AHL American Hockey League

AHL Quick Hits

Published on March 29, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday night, Ryan Ramsay, Gavin Morgan and Tomas Mojzis each scored two goals in Peoria's 8-2 rout of Houston, extending the Aeros' winless streak to seven games (0-5-1-1)... Toby Petersen scored the winning goal with 4:52 left in regulation and Loui Eriksson picked up three assists as Iowa beat San Antonio, 3-1.

Mon 3/27 No games scheduled

Tue 3/28 IOWA 3, San Antonio 1... Toronto 4, MANITOBA 3 (SO)... PEORIA 8, Houston 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LOOKING AHEAD: Portland can move closer to its first-ever division title with a win in Manchester tonight (7:05 ET)... It will be the sixth straight road game for the Pirates, who are 21-9-3-1 away from home this season... Dustin Penner has 33 goals and a league-leading plus-33 rating in 47 games for Portland... Tim Stapleton, who made his pro debut with the Pirates over the weekend, led Minnesota-Duluth in scoring as a senior this year... With just one regulation win in their last 18 games, the Monarchs are suddenly only six points up on fourth-place Providence in the Atlantic Division, with the Bruins having played two fewer games... Noah Clarke ended a 16-game drought with a goal Saturday vs. the B's... Konstantin Pushkarev made his NHL debut with Los Angeles on Monday night.

Hershey and Bridgeport meet tonight for the eighth and final time this regular season (7:05 ET)... It's the Sound Tigers' first home game in 24 days, following a successful 4-2-0-1 road stretch... Bridgeport's new-look lineup includes Mike Omicioli, whose three-point effort on Sunday included his first AHL goal since Dec. 17, 2000... Wade Dubielewicz is 14-3-2 with a 2.42 goals-against average in his last 20 outings... The Bears are five points out of first place in the East Division with seven games remaining... Graham Mink returned from seven weeks on the injured list to net the deciding goal in Hershey's 3-2 overtime win over Wilkes-Barre on Sunday... Kris Beech has three goals and two assists in five games with the Bears.

Toronto and Manitoba wrap up a two-game set at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg tonight (7:30 CT), a day after the Marlies closed to within six points of the third-place Moose with a 4-3 shootout victory... Toronto's Brad Leeb had two goals to extend his scoring streak to seven games (6g, 4a) and hit the 30-goal mark for the season... J.F. Racine made 30 saves to improve to 12-3-0 in his last 15 decisions... Rick Rypien scored twice for Manitoba, which is 4-0-1-1 against the Marlies in 2005-06... Moose Jesse Schultz was held scoreless on Tuesday, but still has six goals and four assists in the season series.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 3/29 Providence at Albany, 7:00... Hershey at Bridgeport, 7:05... Portland at Manchester, 7:05... Norfolk at Philadelphia, 7:05... Milwaukee at Rochester, 7:05... San Antonio at Chicago, 8:00... Toronto at Manitoba, 8:30

Thu 3/30 No games scheduled

Fri 3/31 Norfolk at Albany, 7:00... Lowell at Hershey, 7:00... Wilkes-Barre at Binghamton, 7:05... Bridgeport at Philadelphia, 7:05... Portland at Providence, 7:05... Chicago at Hamilton, 7:30... Manchester at Toronto, 7:30... Syracuse at Rochester, 7:35... Hartford at Springfield, 7:35... Iowa at Milwaukee, 8:00... Houston at Omaha, 8:00... Peoria at San Antonio, 8:00... Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 8:30

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ALUMNI WATCH: On Tuesday, Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 28 shots to help Toronto to a 3-2 win in Philadelphia... Mark Hartigan's scored a third-period goal in Columbus's 4-1 win over San Jose... On Monday, Alexandre Burrows recorded a hat trick as Vancouver defeated Los Angeles, 7-4... Patrice Bergeron scored twice and Tim Thomas made 45 saves in Boston's 4-3 shootout loss to visiting Florida.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BY THE NUMBERS: 8-0 -- Shootout record for Toronto goaltender Jean-Francois Racine over the last two AHL seasons... Racine has stopped 34 of 45 attempts (.756) in those eight shootouts, including 23 of 29 (.793) in his five wins this year.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AHL ON B2 NETWORKS: B2 Networks brings AHL action to your computer all season long with live video webcasts of nearly every AHL game... Visit theahl.com for details.

Check out the American Hockey League Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



American Hockey League Stories from March 29, 2006


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central