Chirps from Center Ice

We are at the All-Star Break here at Week 19. The Manchester Monarchs and Abbotsford Heat are the Conference leaders at the break with the Monarchs class of the AHL.

Naturally, both are in the top three this week with the East Division leading Binghamton Senators in second. The B-Sens lead the toughest division in all the AHL, the East Division.

Biggest riser this week is the Heat, up 15 spots. The biggest fall belongs to the all of a sudden cold Charlotte Checkers, down 15 after being swept by the Heat and Oklahoma City Barons this week.

If you didn’t click through direct, hop through the jump to see the rest of the field:

Rank	Team	Last Week	Comment	This Week
1		2nd (+1)	Monarchs reign over the AHL at the All-Star break.	Host WOR Fri., @ HFD Sat., Host STJ Sun.
2		1st (-1)	B-Sens once healthy 5 point lead now trimmed to 1 over Wilkes-Barre, with just 3 of 6.	Host WBS Fri., WOR Sat.
3		18th (+15)	Five game losing streak extinguished with a loss Sunday to the Stars. Heat are still the West’s best at the All-Star break.	@ CHA Fri. & Sun.
4		16th (+12)	Falcons keeping the Monarchs honest with 4 of 6 this weekend.	Host HFD Fri., BRI Sat., WOR Sun.
5		6th (+1)	Bears draw even with the Admirals in points and have won 11 straight at home.	@ ALB Fri., Home and home with WBS Sat. & Sun.
6		4th (-2)	News this week was Eddie Pasquale is done for the year with hip surgery. IceCaps still win 2 of 3.	@ PRO Fri., MCH Sun.
7		No change.	Stars respond to a two game losing streak with a throttling against Abbotsford Sunday.	@ HAM Sat., RCH Sun.
8		9th (+1)	Marlies pulling away from the rest of the North Division.	Host UTI Sun.
9		11th (+2)	Pigs back in the mix with three wins this week, four overall. They scored 5 or more goals this weekend.	Host CHI Fri., @ IA Sat. & Sun.
10		13th (+3)	Wolves take points in all their games this week and sit 5 points out behind the Griffins for the division lead.	@ RFD Fri., Host MIL Sat. & Sun.
11		17th (+6)	A point back of the division leading B-Sens now for the Penguins. Friday is for first place in the division.	@ BNG Fri., then Home & home with HER Sat. & Sun.
12		5th (-7)	Amerks win Friday at home vs. Hershey then lose the next night against the faltering Griffins.	Home & home with UTI Fri. & Sat., Host TEX Sun.
13		3rd (-10)	Bad weekend for the Admirals who steal a victory Friday then get obliterated Saturday against Hartford.	Host SYR Fri. & Sat.
14		20th (+6)	A successful Midwest Division road trip for the Comets, registering 5 of 6 points.	Home & home with RCH Fri. & Sat., @ TOR Sun.
15		No change.	Sound Tigers played their 1,000th game Saturday and won 4 of 6 points this weekend.	@ SPR Sat., Host ALB Sun.
16		12th (-4)	Griffins falter agin this week and now the Wolves are in the picture for the division lead.	Host SA Fri. & Sat.
17		26th (+9)	Bruins take down Conference leading Manchester and Springfield this weekend. Sixth in the conference.	Host STJ Fri., HFD Sun.
18		25th (+7)	Barons have won 5 straight and with that 4 points out of the last playoff spot.	Host LE Fri. & Sat.
19		22nd (+3)	Dogs manage to end five game losing streak with a nice 9 goal aggregate for a two game win streak.	Host TEX Sat.
20		10th (-10)	Wild have their 10 game point streak snapped by the IceHogs Saturday, but are still 9th in the Western Conference.	@ MIL Fri., Host RFD Sat. & Sun.
21		14th (-7)	Sharks split with the IceCaps on The Rock. Tough weekend ahead for the Sharks. Could be make or break for playoff discussion.	@ MCH Fri., BNG Sat., SPR Sun.
22		21st (-1)	Rampage rock Cleveland with a sweep over the Monsters. Now head to Grand Rapids against a vulnerable Griffins team.	@ GR Fri. & Sat.
23		8th (-15)	Checkers swept by the Heat and Barons this week. All of a sudden cold again in the Queen City.	Host ABB Fri. & Sun.
24		23rd (-1)	By rights, the ‘Pack should have won that game Friday in Norfolk, a 1-0 loss. The only blemish on what could have been a perfect week.	@ SPR Fri., Host MCH Sat., @ PRO Sun.
25		19th (-6)	All or nothing weekend for the Albany Devils, who either shutout or were shutout by opponents. Now on the outside looking in at playoffs.	Host HER Fri., ADK Sat., @ BRI Sun.
26		29th (+3)	Crunch show some signs of life, taking down Rochester and battling to an OTL vs. Springfield. Steps in the right direction?	@ NOR Fri. & Sat.
27		No change.	Shutout loss to the Comets and a shootout loss to the Wolves this week.	Host IA Fri., @ CHI Sat. & Sun.
28		No change.	Monsters not able to build on a 4-0 shutout win against Grand Rapids Wednesday. Swept by the Rampage this weekend.	@ OKC Fri. & Sat.
29		30th (+1)	Best news for the Pirates this week may have been they aren’t relocating at the end of the season.	Home & home with ADK Fri. & Sun.
30		24th (-6)	Phantoms lose three in a row this week. That fork to be stuck in the Phantoms chances for playoffs is on the table.	Host POR Fri., @ ALB Sat., POR Sun.

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