Weekly Notebook – Western Conference

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Niko Dimitrakos has three goals and five points in three games since joining the Wolves on Mar. 1… Brett Sterling continues to lead the league with 46 goals, while also leading with 20 power-play goals in 63 games… The Wolves play three of their next five games on the road, where they are 1-2-1-1 in their last five contests.
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2007 All-Star Derek Meech has points in 10 of his last 11 games, recording nine assists and 13 points during that stretch… Rookie Jamie Tardif scored a natural hat trick in the second period in Saturday’s loss at Syracuse, becoming just the third Griffins player to do so… The Griffins open a three-game set at home, where they have won seven of their last eight, and 10 of their last 12 games.
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Philippe Sauve is 2-0-1, posting a shutout and a 1.64 goals-against average and .944 save percentage since joining the Bulldogs on Mar. 1… In the last five games, Hamilton is 2-1-1-1 and has scored 50 percent of its goals in the second frame… The Bulldogs play seven of its next nine games at home, where Andrei Kostitsyn leads the team with 15 goals and a plus/minus rating of plus-15 in 26 games.
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Houston’s Curtis Murphy became the fourth player, and first defenseman, in team history to reach 200 career points on Mar. 7 in Chicago… Saturday’s 4-3 shootout win over Peoria snapped Houston’s eight-game winless skid, and ended a 12-game losing streak in the month of March (0-9-2-1), dating back to last season… The Aeros kick off a five game road trip on Friday, where Benoit Pouliot owns four of Houston’s six game-winning goals.
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The Stars had their franchise-record eight game winning streak on the road snapped in a 4-1 loss to Manitoba on Friday… In the last five games, Iowa has scored six of its seven goals in the last two periods, with four of the seven marks coming in the third frame… Iowa continues its six-game road trip with three games this weekend, after going 1-2-0 in the first three outings.
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The Moose are currently riding a five-game win streak, having outscored their opponents 19-5 in that span… Lee Goren has points in seven of his last eight games for Manitoba, recording five goals and 11 points during that stretch… Manitoba opens up a three-game set on the road, where Brad Moran leads the team with 14 goals and 28 points in 26 games on the year.
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Rich Peverley made his NHL debut with the Ads parent club, the Nashville Predators, on Mar. 4, recording an assist in a 3-2 loss to Anaheim… Chris Durno tallied a hat trick in the Ads’ 6-4 win on Saturday against Chicago, and has nine goals and 12 points since joining Milwaukee on Feb. 1… Milwaukee plays three of its next four contests at the Bradley Center, where netminder Pekka Rinne is 7-3-1 with a 2.38 goals-against average and .914 save percentage in 11 appearances.
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Curtis McElhinney set a team record by earning his 27th win of the year in the Knights’ 6-2 win over Grand Rapids on Mar. 10… Omaha bench boss Ryan McGill earned his 200th American Hockey League win on Saturday… After a Mar. 14th match up at Milwaukee, the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights open up a three-game set at home, where David Van der Gulik leads the team with a plus-12 and ranks second with 20 points (7g, 13a) in 31 games.
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Mike Glumac has scored in six of his last seven games, recording nine goals and 12 points in the month of March… Yan Stastny has a four-game scoring streak, recording a goal and six assists in that span… The Rivermen play their next three games on the road to complete a seven-game road trip, where they are winless (0-3-0-1), but have averaged over three goals per game.
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The Amerks have lost four straight and eight of the last nine games, as three of their top four leading scorers (Clarke MacArthur, Drew Stafford and Michael Ryan) remain on call up to the Buffalo Sabres… In the last five games, the Amerks have tallied six of their 13 goals (46.1 percent) in the second period… Rochester plays its next three games on the road, where Andrej Sekera leads the defense with 10 assists and is tied with 12 points, along with a plus-10 in 21 games.
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Donald MacLean has points in his last four games, totaling five goals and 11 points, in that span… In the last five games, the Rampage has averaged four goals per game, and has scored 90 percent (18 of 20) of their goals at even strength… San Antonio plays its next eight games at home, where they are 2-2-0-1 in the last five games.
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Curtis Glencross has nine goals and 15 points in 15 games since joining the Crunch on Jan. 27… Defenseman Derrick Walser is on a six-game scoring streak, registering five assists and eight points… The Crunch play four of their next five games at home, where they are 4-1-0-0 in their previous five contests and has outscored the opposition 21-11.
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Sophomore forward Colin Murphy equaled his career-high in goals, scoring his 16th mark of the year which was the game winner in overtime against Hamilton on Sunday… Toronto is operating at 6.7 percent on the power play in the last five games, tallying only twice in its last 30 chances… The Marlies play five of their next six games at Ricoh Coliseum, where they are 5-4-0-0 in the last nine games.