allowed an even-strength goal in nearly 11 full periods (217:33)... Rookie Tuomas Tarkki registered his first career AHL shutout in Chicago's 8-0 win over Cleveland on Saturday night.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 3/1 Cleveland at Grand Rapids, 7:00... Norfolk at Hartford, 7:00... Toronto at Hershey, 7:00... Albany at Bridgeport, 7:05... Springfield at Philadelphia, 7:05 (at Wachovia Center)... Manitoba at Chicago, 8:00... Iowa at Milwaukee, 8:00... Rochester at Peoria, 8:00

Thu 3/2 Hamilton at Houston, 8:05

Fri 3/3 Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:05... Providence at Philadelphia, 7:05... Norfolk at Portland, 7:05... Toronto at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Hershey at Syracuse, 7:30... Rochester at Milwaukee, 8:00... Manitoba at Omaha, 8:00... Hartford at San Antonio, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Chicago, 8:30... Iowa at Peoria, 8:30

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ALUMNI WATCH: On Tuesday, Chris Higgins scored twice and Sheldon Souray recorded three assists as Montreal defeated the N.Y. Islanders, 5-3... Matt Pettinger scored two goals in Washington's 5-3 win over Toronto... 2002 Calder Cup finalist Juraj Kolnik set up four goals in Florida's 8-2 victory at Tampa Bay.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 5 -- Teams (excluding first-year clubs) currently in position to qualify for the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs who missed the AHL postseason in 2005 (Portland, Hershey, Bridgeport, Grand Rapids, Syracuse).

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