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Published on November 24, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


LOOKING BACK:

On Tuesday, Nigel Dawes and Spencer Machecek each had two goals and an assist to pace Chicago to its third straight victory, a 6-3 decision over Lake Erie... Linus Omark scored twice and Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 24 saves as Oklahoma City ended an eight-game homestand by downing Milwaukee, 4-1... In Monday's lone action, Chris Durno (2-1-3) and Johan Harju (2-0-2) had two goals apiece to help Norfolk cruise past Charlotte, 7-3.

Mon 11/22

Norfolk 7, CHARLOTTE 3

Tue 11/23

CHICAGO 6, Lake Erie 3

OKLAHOMA CITY 4, Milwaukee 1

LOOKING AHEAD:

Three points separate second-place Manchester (11-7-1-1, 24 points) from third-place Springfield (10-8-0-1, 21 points) in the Atlantic Division, and the teams are set to battle on Wednesday in Western Massachusetts... The Monarchs have taken two of three from the Falcons so far this season, including a 3-1 victory in Springfield on Oct. 23... Bud Holloway has a team-leading three goals (3-0-3) against Springfield on the year, while five other players have scored once apiece... Andrei Loktionov is riding a five-game scoring streak (1-4-5) overall for the Monarchs, who have managed just one goal in their last two contests... Manchester is 8-0-0-1 on the year when it scores the game's first goal... Springfield has alternated wins and losses in its last nine games, most recently a 4-3 setback at Worcester on Sunday... Rookie Matt Calvert paces the Falcons with 15 points on the year (8-7-15), including a team-best three points (1-2-3) in three games vs. Manchester... Calvert has recorded a point in eight of his last nine outings (6-4-10)... Fellow Falcons rookie Tomas Kubalik shows four goals and six points in his last four contests.

Albany brings its 6-2-0-0 road record into Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday for a battle with the first-place Penguins, who have lost three of their last four on home ice but are still 14-3-0-0 (28 points) overall... The Devils defeated Syracuse and Rochester last weekend in the first two stops of a four-game road swing... Third-year pro Michael Swift snapped a 12-game goal-scoring drought with a pair of markers in Saturday's 4-0 triumph over the Americans... Devils rookie Adam Henrique is on a three-game scoring streak (1-3-4), and Matt Anderson, who has team-high totals of seven goals and 11 points, has a point in nine of his 13 contests thus far... Penguins forward Dustin Jeffrey racked up a goal and two assists in Wilkes-Barre's win at Albany on Nov. 16, these teams' only meeting to this point... Jeffrey, a 2010 AHL All-Star, leads the Penguins with 18 points (6-12-18) in 17 tilts, and Tim Wallace boasts a team-high seven goals (7-6-13)... Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Joe Vitale and Ryan Craig are each tied for second in the AHL with three game-winning scores... The Pens are tied for the league lead with five shorthanded goals, but have only one at home.

In-state rivals Houston and Texas clash for the second time in four days on Wednesday at the Cedar Park Center, after the Aeros collected a 4-2 victory on home-ice Sunday to improve to 3-0-0-0 against the Stars overall... That victory improved Houston to 8-2-0-2 in its last 12 games and vaulted the Aeros into fourth place in the West Division at 10-7-1-2 (23 points) overall... Texas (10-7-0-0, 20 points) sits in sixth place, three points back of Houston, but has played the fewest number of games of anyone in the division... Ex-Star Warren Peters (2-2-4) and rookie Jarod Palmer (1-3-4) each have four points against Texas this season, and goaltender Anton Khudobin has won all three meetings (1.67, .949)... Houston's Jon DiSalvatore has recorded four points (2-2-4) in his last three contests, and Tyler Spurgeon has a point in four of his last five (1-4-5)... This marks the opener of a season-high seven-game homestand for the Stars, who will then play 13 of their next 17 on the road... Stars forward Greg Rallo has a goal in five of his last seven games (5-1-6) after failing to score in any of his first 10 outings... Texas goaltender Richard Bachman, the reigning Reebok/AHL Player of the Week, is 3-0-0 (0.97, .967) in his last three appearances.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 11/24

Grand Rapids @ Toronto, 11:00am

Hamilton @ Adirondack, 7:00

Providence @ Bridgeport, 7:00

Worcester @ Hershey, 7:00

Manchester @ Springfield, 7:00

Albany @W-B/Scranton, 7:05

Charlotte @ Norfolk, 7:15

Lake Erie @ Rockford, 7:35

Houston @ Texas, 8:30

Thu 11/25

W-B/Scranton @ Binghamton, 6:05

ALUMNI WATCH:

In Tuesday's only NHL action, David Schlemko, who had a career-best 31 points in 55 games for AHL San Antonio last season, contributed two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov posted a 23-save shutout as Phoenix ran its winning streak to seven games with a 5-0 blanking of Edmonton... On Monday, former AHL All-Rookie Team members Brian Boyle (2008) and Dan Girardi (2006) scored to lead the N.Y. Rangers past Calgary, 2-1... 2008 AHL Rookie of the Year Teddy Purcell netted a goal in Tampa Bay's 3-1 win over Boston... Rookie defenseman Mattias Tedenby, who shows 3-2-5 in 10 games with AHL Albany this year, had a goal and an assist to help New Jersey past Washington, 5-0.

BY THE NUMBERS:

36 -- 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 17-16-3 through the years, with the 37th installment set for Thursday evening when division rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton visits the Senators.

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