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Published on November 25, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK: In Tuesday's AHL action, David Brine posted a goal and an assist as Rochester scored four times in the third period and defeated Hamilton, 5-2... Rookie goaltender Chet Pickard made 32 saves for his third consecutive victory to help Milwaukee over San Antonio, 2-1.

Mon 11/23 No games scheduled

Tue 11/24 Rochester 5, HAMILTON 2 Milwaukee 2, SAN ANTONIO 1

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LOOKING AHEAD: Riding a five-game points streak (4-0-0-1), Bridgeport returns home on Wednesday to battle Manchester... The Sound Tigers' run comes on the heels of a five-game losing skid to begin the month... Sean Bentivoglio has a point in five of his last six games (4-4-8) to take over the Bridgeport team lead with 15 points (7-8-15) in 22 tilts overall... Second-year pro Jesse Joensuu shows a four-game scoring streak (2-2-4) for the Sound Tigers, and rookie Matt Martin has found the scoresheet in three of four (1-3-4)... Monarchs goaltender Jonathan Bernier (8-5-2), who ranks third in goals-against average (1.78) and second in save percentage (.948), pitched a 40-save shutout in a 2-0 win over Bridgeport on Oct. 23... Three of Manchester's top four scorers - Andrei Loktionov (6-11-17), Brandon Segal (6-8-14) and Scott Parse (2-9-11) - are on recall to Los Angeles... Oscar Moller leads active Monarchs with eight goals and 16 points in 19 outings... Manchester is 1-4-1-1 in its last seven road games... Bridgeport is 4-10-0-0 in games decided in regulation this season and 7-0-0-1 when the contest extends beyond 60 minutes.

Chicago hosts conference rival Grand Rapids on Wednesday at Allstate Arena... The Wolves are 9-3-0-0 in their last 12 games to climb into a second-place tie in the crowded West Division... Goaltenders Drew MacIntyre (6-6-0, 2.36,.922) and Peter Mannino (2-0-0, 0.86,.974) have combined to surrender just one goal in each of Chicago's last four games... Jason Krog leads the Wolves with 18 points (3-15-18) in 17 games and has found the scoresheet in six of his last seven contests (2-8-10)... Brett Sterling also has a point in six of seven (5-4-9) for Chicago, and Tim Stapleton has netted a goal in two straight to give him a team-leading 10 on the season (10-3-13)... Grand Rapids enters Wednesday night 11-1-0-0 since stumbling out of the gate at 1-4-0-0... Evan McGrath snapped a six-game drought with a pair of goals in the Griffins' 6-3 win at Toronto on Saturday... Jeremy Williams has a point in three straight (1-4-5) and six of seven (5-5-10) for Grand Rapids, and 19-year-old rookie Tomas Tatar has racked up 1-4-5 in his last two outings... The Griffins boast the AHL's third-best power play at 24.7 percent... The Wolves have won five in a row at home by a combined score of 19-6.

Norfolk wraps up a season-high eight-game road trip with a visit to Wachovia Arena to battle Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday... The Admirals are 2-4-1-0 on the trip thus far and have dropped their last three outings... Norfolk took a 2-1 road victory over the Penguins' on Nov. 6 in the teams' first clash of the campaign, receiving 30 saves from rookie goaltender Dustin Tokarski (6-7-0, 2.56,.909)... Brandon Bochenski ranks second in the AHL with 12 goals (12-8-20) in 22 games for the Admirals; Bochenski has gone two games without a goal, matching his longest drought of the year... Norfolk's Blair Jones has recorded 4-8-12 in his last 10 contests after putting up 1-2-3 in his first 12 outings this year... Second-year pro Dustin Jeffrey has a point in eight of nine games (1-12-13) for the Penguins and leads the club with 19 points (1-18-19) in 17 games overall... Fellow second-year forward Luca Caputi shows a point in four of his last five games (3-3-6)... Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is 9-0-1-0 this season when it scores the game's first goal.

(all times Eastern) Wed 11/25 Lake Erie @ Toronto, 11:00 Syracuse @ Albany, 7:00 Manchester @ Bridgeport, 7:00 Providence @ Hershey, 7:00 Hartford @ Lowell, 7:00 Worcester @ Springfield, 7:00 Norfolk @ W-B/Scranton, 7:05 Houston @ Hamilton, 7:30 Grand Rapids @ Chicago, 8:00 Abbotsford @ Peoria, 8:00 Manitoba @ Rockford, 8:05 Milwaukee @ Texas, 8:30

Thu 11/26 Adirondack @ Binghamton, 6:05

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ALUMNI WATCH: 2009 Calder Cup champion Jay Beagle scored his first NHL goal in Washington's 4-3 overtime loss in Ottawa on Monday... Elsewhere Monday, Artem Anisimov registered a goal and two assists as the N.Y. Rangers beat Columbus, 7-2... Former AHL goaltender of the year Dwayne Roloson made 58 saves in the N.Y. Islanders' 4-3 overtime victory at Toronto.

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BY THE NUMBERS: 35 -- Thanksgiving Day games played in Binghamton, N.Y., since professional hockey first came to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in 1973... The home team is an even 16-16-3, with the 36th installment set for Thursday evening when in-state rival Adirondack visits the Senators.

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