Weekly Notebook: Western Conference

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The Wolves snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-2 win at home over San Antonio on Sunday… Darren Haydar continues to lead the league in scoring with 93 points (32g, 61a) and teammate Brett Sterling leads the league with 44 goals and ranks second to Haydar with 77 points in 61 games… The Wolves are midway through their eight game homestand, posting a 1-3-0-0 record thus far.
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The Griffins are 11-3-1-0 in its last 15 games, scoring an average of 3.6 goals per game during that stretch… Jamie Tardif has four goals, including a hat trick, and six points in his last four games with Grand Rapids… After a two-game set at Omaha, the Griffins return home for the next three games, where Kip Miller leads the team in scoring with 41 points (13g, 28a) in 33 contests.
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Corey Locke leads Hamilton with five assists and six points in his last four games… In the last five games, the Bulldogs have scored 83 percent (10 of 12) of their goals in the final two periods… Hamilton continues its nine-game road trip this week after going 2-1-0-2 through the first five games.
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The Aeros have lost a season-high seven straight contests and have scored just one goal in each of their last four games… Curtis Murphy became the sixth player in team history to play in 300 games on Saturday at Peoria, while remaining at 199 points in an Aeros sweater… Houston plays six of its next seven games on the road, where netminder Josh Harding, who remains on recall to the Minnesota Wild, has eight of the Aeros’ nine wins.
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Netminder Dan Ellis is 6-2-1 in his last nine starts, posting a 1.88 goals-against average and .926 save percentage… Chris Conner has six goals and eight points in his last eight contests… The Stars embark on a six-game road trip on Wednesday, where they are currently on a seven-game win streak and have outscored their opponents 15-7.
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The Moose just completed a three-game set against the Toronto Marlies, outscoring them 12-3, and winning all three games… Manitoba is 12-1-0-0 in its last 13 contests and has climbed its way atop the North Division, improving its record to 34-17-7-4 in the process… After its next two games at home against Iowa, the Moose play their next three games on the road, where netminder Wade Flaherty is 7-2-2 with a 2.53 goals-against average and .912 save percentage.
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Pekka Rinne has started the last five games for the Admirals, going 3-2-0 and posting a 1.82 goals-against average… In the last five games, Milwaukee has scored five of its 11 goals in the third period… The Ads play three of their next four games at home, where Rich Peverley leads the team with 14 goals and 24 points in 29 games thus far.
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The Ak-Sar-Ben Knights are currently riding a six-game winning streak where they have outscored opponents 17-7… In his last four starts, Curtis McElhinney is 4-0-0 with a 0.50 goals-against average and .982 save percentage… Omaha plays six of its next seven games at home, where Carsen Germyn leads the team with 10 goals and 22 points in 26 games.
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The Rivermen opened up a seven-game road trip with a 5-3 loss at Grand Rapids on Tuesday… In its last five games, Peoria has tallied 17 of its 19 goals in the second (9) and third (8) periods… As the Rivermen play their next six games on the road, netminder Chris Beckford-Tseu is 4-1-1 with a 2.31 goals-against average and .917 save percentage in his last six starts.
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Adam Berkhoel won his first start with the Amerks on Feb. 28, making 26 saves and ending Rochesters’ four-game losing streak… Three of Rochester’s top four leading scorers are currently on recall to the Buffalo Sabres… The Amerks play four of the next six games away from Blue Cross Arena, where they are 1-4-0-0 in their last five contests, having been outscored 24-12 during that span.
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Alex Leavitt has two goals and seven points in his first three games since being acquired by the Rampage on Mar. 1… Donald MacLean is averaging two points per game in his last three contests with three goals and three assists along with a plus-7… The Rampage open up a nine game homestand on Friday, where Yanick Lehoux leads the team with 30 points (12g, 18a) in 27 games.
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Defensemen Derrick Walser (2g, 3a) and Filip Novak (1g, 4a) have combined for 10 points and a plus-6 in the last five games for the Crunch… In the last five games, the Crunch has scored eight of their 19 goals (42.1 percent) on special teams, with five on the power play and three shorthanded tallies… Syracuse plays five of its next eight games at home where netminder Dan LaCosta is unbeaten in regulation, going 2-0-1 with a 1.03 goals-against average and .935 save percentage.
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Defensemen Jaime Sifers and Marc Moro are the only two players to appear in all 61 Marlies’ games thus far in 2006-07… Toronto dropped all three games to their Canadian rival Manitoba Moose this past weekend, having been outscored 12-3… The Marlies kick off a five-game homestand on Saturday, where Erik Westrum leads the team with 11 goals, 16 assists and 27 points in 29 games.