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AHL Weekend Wrap-Up
Did your team win this weekend?
October 18-20
Friday's
Games
Saturday's Games
Sunday's Games
AHL Standings
| Friday’s Games |
10.18.02
Rampage earn first win
Dave Morriset and Juraj Kolnik, teammates in Bridgeport last season, scored
34 seconds apart late in the third period to lift San Antonio to the first
win in franchise history, a 5-4 victory in Utah on Friday night.
Rookie defenseman Filip Novak scored the first two goals of his pro career for the Rampage. Novak was acquired by the Florida organization in the deal that sent Pavel Bure to the N.Y. Rangers.
Utah took a 3-2 lead into the third period but couldn't hold on. Jon Sim (1g, 3a) and Jim Montgomery (4a) each recorded four points for the Grizzlies.
Chris Mason turned aside 30 shots to earn the win in net for San Antonio.
Elsewhere on Friday...
•Levente Szuper turned aside 28 saves as Saint John earned its first win of the season, 4-2 over Manitoba...
•Mark Greig scored twice and Andre Savage recorded four assists in Philadelphia's 5-4 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
•Jean-Marc Pelletier finished with 39 saves to lead Lowell past Worcester, 3-2...
•Marty Wilford scored 42 seconds into overtime to give Norfolk a 3-2 win over Hershey...
•Brad Smyth had two goals and an assist and Jason Spezza netted his third goal of the year in Binghamton's 4-2 win over Rochester...
•Andrew Hutchinson's goal with 7:44 remaining gave Milwaukee a 3-3 tie with Cleveland...
•Trent Hunter scored twice and Rick DiPietro stopped 25 shots as Bridgeport earned its first win of 2002-03, 3-1 over Hartford...
•Kyle Wanvig's first goal since Dec. 22, 2001, was the game-winner in Houston's 4-2 victory over Grand Rapids...
•Jason York scored twice to help Cincinnati past Chicago, 4-3...
•Andrew Raycroft made 29 saves for Providence in a 2-1 win over Springfield...
•Jani Rita scored twice for Hamilton as the Bulldogs defeated Syracuse, 3-1...
•Joe Corvo scored with 37 seconds left in regulation to give Manchester a 3-3 tie with Portland
| Saturday’s Games |
10.19.02
Aeros have the Reitz stuff
Houston's Erik Reitz picked a fine time to tally his first professional goal.
The 20-year-old rookie scored 2:21 into overtime on Saturday night, capping the Aeros' come-from-behind effort for a 5-4 win in Cincinnati.
At 4-0-0-0, Houston is the only team left in the Western Conference with a perfect record in 2002-03.
It was the second time in as many nights that the Aeros came back from a two-goal deificit to win.
Zbynek Michalek began the comeback with his own first pro goal. The 19-year-old defenseman scored with 16 seconds left in the second period to pull Houston to within 4-3.
Three-time AHL All-Star Jean-Guy Trudel, who finished the night with a goal and three assists, tied the score with 7:53 to play in the third.
Tony Virta and Kyle Wanvig also scored for the Aeros.
Elsewhere on Saturday:
•A crowd of 10,789 helped open the Giant Center in Hershey, and Philippe Sauve made 32 saves and fell 44 seconds short of a shutout, as the Bears defeated Rochester, 4-1...
•Oleg Saprykin recorded a goal and three assists as Saint John doubled up Manitoba for the second straight night, 4-2...
•Brad DeFauw and Jeff Daw scored in the final 2:54 of regulation to lift Lowell to a 3-3 tie with Providence...
•Rookie John Pohl scored his third goal in as many games with 3:49 left in the game, giving Worcester a 3-2 win over Portland...
•Former Falcon Trent Hunter scored a goal and set up another as Bridgeport got past Springfield, 5-3...
•Sebastien Caron made 28 saves to help Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to a 4-1 win over Philadelphia...
•Brett McLean scored twice to cap a three-goal third-period rally and give Norfolk a 4-3 win over Albany...
•Manchester scored three power play goals to spoil Hartford's home opener, 3-2...
•Chris Bala had a goal and an assist as Binghamton beat Syracuse, 4-3...
•Jason Ward set up all three of Benoit Gratton's goals, lifting Hamilton over Cleveland, 6-3...
•Chicago scored three power play goals, including J.P. Vigier's tally with 43 seconds left, as the Wolves tied Grand Rapids, 3-3...
•Marc-Andre Thinel and Eric Landry broke a tie with third-period goals to give Utah its first win of the year, 5-3 over San Antonio.
| Sunday’s Games |
10.20.02
River Rats end streak in style
It had been nine months since Albany last tasted a road victory. On Sunday
in Chocolatetown, it was extra sweet.
Mike Rupp scored twice, including once in the River Rats' five-goal third period, as Albany cruised to an 8-3 win over the Hershey Bears at the Giant Center on Sunday evening.
The victory snapped a 23-game road winless streak for the Rats (0-14-5-4), dating back to Jan. 19 at Hartford.
After a scoreless first period, Albany erased three one-goal deficits in the second, and then poured it on with Scott Cameron, Craig Darby, Rupp, Max Birbraer and Mikko Jokela all lighting the lamp in the third.
Ari Ahonen made 31 saves to earn his own first road win since Dec. 1, 2001, also at Hartford.
The River Rats' outburst spoiled the professional debut of Hershey goaltender Peter Budaj, who was Colorado's second-round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
Elsewhere on Sunday:
•Mark Mowers and Sean Avery had a goal and an assist apiece as Grand Rapids earned its first win of the season against previously unbeaten Hamilton, 3-1...
•A penalty shot goal by Dmitry Afanasenkov was the difference as Springfield beat Providence, 2-1, to give Marty McSorley his first victory as a head coach...
•Graham Mink and Dwayne Zinger scored third-period goals and Sebastien Charpentier stopped 40 shots as Portland skated to a 2-2 tie with Manitoba...
•Houston maintained the AHL's only perfect record (5-0-0-0) with a 4-3 win in Cincinnati, with Jean-Guy Trudel scoring the game-winner with 3:35 left in regulation.
AHL Standings Through Games of 10/20/2002
AHL STANDINGS
|
Team/Div
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
OTL
|
PTS
|
PCT
|
|
EAST
|
|||||||
| Binghamton |
4
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.750 |
| Albany |
5
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
.500 |
| Bridgeport |
5
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
.500 |
| Hartford |
4
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.500 |
| Springfield |
5
|
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.200 |
|
NORTH
|
|||||||
| Providence |
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
.700
|
| Manchester |
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
.625
|
| Lowell |
5
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
.500
|
| Portland |
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
.400
|
| Worcester |
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.250
|
|
CANADIAN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Manitoba |
6
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
.583
|
| Hamilton |
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
.750
|
| Saint John |
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
.500
|
| St. John's |
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
.500
|
|
WEST
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houston |
5
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
1.000
|
| Milwaukee |
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
.750
|
| Chicago |
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
.500
|
| San Antonio |
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.333
|
| Utah |
4
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.250
|
|
CENTRAL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cleveland |
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
.500
|
| Grand Rapids |
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
.375
|
| Cincinnati |
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
.375
|
| Rochester |
5
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
.200
|
| Syracuse |
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
SOUTH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Norfolk |
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
.900
|
| Wilkes-Barre |
5
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
.600
|
| Hershey |
4
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
.625
|
| Philadelphia |
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
.667
|
Note: Teams receive two points for each regulation or overtime victory, one point for each game tied at the end of regulation.
