Weekly Notebook: Eastern Conference

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Captain Keith Aucoin has recorded points in nine of his last 10 games (6g, 12a), including six multiple-point efforts in that stretch… Albany snapped a five-game home losing streak with a 4-1 win over Philadelphia on Nov. 18… The River Rats Booster Club accepted items from the Ronald McDonald House wish list, including grocery store and restaurant gift certificates and phone cards, to distribute to needy Capital Region families during their Nov. 18 game.
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Kelly Guard returned to Binghamton after spending four games as Martin Gerber’s back-up in Ottawa and collected 42 saves in a 4-0 shutout of Albany on Nov. 15… Rookie Andrew Ebbett continues to pace the Senators with 17 points on the season… Binghamton will host Hershey in their annual Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday evening.
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Bridgeport has earned 15 of a possible 22 points on the road this season, going 7-3-0-1 away from the Arena at Harbor Yard… Billy Thompson stopped 39 of 40 Worcester shots on Friday and kicked away 41 of 44 Hershey shots on Saturday to earn his first two wins of the season… Sergei Ogorodnikov has scored on four of his five shootout attempts already this year.
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After losing six of their first seven games, Hartford is 4-4-1-0 in its last nine… Jarkko Immonen, a 30-goal scorer for the Wolf Pack a year ago, scored his first goal of 2006-07 in Friday’s 3-1 loss at San Antonio… Daniel Girardi has notched seven assists in his last seven games.
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Hershey began the season playing 10 of its first 15 games on the road, and went 8-1-0-1 away from the Giant Center in that time… Eric Fehr has collected a point in 13 straight games, seven shy of Wes Jarvis’s franchise record of 20 games set in 1981-82… Alexandre Giroux is tied for the Bears’ team lead with nine goals this season.
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Lowell has taken at least one point in nine of its last 10 games (7-1-1-1), including six in a row (5-0-0-1)… Rookie Jordan Parise has won his last four appearances, stopping 123 of 129 shots (.953) in those games… Nicklas Bergfors has tallied a point in four straight games, including three consecutive multiple-point efforts from Nov. 12-18.
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Noah Clarke returned from the Los Angeles Kings just before Friday night’s game against Lowell, and went on to tally four goals and an assist in three weekend contests for the Monarchs… Clarke trails Mike Cammalleri (71) by one on Manchester’s all-time goals list… Jason LaBarbera is 2-1-1 with a 1.48 GAA and .963 save percentage in his last four starts.
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While Norfolk’s nine straight home wins are a new franchise record, the Admirals have actually won 13 in a row at Scope (regular season), dating back to last year… Martin St. Pierre has registered an assist in 10 consecutive games… Brandon Bochenski tied an Admirals team record with four assists in Saturday’s 5-4 win over Binghamton.
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Philadelphia (1) and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4) combined for five shots on goal in the third period of Friday’s 3-2 Phantoms loss, tying Philly club records for fewest shots and fewest combined shots in a period… Jussi Timonen made his NHL debut for the Flyers on Monday night vs. Pittsburgh… Riley Cote, Scott Munroe and Pete Zingoni will be assisting volunteers in preparing Thanksgiving dinners for local people at nutritional risk due to life-threatening illness.
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Defenseman Aaron Rome recorded a point on each of Portland’s five goals (1g, 4a) over the last two games… Michael Leighton is a perfect 9-for-9 on shootout attempts this season… Zenon Konopka leads the Pirates in scoring with 21 points in 17 games.
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Rookie David Krejci has recorded five points and a plus-7 rating in his last two games… Philippe Sauve made his Bruins debut on Friday and made 29 saves in a 2-1 loss to Portland… Providence is 6-0-0-0 against teams from the East Division this season, including victories over Norfolk, Hershey and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
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Karri Ramo made 37 saves and assisted on the game-tying goal in Springfield’s 3-2 shootout win over Hershey on Nov. 15… Stanislav Lascek scored his first career AHL goal on Friday against Toronto… Blair Jones, the Falcons’ leading rookie scorer with 12 points, made his NHL debut with Tampa Bay on Monday night in Buffalo.
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton earned the franchise’s 250th regular-season game on Nov. 15 at Bridgeport… Erik Christensen has 70 points in 64 AHL games over the last two seasons, including 12 goals and 12 assists in 2006-07… Rob Schremp had a goal and an assist in the Penguins’ 3-2 win over Philadelphia on Friday night.
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Joe Pavelski is tied for third in the AHL in scoring, and first among rookies, with 26 points in 16 games… Mathieu Darche’s 16 goals are tops in the league, and he is already on the verge of his fifth straight 20-goal season in the AHL… In his seventh pro season, defenseman Mathieu Biron has already set career highs with 13 assists and 16 points this season.