Western Conference notebook

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Center Jason Krog leads the AHL in assists (45) and points (67), and he is currently riding a four-game scoring streak (2-5-7)… Winger Darren Haydar registered his ninth multiple point game of the season with two assists in Chicago’s 4-2 win over Rockford on Feb. 2… Defenseman Grant Lewis notched his first AHL goal in that game, scoring it shorthanded… Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec’s 16 wins (16-8-0) rank second among AHL rookie netminders, behind only Providence’s Tuukka Rask, who has 18 victories.
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Goaltender Adam Berkhoel made 29 saves in the Griffins’ 3-2 win at Iowa on Feb. 2… The victory was Berkhoel’s first since Oct. 27, snapping a personal 0-6-3 drought… Berkhoel is 1-0-1 with a 1.45 GAA and .945 save percentage over his last two outings… Fellow goaltender Jimmy Howard, a 2008 AHL All-Star, has dropped four consecutive decisions… Newcomers Darrell Hay and Tyler Redenbach each tallied an assist for their first points as Griffins in the win over the Stars on Feb. 2.
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Hamilton has won three straight games despite scoring just two goals in each contest… The Bulldogs have posted a pair of 2-1 wins, and blanked Manitoba behind goaltender Carey Price on Feb. 2… On Feb. 2 at Manitoba, Corey Locke became Hamilton’s all-time leading goal-scorer with his 72nd career marker, passing Brian Swanson… Locke is already the ‘Dogs’ all-time leader in points and is currently tied for the franchise lead in assists (123)… Goaltender Jaroslav Halak returned from parent-club Montreal and made 31 saves in a 2-1 overtime win over Lake Erie on Wednesday, Halak’s first appearance for Hamilton since Jan. 5.
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Houston has won three straight games since suffering a season-high five-game winless skid (0-3-1-1)… The Aeros have taken the first two contests of a six-game road swing, which continues on Friday in Rockford… Houston had been 2-for-31 on the power play over its last six games prior to going 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s 3-2 shootout win over Quad City… Marco Rosa became the 11th different Aeros skater to net a game-winning goal on Sunday against the Flames… Steve Kelly leads Houston in that category with six, which is tied with several others for the league lead.
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Toby Petersen continues to lead the Stars in all offensive categories – goals (17), assists (25), and points (42) – through 50 games this season… He has scored the game’s first marker five times, also a team high… Chris Conner, who has played 22 NHL games for Dallas this season, has notched a point in five of his last six contests (2-3-5) for Iowa… The Stars host Chicago on Friday for the third time this season, having dropped each of the teams’ first two meetings at Wells Fargo Arena… On Saturday, Iowa welcomes Peoria, which is 13-4-1-1 since losing to the Stars at Carver Arena on Dec. 30.
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Rookie David Jones netted three goals over a two-game set with San Antonio last weekend to run his point-scoring streak to 10 games (7-7-14)… The streak ended in Lake Erie’s 2-1 overtime loss at Hamilton on Sunday… Jones has taken over the Lake Erie team lead in points with 29 (14-15-29) on the season… 12 of Jones’ 15 assists have come on the power play… The Monsters have recorded at least a standings point in eight straight games (4-0-3-1) entering a two-game home set with Grand Rapids this weekend.
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With its 4-1 win at Peoria on Tuesday, Manitoba snapped an eight-game winless skid (0-7-0-1) against West Division opponents… The Moose had last beaten a team from the West back on Dec. 4, when they took a 4-3 win at Iowa… Manitoba will look for more of the same in upcoming action, as the Moose visit Rockford on Thursday, Milwaukee on Friday, and Chicago on Sunday before hosting Iowa on back-to-back days next week… Alexandre Bolduc has a point in five of his last six outings (3-4-7), including a goal and an assist against the Rivermen on Tuesday.
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The Admirals are in the midst of a week that has them playing five games, including a just-completed two-game visit to New England, where they dropped games to both Manchester and Providence… Cal O’Reilly, the reigning Rbk/AHL player of the week, has extended his scoring streak to eight games (2-13-15) entering the weekend, including at least one assist in all eight of the games… Andreas Thuresson currently boasts a four-game scoring streak (2-3-5), while Mike Santorelli has a three-game run (1-2-3)… 2008 AHL All-Star goaltender Pekka Rinne has played 11 straight games, posting a record of 6-4-1 over that span.
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Peoria is winless in three straight games (0-2-0-1) for just the second time since mid-November… Captain Aaron MacKenzie skated in his 300th career AHL game on Feb. 1 in a 2-1 loss to Rockford… The seven goals allowed by Peoria in a 7-3 loss to Milwaukee on Feb. 2 matched a season high, as the team also gave up seven tallies at Chicago on Dec. 19, a 7-4 defeat… The Rivermen’s 4-1 loss to Manitoba on Tuesday ended a 12-game winning streak against the North Division… Peoria is 12-1-0-0 in its last 13 road games entering a stretch of three road games in three nights this weekend, all within the West Division.
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Grant Stevenson has extended his scoring streak to 14 games (13-11-24), just one shy of the AHL season high… Stevenson is the only member of the Flames currently with a scoring streak of any length… Carsen Germyn has a point in four of his last five contests (2-3-5)… Quad City had scored a power play goal in nine consecutive games prior to going 0-for-6 in a 3-1 loss at Houston on Feb. 2… Beginning with Wednesday’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Aeros, Quad City plays eight of 10 games at the I Wireless Center.
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Rochester’s 3-0 blanking of Toronto on Saturday ended a nine-game winless skid (0-5-2-2) and marked the Amerks’ first victory over an opponent other than Hamilton since posting a 3-1 win at Manchester on Nov. 30… The victory was also the Amerks’ first in seven tries against the Marlies this season (1-5-1-0)… 2008 AHL All-Star Mark Mancari tallied four points (2-2-4) in last weekend’s two-game set against Toronto… Mancari has a team-high 25 assists and 40 points in 50 games this season.
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Rockford, which has dropped two straight games, has not suffered a three-game winless skid since Oct. 26 – Nov. 2 (0-2-0-1) and hasn’t lost three straight in regulation all season… The IceHogs host Manitoba on Thursday, against whom they are 2-1-0-0 on the campaign… Rockford went 10-0-1-4 in its previous 15 road games before dropping a 4-2 decision at Chicago on Feb. 2… The IceHogs’ last regulation road loss also came to the Wolves, by an 8-3 final on Nov. 24… Petri Kontiola has a point in four of his last five contests (1-5-6).
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San Antonio has garnered 13 of a possible 16 points (6-1-1-0) thus far on its 14-game road swing… The Rampage conclude a stretch of six straight games against North Division opponents with visits to Hamilton and Rochester this Friday and Saturday, respectively… San Antonio is 14-3-3-4 this season in one-goal games… Travis Roche currently has a four-game scoring streak (1-3-4)… David Spina has a goal in consecutive games for the third time this season… Goaltender Josh Tordjman boasts a four-game winning streak, two shy of his season high.
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New acquisition Mark Rycroft earned his first point in a Crunch uniform with an assist in a 3-1 win over Rochester on Wednesday… Rycroft’s father, Al, posted 56 points (25-31-56) in 75 games for the AHL’s former Syracuse Eagles during the 1974-75 season… After going to overtime in just three of their first 44 contests, the Crunch have needed at least the extra session in three of their last eight games… Derek Dorsett snapped an 18-game point-scoring drought with a goal on Feb. 1 at Albany.
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Jeremy Williams’ overtime game-winner on Feb. 1 gave him a goal in three straight games… Williams has tallied the game-winning goal in three of the Marlies’ past six victories, and he has a team-high five decisive goals on the season… Goaltender Justin Pogge’s four-game winning streak, which matched a season and career high, ended in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to San Antonio… Toronto has gone six straight games without scoring more than two goals… The Marlies have the AHL’s best penalty-killing unit at 87.0% for the season.