River Rats Week Ahead

March 27, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany River Rats News Release


The River Rats open a three-game homestand on Wednesday night against the Providence Bruins in a 7:00pm face-off at Pepsi Arena (6:45pm WABY AM 1160 & WVKZ 1240AM & B2 Networks @ www.albanyriverrats.com>). The Bruins (36-27-1-5, 4th Atlantic) dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to the Hartford Wolf*Pack at home last night. Former R.P.I. Engineer LW Eric Healey has 10 (1-9) points in the last five games and leads the AHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins with 68 (29-39) points in 64 games during the 2005-06 season. The River Rats have a 25-17-6-5 record in the all-time regular season series against the Bruins, which includes a 13-7-3-3 record at home. Albany shows a 2-1-1-1 mark against Providence this season and the teams close out the series with meetings on April 7th in Rhode Island and in the River Rats' home finale on April 15th at 5:00pm. The River Rats then host the Norfolk Admirals for the third and final time on Friday night at 7:00pm. (6:45pm WABY AM 1160 & WVKZ 1240AM & B2 Networks @ www.albanyriverrats.com. The Admirals (36-26-4-4, 3rd East) are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Portland Pirates at home on Saturday and visit the Philadelphia Phantoms on Wednesday night. C Martin St. Pierre shows nine (2-7) points over his last 10 games and leads the AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, while ranking third among AHL rookies with 63 (19-44) points during the 2005-06 campaign. The River Rats have an 8-13-2-2 record in the all-time regular season series against the Admirals, including a 5-6-1-0 record on home ice. Albany 3-2-0-0 versus Norfolk this season with each team scoring 15 goals in the first five games. Albany closes the weekend with a home-and-home series against the Atlantic Division-leading Portland Pirates starting with a 5:00pm face-off at Pepsi Arena on Saturday. The teams then meet at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Sunday afternoon at 4:05pm (6:45pm & 3:50pm WABY AM 1160 & WVKZ 1240AM; B2 Networks @ www.albanyriverrats.com. The Pirates (44-18-5-3, 1st Atlantic) dropped a 4-1 decision to the Philadelphia Phantoms on Sunday and visit Manchester on Wednesday before a stop in Providence on Friday night. Rookie C Ryan Shannon has six (2-4) points in his last five games and stands second among all rookies, while leading the AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks with 76 (23-53) points this season. The River Rats have a 19-17-5-3 record in the all-time regular season series against the Pirates, which includes records of 11-7-4 at home and 888-10-1-3 on the road. Albany stands 2-4-0-0 against Portland this year, having been outscored 32-22 in the previous six games.



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