SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

The Norfolk Admirals couldn’t make a late lead stick Sunday, giving up three third-period goals in losing 4-2 to Springfield.

The Falcons went up 1-0 on a first-period power-play goal by Matt Calvert. With one Admiral in the penalty box and another about to join him on a delayed penalty, Springfield pulled goalie Paul Dainton to get a six-on-four advantage.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Trevor Smith tied a career-high with four points, collecting two goals and two assists in the Norfolk Admirals’ 6-1 victory over Springfield on Saturday night at the MassMutual Center.

Evan Oberg had a goal and two assists and Dustin Tokarski made 32 saves for his 19th victory in goal for the Admirals (27-17-1-2).

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. T.J. Hensick of the Peoria Rivermen and Matt Fraser of the Texas Stars scored in a shootout Monday night to lead the Western Conference to an 8-7 victory over the East in the AHL All-Star game.

By Jim Hodges NORFOLK Cory Conacher, Mark Barberio and Trevor Smith are in Atlantic City, N.J., for some hockey fun. Joe Gregory, the Admirals' general manager, is there on a shopping trip. Conacher, Barberio and Smith are there to play for the Eastern Conference in tonight's AHL All-Star Game.

NORFOKL The Hershey Bears scored one goal in each period Saturday night, just enough to turn back the Norfolk Admirals 3-2 before a sellout crowd of 8,699 at Scope.

By Jim Hodges NORFOLK Nothing new here: Admirals down two goals in the opening period. But they have done that a lot lately, only to rally to win. Tuesday was different.

HARTFORD, CONN. Richard Panik's goal in the 10th round of a shootout Saturday night lifted the Norfolk Admirals to a 5-4 victory over the Connecticut Whale. Mike Koska also scored in the shootout for Norfolk. The Whale opened the shootout with Erik Christensen's goal, then was shut out in the following nine rounds.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Syracuse Crunch scored six goals in the first two periods and cruised to a 6-3 win over the Norfolk Admirals on Friday night. Norfolk tallied all its goals in the third period. Captain Mike Angelidis scored twice and Richard Panik scored once.

ALBANY, N.Y. Mike Angelidis' goal late in the second period completed a comeback from a two-goal deficit as the Norfolk Admirals defeated the Albany Devils 5-4 on Wednesday night. Matt Fornataro, Evan Oberg, Mark Barberio and Michel Ouellet also scored for the Admirals, who trailed 3-1 before scoring four times in the second period.

By Jim Hodges NORFOLK One step - from getting on a bus at midnight Monday, getting off for breakfast in Albany, N.Y., getting ready to play there tonight. One step - from playing for the Admirals to playing for the Lightning in a 5-3 win over Boston on Tuesday at Tampa. One step - from earning $105,000 in the AHL to $525,000 in the NHL, with big-league perks.