Weekend Recap
March 3, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Toronto Marlies News Release
Feb 28th, 2003: Leafs 4 Vs. Bruins 3
The St. John's Maple Leafs specialty teams were mighty special Friday night scoring three times in a span of 2:33 early in the third period for a crowd pleasing 4-3 come from behind victory over the red hot Providence Bruins in American Hockey League action played in front of a sellout crowd of 6,247 at Mile One Stadium. Molson Canadian first star Allan Rourke led the Leafs attack with two goals, his 8th and 9th of the season and an assist while Alexei Ponikarovsky (19th) and Chris Chartier (4th) rounded out the St. John's scoring. The Leafs dominated the first period by out chancing, out hitting and out shooting the P-Bruins 18-7 but the teams went to the dressing room locked in a 1-1 tie. Andy Hilbert opened the scoring for the visitors with his 31st goal of the season on the Bruins first shot on goaltender Jamie Hodson who appeared to be screened on the drive from the point.
March 1, 2003: Leafs 4 Vs. Bruins 7
The biggest obstacle facing the St. John's Maple Leafs bid to make a Calder Cup post season appearance is that time is slowly running out. Following Saturday night's 7-4 loss to the Providence Bruins at Mile One Stadium and Sunday's action in the American Hockey League, the Baby Leafs now find themselves staring up at yet another team in the Eastern Conference standings. Steve Kariya fired a hat trick to lead Albany past Binghamton 5-3 while Portland did St. John's a favor by beating Springfield 4-1. The task at hand is huge to say the least. As of Monday, the Leafs have 15 games left on their 2002-2003 docket and don't play again until they host defending AHL scoring champ and former Maple Leaf MVP Donald MacLean and the Syracuse Crunch this Friday and Saturday night at Mile One beginning at 7:35pm.
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American Hockey League Stories from March 3, 2003
- Checkers Weekly - Charlotte Checkers
- Canucks recall Auld; reassign Moss to Moose - Manitoba Moose
- Saint John Flames Weekly - Saint John Flames
- First Place Sound Tigers Drop Three Games - Bridgeport Islanders
- Monarchs Team Up With National Organization To Cure Diabetes - Manchester Monarchs
- Royal Review - Manchester Monarchs
- Bulldogs Receive Stoll from Oilers - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Gill released from PTO - Springfield Falcons
- Aeros Win Twice but Fall out of First - Houston Aeros
- Griffins Claim 10 Wins in Last 11 Games - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Phantoms Weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
- Bulldogs Hit Century Mark - Hamilton Bulldogs
- IceCats Earn Valuable Points - Worcester IceCats
- Rampage Face Off Against Intrastate Foe - San Antonio Rampage
- Moose Ready to Finish Five-Game Road Trip - Manitoba Moose
- Playoff Races Heating Up - AHL
- Darby named Player of the Week - AHL
- Bulldogs to Hold Press Conference - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Toby Petersen Scores Two Goals as Penguins End Losing Streak - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Wood Reassigned To Trenton - Bridgeport Islanders
- Bears Red Hot with Five Straight Wins - Hershey Bears
- Crunch Welcome MacLean with Open Arms - Syracuse Crunch
- Norfolk's Lead in South Division Down to One Point - Norfolk Admirals
- Weekend Recap - Toronto Marlies
- Pirates Reach Lofty Heights - Portland Pirates
- SpongeBob SquarePants Makes Rare Out-of-Water Appearance at Phantoms Game March 21 - Adirondack Phantoms
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