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Published on March 3, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Wednesday, Chad Wiseman's second goal of the night gave Hartford a wild 7-6 overtime win over Norfolk... Donald MacLean scored his AHL-leading 45th goal of the season as Grand Rapids beat Cleveland, 5-1... Aleksander Suglobov netted a pair of goals and Frank Doyle made 37 saves as Albany rolled past Bridgeport, 6-1... On Thursday, Erik Westrum regained the league scoring lead with two goals and an assist in Houston's 3-2 win over Hamilton.

Wed 3/1 PHILADELPHIA 2, Springfield 1... Albany 6, BRIDGEPORT 1... Manitoba 5, CHICAGO 2... GRAND RAPIDS 5, Cleveland 1... HARTFORD 7, Norfolk 6 (OT)... HERSHEY 4, Toronto 1... MILWAUKEE 3, Iowa 1... PEORIA 3, Rochester 2

Thu 3/2 HOUSTON 3, Hamilton 2

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LOOKING AHEAD: Syracuse brings an 8-0-2-1 streak into Friday night's home game against Hershey (7:30 ET)... The Bears are 4-1-0-1 in their last six overall entering the weekend, and sit four points out of first place in the East Division... Hershey defenseman Mark Wotton, who has missed the last four games due to injury, has not played at the War Memorial since he captained the Crunch for parts of four seasons from 1995-99... Mark Hartigan has scored a goal in 11 straight games for Syracuse and has recorded points in 29 of his last 30 (28g, 27a)... Crunch goalie Mike Ayers is 0-2-1 in his last three decisions after winning his previous eight starts... Hershey's Bruce Boudreau (272-216-53) and Syracuse's Gary Agnew (209-202-49) enter the night with a combined 1,001 games of AHL head coaching experience.

Iowa looks to climb back into the West Division playoff picture with three big weekend games, beginning Friday night at Peoria (7:30 CT)... The Rivermen have won five of the first seven meetings between these teams, and are 6-1-0-2 in their last nine and 10-2-0-2 in their last 14 games overall... The Stars, meanwhile, have just one win in their last 10 (1-6-0-3) and have fallen five points back of the last postseason spot in the division... Iowa's Toby Petersen leads all scorers in the season series with nine points (3g, 6a)... Aaron MacKenzie has four points (1g, 3a) in his last two games for Peoria; he had three points (1g, 2a) in his previous 31 outings... Each of Peoria's last eight wins has been by a single goal.

Two of the most potent teams in the AHL collide when Houston entertains Hartford on Saturday night (7:35 ET)... The Aeros have won seven in a row since a 4-3 loss to the Wolf Pack on Feb. 11, and are 16-2-0-1 at home since Nov. 30... Hartford enters Friday's game in San Antonio with a record of 11-1-0-1 in its previous 13 games... Houston boasts three of the top seven scorers in the AHL in Erik Westrum, Kirby Law and rookie Patrick O'Sullivan; the Wolf Pack have scored 18 goals in three games entering the weekend... Jarkko Immonen heads into Hartford's two-game Texas trip on an eight-game scoring streak (5g, 9a).

(all times Eastern)

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

Sat 3/4 Norfolk at Lowell, 2:05... Philadelphia at Hershey, 7:00... Springfield at Bridgeport, 7:05... Hamilton at Cleveland, 7:05... Manchester at Wilkes-Barre, 7:05... Binghamton at Syracuse, 7:30... Rochester at Chicago, 8:00... Milwaukee at Peoria, 8:00... Manitoba at Iowa, 8:05... Hartford at Houston, 8:35

Sun 3/5 Norfolk at Bridgeport, 1:05... Rochester at Grand Rapids, 4:00... Albany at Lowell, 4:05... Springfield at Portland, 4:05... Providence at Hershey, 5:00... Chicago at Milwaukee, 5:00... Houston at San Antonio, 5:00... Manchester at Binghamton, 5:05... Peoria at Omaha, 6:00... Manitoba at Iowa, 6:05... Toronto at Philadelphia, 6:05

Mon 3/6 No games scheduled

Tue 3/7 Peoria at Milwaukee, 8:00... Rochester at Omaha, 8:00... Chicago at Houston, 8:05

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ALUMNI WATCH: On Wednesday, Dustin Byfuglien scored in his NHL debut, helping Chicago to a 3-0 win over Nashville... Tomas Kopecky (Detroit) and Yan Stastny (Edmonton) also made their NHL debuts on Wednesday night.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 7 -- Players who skated in the AHL in 2004-05 who have scored at least 20 goals in the National Hockey League this season... Los Angeles forward Mike Cammalleri joined Eric Staal, Brian Gionta, Marek Svatos, Joffrey Lupul, Nathan Horton and Raffi Torres in that group on Thursday.

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