The Manchester Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, announced on Monday that head coach Bruce Boudreau, assistant coach Jim Hughes and assistant coach/strength and conditioning coordinator Dane Jackson have been relieved of their coaching duties with the club. A search for a head coach and assistant coach will begin shortly. Monarchs general […]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. … A four-goal outburst in the second period was more than enough as the Philadelphia Phantoms captured the American Hockey League’s 2005 Calder Cup championship with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Wolves on Friday night. The Phantoms defeated the Wolves four games to none to win their second AHL title, and first […]

He wasn’t even the most heralded Finnish goaltender in the Calder Cup Finals. But Antero Niittymaki dazzled in the spotlight, and earned the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs. Niittymaki, who turns 25 next week, becomes the fourth consecutive goaltender to win the honor. He was […]

CALDER CUP UPDATE: Mike Richards and Patrick Sharp scored 67 seconds apart and Antero Niittymaki made 29 saves to keep the Wolves at bay as Philadelphia took a stranglehold on the 2005 Calder Cup Finals with a 2-1 win on Wednesday night… J.P. Vigier picked up the only Chicago goal at 8:34 of the second […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that, as part of their multi-year agreement with the AHL announced in March 2004, The Hockey Company will be the exclusive producer and supplier of the official championship on-ice and locker-room apparel of the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs. RBK Hockey, a line of ultra-high-performance hockey products […]

PHILADELPHIA (theahl.com) … Mike Richards and Patrick Sharp scored 67 seconds apart in the first period and Antero Niittymaki shut the door again with 29 saves as Philadelphia reached the brink of a Calder Cup championship with a 2-1 win over Chicago on Wednesday night at the Wachovia Center. With the victory, their third one-goal […]

The coveted Calder Cup has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League’s 69-year history. It is one of our sport’s greatest challenges and ultimate honors to hoist the Calder Cup in victory. The trophy is named for Frank Calder, who served as the National Hockey League’s first President from 1917 […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that more than $2.5 million was raised over the course of the 2004-05 season by the AHL and its 28 member clubs for donation to various charitable causes and relief funds across North America. Recipients of the AHL’s charity endeavors included the Ace Bailey Children’s Fund, […]