Weekly Notebook: Eastern Conference

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River Rats defenseman Johnny Boychuk has four goals, including a hat trick, and five points in his last five games…Tyler Weiman is 2-0-0 with a 2.94 GAA in the River Rats last two games, in his first appearances since Nov. 26…Albany is 5-1-1-0 in its last seven games at home where they have scored an average of 3.7 goals per game.
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Cory Pecker has a five-game scoring streak for the B-Sens, registering five goals and eight points in that span…In the last five games, Binghamton has scored 50 percent (10 of 20) of its goals on the power play…Andy Hedlund leads the B-Sens defense with six points (2g, 4a) in the last five contests.
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Center Frans Nielsen has a six-game scoring streak, including four-straight games with a goal, and leads the Sound Tigers with eight points (4g, 4a) in that span…Bridgeport continues to lead the league on the penalty kill at 89.7 percent, allowing only 19 goals on 185 attempts…The Sound Tigers are in the midst of playing six games in 10 days, going 1-2-0-0 thus far.
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The Wolf Pack have not won or lost back-to-back games in their last nine contests, dating back to Dec. 2-8…Al Montoya has won ,his last two starts, posting a shutout and a 0.50 GAA while stopping 49 of 50 shots…Rookie Dane Byers is tied for the team lead with eight points (4g, 4a) and a plus-4 rating in the month of December.
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The Bears won their 20th game of the season on Dec. 23, exactly one year to the day the team won its 20th game in 2005-06…Hershey brings a 16-game winning streak over Albany heading into Friday’s game…Trevor Byrne has four assists and five points and leads the Bears with a plus-8 rating in the last five games.
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Justin Papineau scored a pair of goals on Dec. 20 moving him into a tie with Chris Minard for the team lead with 12 goals… Frank Doyle stopped all five shooters in the Devils’ 2-1 win at Worcester on Dec. 23 while improving his shootout percentage to .692…Lowell begins a four-game road trip playing Norfolk twice and Philadelphia, who they have yet to play this year, twice.
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Monarchs just completed a four-game road trip, going 2-1-1-0 while moving a top the Atlantic Division with a record of 16-10-6-1 record and 39 points…Patrick O’Sullivan leads Manchester with six points (3g, 3a) in his last five games…Jason LaBarbera has a 7-3-2 record with a 2.37 GAA and .925 save percentage in the month of December.
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The Admirals have won six of their last seven games, scoring an average of 4.86 goals-per game in that span…Brandon Bochenski (3g, 6a) and Martin St. Pierre (4g, 3a) have combined for 15 points and a plus-8 rating in the last five contests for Norfolk…Corey Crawford has won his last five starts for Norfolk, posting a 2.20 GAA and a .933 save percentage.
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Captain John Slaney returned to the lineup in Friday’s 4-2 win at home over Binghamton after being sidelined for two months due to injury…Mark Cullen is the Phantoms leading scorer with 23 points (7g, 16a), which is the lowest leading scorer of any team in the league…Fifteen players on the Philadelphia Flyers active roster on Dec. 23 against Ottawa played for the Phantoms within the last year and a half.
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The Pirates loss to Springfield on Dec. 23 ended a streak of five-consecutive games in which Portland has earned a point in the standings, going 3-0-1-1…Twelve different Pirates have tallied a game-winning goal in 2006-07… Portland owns the best record at home in the Atlantic Division at 11-5-0-1.
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The P-Bruins are in the midst of an eight-game road trip, going 1-3-0-0 thus far…Kris Versteeg leads the Bruins with seven goals and has 11 points in 12 games on the road this season … On the road this season, Providence has scored 34.1 percent (14 of 41) of its goals on the power play.
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Eric Healey leads the Falcons with nine points (4g, 5a) in his last five games… In the last five games, the Falcons have scored over 50 percent (7 of 13) of their goals in the third period… Daniel Corso has registered eight assists in his last five games, scoring at least one point in four of the five tilts.
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Jonathan Filewich tallied two short-handed goals in a 4-1 win over Norfolk on Dec. 23, it marked the first time a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton player scored two short-handed goals in the same game…Ryan Lannon has 11 points, all assists, in 30 games thus far, eclipsing his total of 10 points (2g, 8a) in 74 games last season… After a stretch of nine-straight games earning at least one point and going 7-0-1-1, the Baby-Pens have lost two consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 11-12.
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Nolan Schaefer is 0-2-1 in his last three starts, despite a 1.98 GAA and .919 save percentage…Mathieu Darche scored a hat trick and five points in the Sharks’ 6-4 win at home over Manchester on Dec. 22, becoming the first player to record a hat trick and five points in one game in Worcester Sharks history…in the last five games, Worcester has scored 50 percent (7 of 14) of its goals on the man advantage.