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November 4, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK: Norfolk captured consecutive 3-1 victories at Manitoba over the past couple days... On Tuesday, Martins Karsums netted the game-winning goal in the second period as the Admirals rallied from a 1-0 deficit... On Monday, Brandon Bochenski's third-period power play goal proved to be the game-winner, and rookie goaltender Dustin Tokarski stopped 25 of 26 shots in net.

Mon 11/2 Norfolk 3, MANITOBA 1

Thu 11/3 Norfolk 3, MANITOBA 1

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LOOKING AHEAD: Chicago heads up Route 94 on Wednesday for its first visit of the season to division-rival Milwaukee... The Admirals took a 3-2 win at Allstate Arena on Oct. 3 in the teams' only other meeting to this point... The Wolves are 3-1-0-1 in their last five outings since a 1-5-0-0 start, but are still looking for their first road victory of the campaign (0-4-0-0)... Second-year pro Spencer Machacek paces Chicago with 10 points (3-7-10) in 11 games... Tim Stapleton has a team-high five goals (5-2-7) for the Wolves, including one against Milwaukee on Oct. 3; Stapleton has found the scoresheet in three of his last four games overall (2-1-3)... The Admirals are looking to build on consecutive 2-1 wins over Rockford last weekend... Cal O'Reilly leads the Admirals with nine points (1-8-9) despite playing just five games due to NHL recall; he has registered a point in all five contests... Defenseman Robert Dietrich shows five assists in his last four tilts for Milwaukee... The Admirals boast the AHL's second-best power play at 23.8 percent.

Hershey kicks off a four-game New England road trip with a visit to Lowell on Wednesday... The Bears bring a three-game winning streak - matching their season high - into the contest, and goaltender Jason Bacashihua has stopped 70 of 73 shots (.959) while picking up all three victories... Alexandre Giroux (7-7-14 in 7 GP) and Andrew Gordon (7-6-13 in 11 GP) are pacing the Bears offensively thus far... Second-year pro Francois Bouchard has netted a goal in three straight games (3-5-8) and four of his last five outings (5-5-10) for Hershey after totaling one assist in his first five games this season... Boyd Kane (2-2-4) and Oskar Osala (2-2-4) both have a point in four of their last five games for the Bears... Lowell defenseman Matt Taormina paces the club with 11 points (4-7-11) in 11 games, which ranks him tied for second among all AHL rookies... Tim Sestito shows a team-high seven goals (7-2-9) for the Devils, including a pair of game-winners... The Devils are a perfect 3-0-0-0 all-time against Hershey at Tsongas Arena... Both the Bears (5-0-0-0) and Devils (3-0-0-0) have yet to lose this season after scoring the game's first goal.

Looking to halt a four-game winless skid (0-3-1-0), San Antonio hits the road for games in Rockford on Wednesday and Peoria on Thursday... The IceHogs (0-4-0-1) and Rivermen (0-2-0-1) are also trying to end winless slides this week... San Antonio has been shut out in two straight games and three of its last four since combining for 14 goals in back-to-back wins over Grand Rapids on Oct. 17-18... Kyle Turris (4-6-10), Kevin Porter (3-7-10), and defenseman Sean Sullivan (2-8-10) are tied for the Rampage team scoring lead with 10 points apiece... San Antonio's Brett MacLean is without a point in four straight games since racking up eight points (5-3-8) in a three-game span from Oct. 16-18... Rockford has scored exactly one goal in each of its last three contests... Bryan Bickell has found the scoresheet in three of his last four outings (2-2-4) for the IceHogs, and veteran Mark Cullen leads Rockford with 10 points (5-5-10) in 14 games overall... Peoria defenseman Jonas Junland is riding a five-game scoring streak (2-5-7) and has a point in 10 of 11 games for the season (6-7-13)... Rookie Lars Eller, drafted 13th overall by the St. Louis Blues in 2007, shows a point in six of his last seven outings (2-6-8) for the Rivermen.

(all times Eastern) Wed 11/4 Adirondack @ Bridgeport, 11:00 Binghamton @ Albany, 7:00 Hershey @ Lowell, 7:00 Chicago @ Milwaukee, 8:00 San Antonio @ Rockford, 8:05

Thu 11/5 San Antonio @ Peoria, 8:00 Manitoba @ Houston, 8:05

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ALUMNI WATCH: Rich Peverley (1-2-3) and 2008 Calder Cup champion Bryan Little (1-1-2) combined for five points as Atlanta outlasted Montreal by a 5-4 final on Tuesday... On Monday, David Laliberte scored his second goal in as many NHL games since his recall from AHL Adirondack, helping Philadelphia to a 6-2 win over Tampa Bay.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 4 -- AHL teams currently being led in scoring by a defenseman - Lowell (Matt Taormina), Peoria (Jonas Junland), Providence (Andy Wozniewski), and Worcester (Danny Groulx).

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