XM Satellite Radio to carry AHL playoff action

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that action from the 2010 Calder Cup Playoff conference finals are scheduled to be heard live on XM Satellite Radio on their all-hockey NHL Home Ice channel this week. The Eastern Conference Finals are pitting the Hershey Bears (top development team of the NHL’s Washington Capitals) […]

Hamilton tops Stars again for 2-0 lead

Full Playoffs Schedule HAMILTON 3, TEXAS 1 Captain Alex Henry’s goal 4:52 into the second period proved to be the difference as Hamilton earned a 3-1 win over Texas on Sunday afternoon at Copps Coliseum in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. The Bulldogs, who have now won four straight and six of their […]

Morning Skate: ‘Dogs, Stars ready for Game 2

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. SATURDAY’S SCORES: Game 2 – HERSHEY 3, Manchester 2 (OT) (HER […]

Bourque the OT hero as Bears take Game 2

Full Playoffs Schedule HERSHEY 3, MANCHSETER 2 (OT) Chris Bourque finished off a nifty two-on-one by firing a shot home short side from the right wing at 10:28 of overtime, lifting Hershey to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory on Saturday before a standing-room only crowd of 10,726 fans at the Giant Center. The defending Calder Cup […]

Morning Skate: Game 2 in the East tonight

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. FRIDAY’S SCORES: Game 1 – HAMILTON 3, Texas 2 (HAM leads […]

Game 1 goes to the Dogs

Full Playoffs Schedule Brock Trotter scored his second goal of the night 14 seconds into overtime as Hamilton opened the Western Conference Finals with a 3-2 win over the Texas Stars at Copps Coliseum on Friday night. With Texas shorthanded after a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty late in regulation, the Bulldogs controlled the faceoff at the start […]

Morning Skate: Western Finals set to begin

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: Game 1 – HERSHEY 4, Manchester 2 (HER leads […]

Bulldogs’ Palushaj productive, clairvoyant

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Aaron Palushaj was a forward on the rise for the Hamilton Bulldogs near the end of the regular season, and he had a vision of where he was going to peak on the night of May 10. That’s when the Bulldogs hosted Abbotsford in Game 6 of the North Division […]

Bears double up Monarchs for Game 1 win

Full Playoffs Schedule HERSHEY 4, MANCHESTER 2 Hershey jumped to a 2-0 lead after the first period and doubled up Manchester by a 4-2 count on Wednesday before 7,718 fans at Giant Center in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Michal Neuvirth, the reigning Calder Cup Playoffs MVP, earned the victory with 24 saves […]

Bulldogs, Stars ready for West finals

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The puck will drop at Copps Coliseum on Friday night with the Hamilton Bulldogs meeting the Texas Stars for the American Hockey League’s Western Conference championship. The first-year Stars earned a trip to the AHL’s final four with a dramatic 6-5 overtime victory in Chicago on Tuesday night, rallying from 2-0, 4-2 […]