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Western Conference notebook

by theahl

February 21, 2006September 27, 2016

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Chicago, which is home for five of its next six games, has not won at Allstate Arena since a 7-3 decision over Omaha on Jan. 18. Kevin Doell is 6-for-8 on shootout attempts this season, while the rest of the Wolves are a combined 5-for-30. John Anderson coached his 700th regular-season game with the Wolves on Friday in Philadelphia.

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Cleveland snapped a 13-game winless slide with a 4-2 win in Rochester on Sunday, the Barons’ fifth straight victory over the Americans. Ryane Clowe had a goal and an assist in Sunday’s win, giving him 24 points in 24 games in a Cleveland uniform this season. Dimitri Patzold made 20 saves for his first road win since Dec. 2.

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Donald MacLean’s current 19-game scoring streak (21g, 11a) is the longest in the AHL this season. Grand Rapids is on the road for four games in five nights this week, visiting Rochester, Philadelphia, Syracuse and Hershey. In Thursday’s 9-2 rout of Cleveland, Tomas Kopecky scored three goals and Jiri Hudler tallied five assists, both tying club records.

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Jean-Francois Jacques registered his second hat trick of the season in Wednesday’s 5-3 win over Toronto. Duncan Milroy has recorded nine points in his last eight games. The Bulldogs play seven road games in nine nights beginning with Friday’s game in Syracuse.

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Kirby Law recorded eight points in four games last week, including the 400th point of his AHL career. Erik Westrum continues to lead the AHL in scoring with 79 points, one better than Law’s 78. Patrick O’Sullivan leads all AHL rookies with 31 goals and 61 points on the season.

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Despite outshooting Houston twice, Iowa dropped both ends of a two-game weekend series with the Aeros at Wells Fargo Arena. The Stars’ 48 shots in Saturday afternoon’s loss was a team high for the year. David Oliver has tallied a point in six straight games (5g, 2a), tying his own longest streak of the year.

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Manitoba is 2-1-0-0 so far during a five-game stretch against elite AHL opponents Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; the Penguins visit the MTS Centre for two games this weekend. Lee Goren scored the tying goal in regulation and the winning goal in the shootout as the Moose beat the Griffins on Saturday night, their second win of the week at Van Andel Arena. Jason King had three goals and one assist in three games last week, giving him 14 points in 16 games since rejoining Manitoba on Jan. 8.

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Chris Durno scored three goals, assisted on another and was a plus-6 in Milwaukee’s 7-4 win over Manitoba on Friday night. The Admirals’ 4-3 shootout loss in Peoria on Sunday marked their only road game in a 10-game stretch through Mar. 3. Scottie Upshall has just four points in his last six games, but has still amassed 17 goals and 16 assists in 20 games for Milwaukee this season.

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Rookie David Moss has picked up points in six of his last seven games, including four goals and an assist in three contests last week. All-Star defenseman Richie Regehr has a point in all four games since returning from recall to the parent Calgary Flames. Omaha had five-game winning streaks overall and on the road snapped in a 3-2 loss in Hamilton on Sunday.

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Peoria won three games in three days over the weekend – one in regulation, one in overtime and one in a shootout. Chris Beckford-Tseu made 31 saves in Saturday’s win at Milwaukee for his second career AHL victory. Mike Glumac’s overtime goal on Saturday was his seventh game-winning score of the season.

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Rochester, which has made the Calder Cup Playoffs 16 years running, is currently six points behind Toronto for the fourth and final playoff spot in the North Division. Jiri Novotny had his seven-game scoring streak halted in Sunday’s loss to Cleveland. Scott Metcalfe, a member of the Amerks’ 1996 Calder Cup championship team, was inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame on Sunday.

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San Antonio is 1-5-0-2 so far on a 10-game road trip that winds up in Peoria and Milwaukee this week. The Rampage are winless (0-5-0-1) in six attempts against the Rivermen heading into Tuesday’s matchup. Tuesday’s game will air live on XM Satellite Radio and XM Canada on Home Ice Channel 204.

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Mark Hartigan has scored a goal in seven straight games, tying the franchise record set by Alek Stojanov in 1994. Hartigan, Andy Delmore and Peter Sarno each recorded five points in Wednesday’s 9-4 win over Binghamton in Utica, N.Y. The Crunch have outscored their opponents 31-10 during their seven-game winning streak.

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Defenseman Brendan Bell tallied a goal and two assists to help the Marlies to a 4-3 win over Rochester on Saturday night. Todd Ford, a third-round draft choice by the Maple Leafs in 2002, made 29 saves in his AHL debut on Wednesday at Hamilton. Marlies leading scorer John Pohl is dating Krissy Wendell, who captained the United States women’s team to a bronze medal at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin.