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Published on December 9, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


San Antonio begins a four-game road swing with a Wednesday night visit to Grand Rapids... The Rampage outscored the Griffins 14-6 in taking back-to-back wins on Oct. 17-18 in San Antonio, but are just 3-10-1-1 in 15 games since... The Griffins are 2-4-0-0 in their last six outings but are coming off a 4-1 win over Peoria on Saturday... Kris Newbury (5-10-15) and Patrick Rissmiller (5-10-15) are tied for the Grand Rapids team scoring lead... Jeremy Williams shows a team-high nine goals (9-5-14) but has not scored in his last six contests... Jan Mursak has a point in five of his last six outings (2-4-6) for the Griffins... San Antonio's Joel Perrault is riding a eight-game scoring streak (5-5-10), and his 10 goals overall (10-9-19) are tied with former AHL All-Star Brett MacLean for the team lead... Chad Kolarik has a point in four straight games (2-3-5) and five of his last six (3-3-6) for the Rampage.

Hamilton kicks off a three-game homestand on Wednesday with the first of two games this week against division-rival Abbotsford... The Bulldogs are riding a four-game points streak (3-0-1-0), which includes three consecutive shutout wins from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4... Cedrick Desjardins has a personal shutout streak of 157:51 going and ranks second in the AHL in goals-against average (1.63) and third in save percentage (.937) through 12 appearances (6-4-1)... Ryan Russell has netted a goal in three straight games (3-0-3) for Hamilton after totaling four goals in his first 22 tilts this season... Brock Trotter leads Hamilton with 21 points (6-15-21) in 25 games and has a point in his last four contests (2-4-6)... Abbotsford, which took a 2-1 shootout decision in its first trip to the Steel City on Oct. 30, is 7-3-0-0 in its last 10 road games overall... Jason Jaffray, who leads the Heat with 10 goals and 24 points in 28 games, has a point in three straight games (0-5-5) and four of his last five (1-5-6)... Colin Stuart shows four goals in his last three games for Abbotsford.

Syracuse hosts Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday for the teams' fourth meeting of the season, but first at the Onondaga County War Memorial... The Penguins, who enter just 1-4-0-0 in their last five games overall, have taken two of the teams' first three clashes this year, including one in a shootout... Pens second-year pro Dustin Jeffrey shows 2-4-6 against the Crunch this season and a team-high 23 points (3-20-23) in 21 games overall... Fellow sophomore forward Luca Caputi leads Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with nine goals and ranks second to Jeffrey with 18 points while playing all 23 games thus far... The Crunch, who are 7-2-1-1 at home, are looking to win back-to-back games overall for just the second time all season... Dan Fritsche has a point in three of his last four games (3-2-5) for Syracuse and leads the team with 18 points (7-11-18) in 22 games for the season... Defenseman Brendan Bell, acquired on Tuesday from the St. Louis organization, shows 17 points (4-13-17) in 22 AHL games for Peoria this year.

Texas brings its three-game winning streak into a home date against Peoria on Wednesday... The Stars have outscored opponents 14-5 during the three victories after totaling 13 goals in their previous seven outings... Reigning Reebok/AHL player of the week Mathieu Beaudoin has netted a goal in three straight games (5-0-5) for Texas after scoring just once in his first 24 games this season... Travis Morin (1-2-3) and defenseman Maxime Fortunus (1-2-3) each show three-game points streaks for the Stars... Aaron Gagnon (5-12-17) and Perttu Lindgren (5-12-17) are tied for the team scoring lead... Adam Cracknell is riding a five-game scoring streak (2-3-5) for the Rivermen, who are coming off a 4-1 loss at Grand Rapids on Saturday... Defenseman Bryce Lampman scored in overtime to give Peoria a 5-4 win over Texas on Nov. 11 in the teams' only prior meeting this season... Newly acquired forward Pascal Pelletier (3-13-16) joins the Rivermen looking to snap a 15-game goal-scoring drought.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 12/9

San Antonio @ Grand Rapids, 7:00

W-B/Scranton @ Syracuse, 7:00

Abbotsford @ Hamilton, 7:30

Peoria @ Texas, 8:30

Thu 12/10

No games scheduled

ALUMNI WATCH:

Rookie Dan Sexton, who has three points in five games for AHL Manitoba this year, scored his first two career NHL goals in Anaheim's 4-3 overtime win over Dallas on Tuesday... Also Tuesday, Claude Giroux and 2005 Calder Cup champions Mike Richards and Jeff Carter all scored twice as Philadelphia upended the N.Y. Islanders, 6-2.

BY THE NUMBERS:

7-0-2-2 -- Syracuse's record this season in games decided by a one-goal margin... The Crunch join Manitoba (11-0-4-0) and Toronto (6-0-2-2) as the only AHL clubs yet to drop a one-goal game in regulation this season.

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