Josh Harding made his case for a trip to the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic loud and clear. The second-year pro made a franchise-record 56 saves — the most by an AHL goaltender this season — to lead the Houston Aeros to a 4-2 win over the Toronto Marlies at the Toyota Center on […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The 2006 AHL All-Stars will have a lot to live up to after the splash several of the 2005 All-Stars have made at the NHL level this season. As the American Hockey League moves closer to the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we take a look back at […]
The American Hockey League Board of Governors on Monday approved the relocation of the San Jose Sharks’ AHL franchise from Cleveland to Worcester, Mass., beginning with the 2006-07 season. Sharks Minor Holdings president Michael Lehr and San Jose Sharks president and CEO Greg Jamison made the announcement that the team has reached an agreement with […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Iowa Stars right wing Junior Lessard has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 8, 2006. In two games, Lessard scored three goals and three assists, including a five point eruption on Saturday against the Wolves. After being […]
Arturs Irbe, Rick DiPietro, Tomas Vokoun, Martin Gerber… it is among these NHL netminders names that a year ago you would have found Colorado Avalanche/Lowell Lock Monsters goaltender Vitaly Kolesnik – on the international stage, anyway. This season, Kolesnik was named to the 2006 Olympic hockey team from his native Kazakhstan, giving him […]
Matt Ellison scored his first three goals in a Phantoms uniform Sunday to help end a five game Philadelphia slide with a 4-2 win over Lowell at the Wachovia Spectrum in front of 8,045 fans. Ellison finished off his hat trick in style with a shorthanded breakaway goal with 4:07 seconds left in the third […]
One goal was all the offense the Penguins would need to get past the defending Calder Cup Champions. Netminder Dany Sabourin stopped all 20 shots he faced to lead the Pens to a 1-0 victory over the Phantoms in front of a sell out crowd at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza on Saturday night. […]
Grand Rapids took advantage of third period power play opportunities, scoring five times with the man advantage in the final frame, capped off by the game winner by Valtteri Filppula with 2:17 remaining to give Grand Rapids a 6-5 victory over Houston. Houston got off to a hot start with three first period goals, and […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. . The American Hockey League today announced that Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Derek Meech has been suspended for one (1)regular-season game as a result of his actions during an AHL game vs. the Hamilton Bulldogs on Jan. 4. Meech will miss Grand Rapids’ game Friday (Jan. 6) vs. Houston, and will […]
LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Patrick O’Sullivan scored a hat trick and Josh Harding posted his League high 20th win of the season in Houston’s 5-3 victory over San Antonio…Milwaukee beat Iowa 4-2, led by two goals by defenseman Chris Durno…On Wednesday, Chad Wiseman scored three times and added an assist in Hartford’s 6-4 win over […]
