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November 21, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Thursday, Mark Cullen netted a hat trick to help Manitoba post a 5-2 win over San Antonio... In Wednesday's action, Scott Munroe posted a 31-save shutout to help Philadelphia past Albany, 5-0... Kris Newbury had a game-high three points (1-2-3) in Toronto's 5-2 win at Rochester... 2007-08 OHL scoring champion Justin Azevedo recorded three assists in his return to Ontario as Manchester defeated Hamilton, 4-2.

Wed 11/19

PHILADELPHIA 5, Albany 0

Portland 4, HARTFORD 2

Chicago 5, LAKE ERIE 4

Toronto 5, ROCHESTER 2

W-B/SCRANTON 3, Syracuse 0

WORCESTER 4, Norfolk 3

Manchester 4, HAMILTON 2

Thu 11/20

MANITOBA 5, San Antonio 2

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LOOKING AHEAD:

The top two teams in the Atlantic Division square off on Friday when Portland (12-1-1-0) visits the Dunkin' Donuts Center to take on Providence (9-5-1-0)... The Pirates have won eight in a row and are 10-0-1-0 since suffering their lone regulation loss of the season, a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Bruins on Oct. 19... The Pirates' Tim Kennedy (5-16-21) leads all AHL rookies in scoring, while teammate Nathan Gerbe ranks second (12-8-20)... Mark Mancari ranks second in the league overall with 25 points (11-14-25), and Mathieu Darche has netted a goal in his last four outings (6-2-8)... Martins Karsums shows a three-game goal-scoring run (3-2-5) for the Bruins, and Vladimir Sobotka (2-4-6) and Martin St. Pierre (0-6-6) also have three-game point streaks... Providence's Johnny Boychuk leads AHL defensemen in scoring (4-14-18).

Second place in the West Division is on the line Friday as Rockford (9-6-0-1) hosts Peoria (9-6-1-0) for the second time in six days... The IceHogs took a 4-1 win over the Rivermen on Sunday, their second straight victory following a six-game slide... Petri Kontiola paces the Rockford offense with 15 points (6-9-15) and has found the scoresheet in four of his last five contests (1-4-5)... IceHogs goaltender Antti Niemi ranks fourth in the league with a 1.63 goals-against average in nine games (5-3-1)... Chris Conner has scored a goal in five straight games (5-2-7) for the Rivermen and, with Steve Regier on NHL recall, leads the active roster with nine goals and 14 points overall... Peoria's Julian Talbot shows six goals (6-6-12), five of which have come on the power play... Rockford's power play ranks second in the league at 22.1 pecent (21-for-95).

Bridgeport visits Hershey on Saturday in a battle of the East Division's first- and second-place teams... The Sound Tigers, idle Friday, are 6-0-0-1 in their last seven games and show a league-high 28 points overall (13-3-0-2), while the Bears, who open the weekend in Philadelphia, have outscored opponents 19-5 in posting three straight wins... Mike Iggulden (11-9-20) and Kurtis McLean (6-14-20) are tied for the Bridgeport team scoring lead... McLean and rookie Jesse Joensuu each scored twice in the Sound Tigers' 4-1 win over Hershey on Nov. 9... The Bears' Keith Aucoin leads the league with 26 points (7-19-26) following his five-point effort (1-4-5) on Sunday against Binghamton... Alexandre Giroux shows six points (2-4-6) in his last two games entering the weekend... The Bears are averaging an AHL-high 4.39 goals per game.

(all times Eastern)

Fri 11/21

Syracuse @ Albany, 7:00

W-B/Scranton @ Grand Rapids, 7:00

Lowell @ Hartford, 7:00

Toronto @ Binghamton, 7:05

Hershey @ Philadelphia, 7:05

Portland @ Providence, 7:05

Norfolk @ Springfield, 7:30

Manchester @ Rochester, 7:35

Milwaukee @ Iowa, 8:05

Chicago @ Quad City, 8:05

San Antonio @ Manitoba, 8:30

Peoria @ Rockford, 8:30

Sat 11/22

Manchester @ Lake Erie, 1:00

Norfolk @ Lowell, 1:30

W-B/Scranton @ Toronto, 4:00

Bridgeport @ Hershey, 7:00

Hartford @ Portland, 7:00

Providence @ Springfield, 7:00

Philadelphia @ Binghamton, 7:05

Albany @ Syracuse, 7:30

Grand Rapids @ Chicago, 8:00

Hamilton @ Peoria, 8:00

Milwaukee @ Iowa, 8:05

Quad City @ Rockford, 8:05

Worcester @ Houston, 8:35

Sun 11/23

Philadelphia @ Bridgeport, 4:00

Springfield @ Lowell, 4:00

Binghamton @ Syracuse, 4:00

Hartford @ Providence, 4:05

W-B/Scranton @ Lake Erie, 5:00

Worcester @ San Antonio, 6:00

Hamilton @ Houston, 6:05

Grand Rapids @ Iowa, 6:05

Mon 11/24

No games scheduled

Tue 11/25

Manchester @ Chicago, 8:00

Hamilton @ San Antonio, 8:00

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ALUMNI WATCH:

In Thursday's action, two-time AHL All-Star Jiri Hudler netted a pair of goals as Detroit edged Edmonton, 4-3... On Wednesday, 2007-08 AHL All-Rookie forward Bobby Ryan - who leads the AHL's Iowa Chops with 19 points this season - scored twice and added an assist for Anaheim in a 6-4 loss to Washington.

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BY THE NUMBERS:

183:00 -- Current shutout streak for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender Adam Berkhoel, who has posted three straight shutouts and has four on the season... The Penguins begin a three-game North Division road swing in Grand Rapids on Friday.

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