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November 5, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Binghamton Senators News Release


LAST WEEK: The B-Sens (6-3-1-0, 13 pts.) were 2-0 this past weekend, extending their winning streak to four games.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd vs. BRIDGEPORT (5-2 W): The B-Sens handled the Sound Tigers on Friday night as rookie Tyler Donati buried his first two professional markers and netminder Jeff Glass stopped 35 of 37 shots. The Senators got points from eleven different players. Donati buried the game-winner at 15:21 of the second period. Defenseman Greg Amadio assisted on the goal, his first helper in a Senators' uniform. Winger Greg Mauldin extended the lead to two goals with his third marker of the year. Denis Hamel capped the scoring with his team-leading sixth tally of the year, an empty-netter to give the B-Sens the 5-2 victory.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd vs. SYRACUSE (4-3 W): Binghamton rallied from a 3-1 deficit to score three unanswered goals on its way to a 4-3 victory of the Crunch on Saturday night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Josh Hennessy and Niko Dimitrakos each collected three points (1+2=3), while defenseman Matt Carkner added two points (1+1=2) including the game-winning goal in just his second back from injury. Following a Crunch goal at 4:06 of the final period, the B-Sens started their comeback march. Hennessy worked his way through the Crunch defense and beat netminder Tomas Popperle to cut the lead to two goals. Dimitrakos and Lawrence Nycholat assisted. Four minutes later Dimitrakos and Hennessy teamed again, this time it was Hennessy feeding Dimitrakos for the game-tying marker. Carkner struck for the game-winner at 13:37, blasting a one-timer over the glove hand of Popperle.

THIS WEEK: The B-Sens take their four-game wining streak to Albany on Wednesday night for a 7:00 contest. Binghamton then returns to home ice for two games this weekend. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to town on Friday, Nov. 9 followed by the Philadelphia Phantoms on Saturday, Nov. 10.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th @ ALBANY (7:00): The B-Sens travel up I-88 for midweek match-up with the River Rats. Albany edged Binghamton 3-1 in the season opener on Oct. 6. Netminder Michael Leighton stopped 34 shots for the River Rats. The B-Sens are tied with the River Rats for second place in the East Division with 13 points. Albany defeated Lowell 5-2 on Saturday night for their sixth win of the year. Jerome Samson leads the River Rats attack with nine points (4+5=9).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th vs. WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON (7:05): Captain Denis Hamel powered Binghamton to a 4-2 over the Penguins on Saturday, Oct. 27. Hamel collected his franchise-leading sixth hat trick on his way to a four point night (3+1=4). Winger Jeremy Yablonski netted Binghamton's fourth goal, his first of the season. Jeff Taffe powers the Penguins offense, as the center has nine points (7+2=9) this season.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th vs. PHILADELPHIA (7:05): The Phantoms are off to a fast start in 07-08, going 10-1-1-0 over their first 12 games. Their 21 points are tops in the AHL. The Phantoms have five skaters over the ten-point mark. Kyle Greentree (5+9=14) and Jonathan Matsumoto (6+8=14) lead the way for Philadelphia. Netminder Brian Boucher has seven wins in nine starts with a 2.42 goal-against-average.

SENS IN THE COMMUNITY: B-Sens' players will make their annual visit to the Clay Ground in Vestal on Monday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. to paint assorted pottery. The event is closed to the public but media is welcome to attend.

SENS SNIPPETS: Winger Niko Dimitrakos collected his 100th AHL point on Saturday night with an assist on Matt Carkner's game-winning marker against Syracuse. Defenseman Matt Kinch registered his 50th AHL assist on Friday night against Bridgeport. The B-Sens are on their first four-game winning streak since April 2 - April 8 of 2006.

SENS LEADERS:

POINTS: HAMEL (6+4=10), BOIS (3+6=9) & LEE (1+8=9)

GOALS: HAMEL (6), DIMITRAKOS & MAULDIN (4)

ASSISTS: LEE (8), BOIS, NIKULIN & ZUBOV (6)

PPG: ZUBOV (2), SIX TIED WITH (1)

SHG: BOIS (2)

GWG: BOIS,CARKNER,DIMITRAKOS,DONATI,HAMEL & MAULDIN (1)

WINS: GLASS (4)

GAA: GLASS (2.08)

BSENS ON THE AIR: Catch all the action LIVE on WINR 680-AM & WENE 1430-AM, via webcast or B2 Networks streaming video cast at www.binghamtonsenators.com

GET YOUR TICKETS: 2007-08 Binghamton Senators' season tickets, half-season, coupon books, 10 game & 5 game plans are on sale!!! Single game tickets are also on sale. Please call the Binghamton Senators' executive office at (607) 722-SENS for information on ticket packages.



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