16 teams, 4 rounds, 1 champion

The 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs get underway tonight with Game 1 of the West Division semifinal pitting two of the last three Calder Cup champions, as the Chicago Wolves host the Houston Aeros. You can follow all the action from tonight’s postseason opener live on the AHL’s real-time scoreboard, or listen in to our teams’ […]

Calder Cup Playoffs start tonight

The 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs get underway tonight with Game 1 of the West Division semifinal pitting two of the last three Calder Cup champions, as the Chicago Wolves host the Houston Aeros. You can follow all the action from tonight’s postseason opener live on the AHL’s real-time scoreboard, or listen in to our teams’ […]

Sign up now for playoff fantasy contest

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the launch of the RBK Hockey 2005 Calder Cup Fantasy Contest, an on-line challenge to run on the official Web site of the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs, caldercup.com. The contest is a game of skill designed to test fans’ ability to guess the performance of selected […]

Wolf Pack’s Gillies suspended

The American Hockey League announced today that Hartford Wolf Pack left wing Trevor Gillies has been suspended for eight (8) games as a result of receiving a match penalty in an April 16, 2005, AHL game in Springfield. Gillies missed Hartford’s final regular season game on Sun., Apr. 17 versus Springfield and will also miss […]

Vanek named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans left wing Thomas Vanek has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 17, 2005. In four games, Vanek scored seven goals and added two assists for nine points as the Americans clinched the best record in […]

Monarchs close out IceCats, win Atlantic

See also: First-round playoff schedules set Noah Clarke and Denis Grebeshkov scored in the first period and Manchester held on for a 2-1 win over Worcester at the DCU Center on Sunday afternoon, giving the Monarchs the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference regular-season titles. Manchester will open the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday night […]

Kotyk scores in Milwaukee win

Seamus Kotyk became the eighth goaltender in American Hockey League history to score a goal when he found the open net during Milwaukee’s 6-1 win at the SBC Center in San Antonio on Sunday evening. Kotyk shot the puck into the vacated Rampage net with three minutes remaining in regulation, giving the Admirals a 4-1 […]

Spezza, Cammalleri win scoring races

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Centers Jason Spezza of the Binghamton Senators and Mike Cammalleri of the Manchester Monarchs have each captured another piece of hardware as the American Hockey League’s 2004-05 regular season concluded today. Spezza has won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading scorer in the American Hockey League, while Cammalleri has claimed […]