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March 30, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release


THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS...

The Syracuse Crunch are currently 5th in the North Division with 72 points and have a 31-28-6-4 record... The Crunch are 5-2-2-1 in their last 10 games and are 16-13-4-2 at home this season... Syracuse is ranked 13th while on the powerplay at 15.5% and are 27th while killing penalties at 79.7%... C Brad Moran leads the team with 63 points (25G,38A) in 69 games this season including 10 points (3G,7A) in his last five games... Goaltender Karl Goehring has an 19-19-0 record, three shutouts, a 2.74 GAA and a .907 save percentage... C Mark Hartigan has 15 (10G,5A) points in his last 10 games... The Maple Leafs are 3-3-0-1 against the Crunch this season.

The Hamilton Bulldogs are currently 4th in the North Division with 74 points and have a 31-27-7-5 record... The Bulldogs are 6-3-1-0 in their last 10 games and are 16-12-2- 3 at home this season... Hamilton is ranked 17th while on the powerplay at 14.8% and are 13th while killing penalties at 84.6%... C Tomas Plekanec leads the team with 54 points (24G,30A) in 70 games this season... Goaltender Yann Danis has an 23-16-5 record, four shutouts, a 2.42 GAA and a .9121 save percentage... RW Jason Ward has 6 points (2G,4A) in his last five games... The Leafs are 7-4 vs the Bulldogs this season.

The Cleveland Barons are currently tied for 6th in the North Division with 70 points and have a 31-32-2-6 record... The Barons are 4-4-1-1 in their last 10 games and are 16-15-2-2 at home this season... Cleveland is ranked 21st while on the powerplay at 14.3% and are 24th while killing penalties at 81.4%... LW Ryan Clowe leads the team with 54 points (24G,30A) in 65 games this season... Goaltender Nolan Schaefer has an 16-20-1 record, three shutouts, a 2.86 GAA and a .902 save percentage... C Grant Stevenson has 5 points (2G,3A) in his last five games... The Maple Leafs are 4-3 against the Cleveland Barons this season.

The Rochester Americans are currently 1st overall in the AHL with 106 points and have a 48-12-4-6 record... The Americans are 6-2-1-1 in their last 10 games and are 26-6-3- 2 at home this season... Rochester is ranked 5th while on the powerplay at 18.2% and are 6th while killing penalties at 87.4%... C Chris Taylor leads the team with 67 points (20G,47A) in 70 games this season... Goaltender Ryan Miller has a 38-14-4 record, eight shutouts, a 2.29 GAA and a .926 save percentage... LW Thomas Vanek has 9 points (6G,3A) in his last five games... The Maple Leafs are 1-4 against the Americans this season.

LEAFLETS...

- Baby Leafs RW David Ling has 13 points (4G,9A) in his last 10 games...

- Leafs goaltender Mikael Tellqvist is 7-2-0 in his last nine starts and has posted a 2.21 GAA and a .926 Save %...

- St. John's is ranked 5th in the AHL with a home record of 25-9- 0-2...

- The Maple Leafs will play four games in five days starting tonight with the Syracuse Crunch...

- St. John's trails Manitoba by four points for home ice advantage in the first round of playoffs in the North Division with 10 games remaining in the season.

AHL QUICK HITS...

First place in the East Division is up for grabs on Wednesday as Binghamton battles Philadelphia at the Broome County Arena... The Phantoms, on a 5-0-1-0 run, have taken a one-point lead over the Senators in search of the franchise's fifth division title... Jon Sim has scored 18 goals in Philadelphia's last 15 games, including the game-winner in three straight contests... Binghamton is 10-1-1-3 since Feb. 18, and 3-1-0-1 against the Phantoms this year... Jason Spezza is currently on a 10-game scoring streak (2g, 16a), and is one of six 20-goal scorers on the Senators' roster... Binghamton ranks first in the AHL in offense (3.30 goals per game); Philadelphia is third in defense (2.25).

NEXT WEEK'S OPPONENT...

The Baby Leafs will visit the Edmonton Roadrunners next Friday and Saturday, April 7th & 8th. St. John's has a perferct record against the Roadrunners this season with an 8- 0 run. Fans can listen to both games LIVE on Radio NL (930am) and www.sjmapleleafs.ca. Friday, April 1st @ Hamilton... LIVE on Rogers Sportsnet at 9:00pm (NT).

MAPLE LEAFS PLAYER OF THE WEEK...

Right-winger David Ling has been nominated as the Maple Leafs Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 27. Last week Ling tallied six points (3G,3A) in two games, was a +1, had six shots on net and recorded 16 penalty minutes. On Thursday, Mar.24 he had 2 goals in a 6-4 loss to Manitoba. On Saturday, Mar.26 he had 4PTS (G,3A) in pacing the Leafs to a 7-2 win over the Moose.

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