AHL Playoffs

It is a simple statement and I think a true statement. In the NBA and NHL if you don't make the playoffs you had a disappointing season. You can carry that over to the AHL as well since 16 teams make the post season just like the other 2 leagues mentioned

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Mathematically eliminated from the playoffs last weekend the Albany Devils had to wonder what kind of effort they would get from all their players Friday night at the Times Union Center. That question was answered with a solid 3-2 win over the Connecticut Whale

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On Military Appreciation Day, the Albany Devils left all their scoring ammo in the locker room and were blanked by the Bighamton Senators 5-0 in front of just under 5,000 fans Saturday night. The loss left the Devils on the verge of being eliminated from playoff hopes

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With each passing day the playoffs becomes more a dream then a reality for the Albany Devils. A devastating 5-3 loss in Binghamton Friday night adds to their latest misery.

With Jeff Frazee in the net the Devils fell behind 2-0 early in the 2nd period

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Friday night in downtown Albany the Albany Devils faced  an opponent who was also desperate for points in the eastern conference, but for far different reasons.

The Bruins are battling for top spot in the conference and home ice throughout the upcoming Calder Cup playoffs

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Despite the few slumps they have endured this season including a just recently finished 6 game disaster the Albany Devils continue to hang around and their 3-1 victory on the road Tuesday night in Springfield might account for their biggest win of the season so far

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In the AHL you play your eastern conference foes like 20x a season so it seems. rare is the matc hup against the western conference. Such rarity came to Albany Saturday night and beat the Devils in a huge game 5-4 in a shoot out

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6 proved to be enough. Too much in fact. So desperate were the Devils for a win vs Hershey Friday night that captain Jay Leach called the game a "must win" and win the Devils did, beating back Hershey 5-3 a the Times Union Center

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A precious 2 points slipped through the hockey gloves of the Albany Devils Saturday night in Syracuse. Stymied by the net minding of Crunch Goaltender Riku Helenius the Crunch defeated the Devils 3-1

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Demoted by the NY Islanders 2 weeks ago to the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers 70 million dollar goaltender came to Albany Friday night and stopped the Devils streak of getting points in games at 5 with a 4-2 win

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Continuing to make a strong 2nd half push to a playoff spot the Albany Devils notched another pair of points on Sunday by defeating their top rival, the Adirondack Phantoms 3-2 and come out of a 3 games in 3 days weekend with 5 points out of a max of 6

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With goaltender Keith Kinkaid called up to the parent NJ Devils the workload for Albany in net has fallen to Jeff Frazee and he has responded in a big way. His 37 saves led the Devils to a 3-1 win In Syracuse Friday night

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