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April 6, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Sunday, David Desharnais registered a goal and two assists as Hamilton cruised to a 6-2 win over Manitoba... Kirk MacDonald tallied the game-winning goal in overtime to help Providence keep its playoff hopes alive with a 3-2 victory at Portland... Mathieu Perreault posted a goal and an assist as Hershey set an AHL record with its 34th home win of the season, 3-2 over Norfolk.

Sun 4/4

HAMILTON 6, Manitoba 2

Providence 3, PORTLAND 2 (OT)

HERSHEY 3, Norfolk 2

Mon 4/5

No games scheduled

LOOKING AHEAD:

Milwaukee holds a three-point lead on Peoria for the West Division's final playoff spot and hosts the Rivermen in a Tuesday matinee at the Bradley Center... With a regulation victory, the Admirals can secure their eighth consecutive postseason entry... Milwaukee is coming off a 4-0 win at Rockford on Saturday, which featured a 29-save shutout performance by goaltender Mark Dekanich... Admirals forward Mike Santorelli has a point in seven straight games (3-7-10) and 12 of his last 13 contests (5-11-16)... Marty Murray (2-2-4) and Andreas Thuresson (2-2-4) both have four points in their last two outings for Milwaukee... Peoria's Cam Paddock is riding a six-game goal-scoring streak (7-1-8), which ties an AHL season high... Derek Armstrong shows a point in 11 of his last 13 contests (3-11-14) for the Rivermen, who have used a 13-6-1-1 run since Feb. 23 to climb within range of a playoff spot... The Rivermen are 6-3-0-0 against the Admirals this season, including a perfect 4-0-0-0 mark in Milwaukee.

A potential first-round playoff preview on Tuesday pits Manitoba at Hamilton on for the second time in three days; the North Division champion Bulldogs romped to a 6-2 win on Sunday, setting a franchise record for points in a season (112) in the process... David Desharnais has a goal in four straight games (5-4-9) and a point in seven straight (5-8-13) for the Bulldogs, and Brock Trotter shows 8-5-13 in his last 10 contests... Hamilton's Cedrick Desjardins (28-8-4, 1.95, .922), a Second Team AHL All-Star, is the only goaltender in the league that currently has a goals-against average under 2.00... Manitoba rookie Jordan Schroeder, a first-round draft pick (22nd overall) by Vancouver in 2009, shows seven points (3-4-7) in his first eight pro games... Fellow rookie Sergei Shirokov has put up a team-high six points (3-3-6) in seven games against Hamilton this season... Guillaume Desbiens has tallied a goal in four of his last seven tilts (4-1-5) for the Moose, who are playoff-bound for the sixth straight spring.

San Antonio, which needs help from Peoria in the afternoon to keep its own postseason hopes alive, visits Texas on Tuesday night for its final meeting of the season with the Stars... The Rampage have a point in three straight games (2-0-1-0), most recently a 3-0 win over first-place Chicago on Saturday which featured a 25-save shutout by Josh Tordjman... Kyle Turris has a point in five straight games (3-3-6) and nine of his last 10 outings (3-9-12) for the Rampage... San Antonio leading scorer Brett MacLean (30-33-63) is without a point in consecutive games for just the second time since the AHL All-Star break... Texas, which is 14-4-0-0 in its last 18 games, sits four points back of Chicago for first place in the West Division but will finish no lower than second... Aaron Gagnon has racked up three goals and six points in his last four games for the Stars... San Antonio's second-ranked power play (20.6 percent - tied) will go up against the Stars' third-ranked penalty kill (86.4 percent).

(all times Eastern)

Tue 4/6

Peoria @ Milwaukee, 2:00

Hershey @ Syracuse, 7:00

Manitoba @ Hamilton, 7:30

Rockford @ Houston, 8:05

San Antonio @ Texas, 8:30

Wed 4/7

Binghamton @ Adirondack, 7:00

Rochester @ Grand Rapids, 7:00

Worcester @ Hartford, 7:00

Abbotsford @ Lake Erie, 7:00

W-B/Scranton @ Norfolk, 7:15

Milwaukee @ Chicago, 8:00

Thu 4/8

Houston @ San Antonio, 8:00

ALUMNI WATCH:

In Monday's action, 2006 Calder Cup champion Brooks Laich tallied a power play goal in overtime to lift Washington over Boston, 3-2... Devan Dubnyk, who appeared in 33 games for AHL Springfield this season, earned the victory with 25 saves in Edmonton's 4-1 win over Minnesota; 2010 Second Team AHL All-Star Charles Linglet appeared in his second career NHL game for the Oilers after making his debut over the weekend.

BY THE NUMBERS:

32 -- Power play points (12g, 20a) recorded by Syracuse's Brendan Bell, tied for the most among AHL defensemen this season... The Crunch open a season-ending three-game homestand on Tuesday vs. Hershey.

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