The first time Ramzi Abid tore his ACL, he assumed he would return to the NHL. When it happened a second time, his optimism ceased. While he lay on Edmonton’s ice in a Pittsburgh Penguins uniform on Dec. 6, 2003, Abid didn’t need a doctor to diagnose him. He knew his right knee was torn […]
Two days removed from playing in his first career All-Star Game in the city he’s called home for nine years, Jimmy Roy scored on a shorthanded penalty shot and added two assists as Manitoba earned a 3-2 win over Iowa at the MTS Centre on Friday. With the Moose down 2-0 early, Roy set up […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Houston Aeros center Patrick O’Sullivan has been named the Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month for January. In 13 games on the month, O’Sullivan recorded nine goals and nine assists for 18 points for the Western Conference leaders. O’Sullivan registered six multiple-point games in January, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has named Norfolk Admirals forward Ajay Baines the recipient of the CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month award for January. On Jan. 13 at Norfolk Scope, Baines skated in his 400th career American Hockey League game, all in an Admirals uniform. He made the evening even more memorable when […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Dany Sabourin of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins has been named the Koho/AHL Goaltender of the Month for January. Sabourin went 7-2-1 in 10 games on the month, with a 2.26 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage to help the Penguins maintain their lead atop the […]
WINNIPEG, Man. … The Canadian AHL All-Star team got two goals each from Martin St. Pierre and Donald MacLean and a 33-save effort from its trio of goaltenders in a 9-4 win over the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars at the 2006 AHL All-Star Game tonight in Winnipeg. The game was witnessed by a capacity crowd of […]
WINNIPEG (CP) – If American Hockey League president and CEO David Andrews had any doubts about holding the league’s first all-star game on the Canadian prairies, they were quickly wiped out Wednesday night. A sell-out crowd of 15,015 fans at MTS Centre set a new all-star game attendance record as the Canadian All-Stars defeated PlanetUSA […]
WINNIPEG, Man. … The American Hockey League today inducted the first seven members of the brand new American Hockey League Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the Hockey Hall of Fame/AHL All-Star Classic Luncheon at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, part of the festivities that are making up the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star […]
WINNIPEG — You’d never guess the biggest surprise Eric Fehr has encountered during his rookie season. "It’s the travel," said Fehr, a Winkler, Man., product who spent the past four seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League and is participating in the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic. "I thought it […]
Loosely speaking, the AHL’s prospects skating can be sliced and diced into three separate categories. There are the sure-fire, can’t-miss prospects, types like Jason Spezza, Eric Staal and Chuck Kobasew. Then there are the types that with the right circumstances, development and opportunity have a legitimate shot at earning full-time NHL work. Such players are […]
