Seabrook wants to make NHL a family affair

by A.J. Atchue || for NHL.com Keith Seabrook has enjoyed a solid rookie season as a defenseman with the Abbotsford Heat as he looks to eventually embark on a career in the National Hockey League. For now, though, being the younger brother of an NHL mainstay has its perks, especially when that brother also plays […]

AHL Morning Skate: April 14

TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE (all times ET): Game 1 – W-B/Scranton at Albany, 7:00 Game 1 – Bridgeport at Hershey, 7:00 Game 1 – Lowell at Worcester, 7:05 Game 1 – Milwaukee at Chicago, 8:00 2010 CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS: Atlantic Division Semifinal – Series “A” (best-of-7) A1-Worcester Sharks vs. A4-Lowell Devils | Series Preview Game 1 – […]

2010 Playoffs: Division semifinal previews

Sixteen teams are left in the chase for the 74th American Hockey League championship, as the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs get underway with four games on Wednesday night. Who’s hot at the right time? Who’s poised for an upset? Check out the schedules and follow the links below for previews of each of the eight […]

AHL Weekly: 16 teams remain

AHL WEEKLY RELEASE #28 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … It was a wild finish to the 2009-10 regular season, with seven teams vying for the final three postseason berth heading into the final weekend. But now the stage is set for the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, with the curtain going up on Wednesday night. The Western Conference […]

Crunch’s Mayorov named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Syracuse Crunch right wing Maksim Mayorov has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Apr. 11, 2010. Mayorov broke out of a slump and registered six goals and three assists for nine points in three games last week. Without a […]

View from the top motivates Thiessen

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com If you’re shooting for the top, sometimes it helps to start there. That’s why goalie Brad Thiessen found himself taking the Stanley Cup from Sidney Crosby last spring and skating it around Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Thiessen was a "black ace" called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the end of […]

Aucoin, Giroux win AHL scoring races

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Hershey Bears teammates Keith Aucoin and Alexandre Giroux have capped a regular season for the history books with two more honors. Aucoin has secured the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading scorer in the American Hockey League, while Giroux has claimed the Willie Marshall Award as the AHL’s leading goal scorer […]

Sun. roundup: Thiessen shuts down B-Sens

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 3, BINGHAMTON 0 Rookie goaltender Brad Thiessen turned in a 28-save shutout to lead Wilkes-Barre/Scranton over visiting Binghamton before 6,438 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday. The victory assured that the third-place Penguins will take on second-place Albany in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. It marked the […]

Opening-round series schedules set

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the following schedules for the division semifinal round of the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Semifinal – Series “A” (best-of-7) A1-Worcester Sharks vs. A4-Lowell Devils Game 1 – Wed., Apr. 14 – Lowell at Worcester, 7:05 Game 2 – Thu., Apr. 15 – […]

AHL Morning Skate: April 11

SATURDAY’S SCORES: TORONTO 3, Hamilton 2 (SO) Albany 3, ADIRONDACK 2 BRIDGEPORT 2, Manchester 0 Lowell 5, PORTLAND 2 HARTFORD 7, Springfield 5 WORCESTER 3, Providence 0 BINGHAMTON 3, W-B/Scranton 1 NORFOLK 5, Hershey 2 Abbotsford 4, LAKE ERIE 3 (SO) SYRACUSE 5, Rochester 2 CHICAGO 6, Grand Rapids 4 SAN ANTONIO 4, Rockford 2 […]