Weekly Notebook: Western Conference

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Rookie Brett Sterling has tallied a goal in eight-consecutive games, matching the Wolves’ all-time record, while leading the league with 33 goals in 32 games…Darren Haydar set and AHL record for most consecutive games with a point on Saturday, registering a goal and an assist for 32-straight games with a point… defenseman Mark Popovic has registered a goal and four assists in his last 10 games since being reassigned by the Atlanta Thrashers on Dec. 1.
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Kip Miller has been chosen as playing captain for the 2007 AHL All-Star Classic, becoming the second Griffin in four seasons chosen to captain the PlanetUSA team…Defenseman Danny Syvret was reassigned by the Edmonton Oilers to the Canadian National Team to play in the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland from Dec. 26-31…Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson has six points (1g, 5a) and a plus-3 rating in his last five games.
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Bulldogs have won four straight games, which were all decided by one goal, propelling them to the top of the North Division with a 21-10-1-1 record and 44 points…Jaroslav Halak is 2-0-1 in his last three outings, posting a 1.58 GAA while continuing to lead the league with a 1.51 GAA and .949 save percentage, including five shutouts…Andrei Kostitsyn leads the Bulldogs with 14 points (5g, 9a) through 12 games in December.
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Mattias Weinhandl has seven points (2g, 5a) in five games for the Aeros, including a goal and two assists in Houston’s 4-3 shootout win at Chicago on Wednesday…The Aeros drew a crowd of 7,877 for their games on Dec. 22, marking the team’s largest crowd for a December game at the Toyota Center…The Aeros have just two home regulation losses against San Antonio in 25 contests, while outscoring the Rampage 69-29 in the last 17 meetings at home.
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After a streak of 1-7-0-0, the Stars have won their last three games, outscoring opponents 13-6…Defenseman Nicklas Grossman has two assists and leads the Stars with a plus-minus rating of plus-5 in his last five games… In the last five tilts, the Stars have scored 56 percent (9 of 16) of their goals in the third period.
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The Moose has secured a point in the standing in each of their last five games, going 2-0-1-2, with four of the five contests going past regulation play… Defenseman Alex Edler leads the Moose with six points (3g, 3a) in his last five games… Brad Moran leads Manitoba with 12 assists and 16 points in the month of December.
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Ramzi Abid has scored in his last six games, registering eight assists and 10 points for the Admirals in that span…Rich Peverley has scored in his last 14 games, and leads the Admirals with 20 points (8g, 12a) in 13 games in the month of December… Karl Goehring recorded his 11th win of the year with a 4-2 win at Peoria on Wednesday, tying him for seventh in the league in victories.
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David Moss made his National Hockey League debut on Dec. 19 and scored the game-winning goal in Calgary’s 5-3 win over Los Angeles, while defenseman Richie Regehr also scored his first NHL goal in the same game… Andrei Taratukhin leads the team with six points (2g, 4a) in his last four games for the Knights… Carsen Germyn has scored in five of his last six games, recording four goals and seven points in that span.
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Peter Sejna has a six-game scoring streak recording five goals and 11 points, including five multiple-point games, in that span… The Rivermen are 1-8-1-2 when they score two goals or less and 15-3-0-0 when scoring three or more goals and are unbeaten in regulation, 11-0-1-0 when allowing two goals or less…Peoria is an amazing 42.3 percent on the power play in the its last five games, scoring 11 times on 26 opportunities.
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Clarke MacArthur has a seven-game scoring streak, registering 10 assists and 13 points in that span for the Amerks…Drew Stafford leads Rochester with seven goals while recording 12 points and a plus-5 rating in December… Rochester has gone 13-for-34 (38.2 percent) on the power play in the last five games.
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San Antonio’s perfect record past regulation was snapped in a 2-1 overtime loss to Chicago on Dec. 23, prior to that the Rampage were 5-0 in games extending beyond 60 minutes…On Dec. 22 the Rampage completed their “12-Days of Giving” initiative, where team, wives and staff provided a charitable act or donation for 12 consecutive days leading up to Christmas Day…Yanick Lehoux leads the Rampage with six points (3g, 3a) and a plus-5 rating in his last five outings with the teams.
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In the last five contests, the Crunch has scored 61.5 percent (8 of 13) of their goals on the power play…Syracuse netminder Tomas Popperle recorded his second shutout of the year by making a season-best 41 saves in a 4-0 win on Tuesday over Toronto, snapping the team’s six-game winless skid…Joe Motzko has a four-game scoring streak and leads the Crunch with three goals and six points in that span.
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Friday’s 5-3 win at Rochester was the team’s fifth road win in December for Toronto, who are unbeaten in regulation (8-0-0-1) on Friday’s when playing on the road…Five Marlies registered multiple points in their win on Friday…Marlies defenseman Jay Harrison and netminder Justin Pogge are currently on loan to the Canadian National Team to compete in the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland from Dec. 26-31.