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January 19, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


On Tuesday, Ryan Russell had a goal and two assists and Curtis Sanford posted a 22-save shutout as Hamilton routed Rochester, 7-0... Jamie Arniel notched the winning shootout goal as Providence collected its third straight victory, 3-2 at Bridgeport... Radko Gudas netted his second consecutive game-winning goal to push Norfolk past Syracuse, 2-1... Kevin Clark registered a game-high three points (1-2-3) in Manitoba's 4-1 triumph over Toronto... In Monday's lone aciton, Evan Brophey and Hugh Jessiman notched goals as Rockford edged San Antonio, 2-1.

Mon 1/17

ROCKFORD 2, San Antonio 1

Tue 1/18

Providence 3, BRIDGEPORT 2 (SO)

HAMILTON 7, Rochester 0

LAKE ERIE 3, Oklahoma City 1

NORFOLK 2, Syracuse 1

MANITOBA 4, Toronto 1

Grand Rapids 4, Texas 3 (OT)

Peoria 5, ABBOTSFORD 1

LOOKING AHEAD:

In a game that was twice postponed due to inclement winter weather, Portland visits Worcester tonight at the DCU Center... The Pirates bring a three-game winning streak to town during which they've outscored opponents 15-4... Two-time AHL All-Star Mark Mancari is riding a seven-game scoring streak (4-5-9) and leads the club with 41 points (18-23-41) in 38 games overall... Portland defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani has put up six assists in his last two outings, including a five-assist effort in last Saturday's 8-3 win over the Sharks in Maine... That game marked Portland's first regulation win over Worcester in five tries this season (2-3-0-0; the Pirates collected a 2-1 shootout decision in the teams' first meeting on Nov. 20... Rookie Maxime Legault (5-2-7) shows a point in six of his last seven contests for the Pirates... Steve Zalewski (2-6-7) and 2011 AHL All-Star Jonathan Cheechoo (1-5-6) have been Worcester's leading scorers in the season series vs. Portland thus far... The Sharks are just 2-4-0-1 in their last seven outings overall and have been shut out three times in that span... Cheechoo (14-23-37) and defenseman Sean Sullivan (10-11-21) are the lone members of Worcester's active roster with 10 or more goals on the campaign.

Albany puts its season-high four-game winning streak on the line tonight when it hosts in-state rival Binghamton at the Times Union Center... The Devils, who are nine points back of the B-Sens for the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot but still hold three games in hand, have taken three of four meetings from Binghamton so far (3-1-0-0), including a 3-2 decision on home ice last Friday... Devils rookie Adam Henrique is coming off back-to-back multiple-point efforts (2-2-4) and shows seven points (3-4-7) over his past five contests... Chad Wiseman has recorded 2-11-13 in 14 games since re-joining Albany's lineup on Dec. 11, and rookie Jacob Josefson has racked up six points (1-5-6) in just five games since returning from injury... 2011 AHL All-Star Matt Anderson boasts a goal in four of his last five games (4-1-5) and at least one point in eight of his last 10 outings (4-5-9) for Albany... Fresh off a 2-1 win over Hershey on Sunday, Binghamton is 5-2-0-0 in its past seven contests... AHL leading scorer Corey Locke (15-40-55) is back from an NHL recall to Ottawa, but leading rookie goal-scorer Bobby Butler (19-11-30) is now up with the NHL Senators... Ryan Keller has caught fire for Binghamton with four goals in his last five games (4-1-5) and a 7-3-10 line in his past 10 tilts... Senators defenseman Derek Smith is on a four-game scoring run (1-3-4)... The Sens currently feature the AHL's top-ranked power play (22.8 percent).

Milwaukee hosts division rival Oklahoma City for the second time this season on Thursday, the beginning of a stretch which will see the Admirals play eight of their next 11 games at the Bradley Center... The Admirals have used a 5-1-0-0 surge in their last six games to climb near the top of the West Division, while Oklahoma City had a four-game win streak of its own snapped on Tuesday at Lake Erie... 2011 AHL All-Star Linus Klasen shows four points (2-2-4) in four games since returning to the Admirals from parent-club Nashville... Milwaukee forward Ryan Thang has 3-4-7 in his last eight contests, and goaltender Mark Dekanich (16-6-3, 1.79, .936, 4 SO) continues to rank in the AHL's top-five in every major category... The Barons are 3-1-0-0 thus far on a seven-game road trip, which ends with tilts in Rockford (Friday) and Chicago (Sunday)... Defenseman Bryan Helmer has a point in six of seven games (4-7-11) since joining the Barons' lineup on Jan. 7... 2011 AHL All-Star Alexandre Giroux has found the scoresheet in 10 of his last 12 outings (10-10-20), including four multiple-goal efforts in that span... Oklahoma City rookie Teemu Hartikainen shows 1-6-7 in his last five contests... The Barons are 1-2-0-0 vs. Milwaukee this season, with the home team prevailing on all three prior occasions.

(all times Eastern)

Wed 1/19

Binghamton @ Albany, 7:00

Springfield @ Charlotte, 7:00

Portland @ Worcester, 7:00

Syracuse @ W-B/Scranton, 7:05

Toronto @ Manitoba, 8:30

Peoria @ Abbotsford, 10:00

Thu 1/20

Rochester @ Lake Erie, 7:00

Oklahoma City @ Milwaukee, 8:00

ALUMNI WATCH:

On Tuesday, 2008 AHL All-Star Bobby Ryan notched the winning shootout goal as Anaheim edged Ottawa, 2-1... David Desharnais recorded his second NHL goal of the year in Montreal's 2-1 overtime loss at Buffalo... In Monday's action, Vladimir Zharkov tallied his first career NHL goal to help New Jersey past the N.Y. Islanders, 5-2.

BY THE NUMBERS:

10 -- Penalty shots attempted across the AHL so far in January, after seven were attempted during all of December... Overall this season, shooters have converted just eight of 32 penalty-shot tries leaguewide (25.0 percent).

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