The Carolina Hurricanes, NHL affiliate of the Lowell Lock Monsters, announced today that the Hurricanes have signed forwards Keith Aucoin and David Gove to one-year contracts. “We are pretty familiar with these two players from watching Providence play Lowell so many times last season,” said Carolina vice president and assistant general manager Jason Karmanos. “They […]
The Milwaukee Admirals announced today that starting this fall, Milwaukee’s ESPN Radio will serve as the Admirals’ flagship radio station. Milwaukee’s ESPN Radio is heard on AM 1510 during the days and AM 1290 at night. The Admirals will become the first local professional sports team to air their games live on Milwaukee’s ESPN Radio. […]
The Providence Bruins announced on Wednesday that head coach Scott Gordon and assistant coach Rob Murray have received two-year contract extensions. Gordon enters his sixth season with the Bruins, third full season as head coach, while Murray will start his third season behind the bench as Gordon’s assistant. “Scott and Rob represent everything that the […]
The Manitoba Moose, the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks, announced they have agreed to terms on a contract extension with forward Jimmy Roy. Roy, 29, will be entering his ninth season with the Moose in 2005-06. The Sioux Lookout, Ont., native is Manitoba’s all-time leader in goals scored with 92 and career games played […]
The Dallas Stars announced today that the club has signed defenseman Patrick Traverse and right wing Mathias Tjarnqvist to one-year contracts, and forward Vojtech Polak to a three-year contract. Per club policy, no financial terms were disclosed. “We’re pleased to have reached agreements with these three talented players,” said Stars general manager Doug Armstrong. “We […]
The St. Louis Blues, parent club of the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, announced late Tuesday that the club has acquired defensemen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for defenseman Chris Pronger. “Eric Brewer has been a premier defenseman in the National Hockey League for the past several seasons and […]
The Ottawa Senators on Tuesday announced that they have re-signed left winger Denis Hamel to a two-year contract. In 2004-05, his second campaign in the Senators organization, Hamel played in all 80 regular-season games for the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. The 28-year-old was second in team scoring behind Jason Spezza with […]
The Hershey Bears announced today that the club has signed defenseman Dean Arsene to an AHL contract for the 2005-06 season. Per club policy, the terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Arsene played in a career-best 56 AHL games in 2004-05, amassing six points and 140 penalty minutes. He earned the Milton W. Garland […]
On Tuesday, the Florida Panthers announced the signing of defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski and left wing Greg Jacina to two-year contracts. “Joel is a very durable and reliable defenseman who excelled in San Antonio last season,” said Panthers GM Mike Keenan. “He demonstrated outstanding leadership on and off the ice while playing with our younger players […]
The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with unrestricted free agent goaltender Jason LaBarbera. Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not announced. LaBarbera, 25, won the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Award as the AHL’s top goaltender and the Les Cunningham Award as the league’s most valuable player and was […]
