One night after allowing six goals and suffering his first loss of the postseason, Frederic Cassivi turned aside all 38 shots he faced to lead the Hershey Bears to a 4-0 win over the Portland Pirates in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Giant Center on Sunday evening. The Bears now own a […]

CALDER CUP UPDATE: Portland resuscitated its championship hopes last night with a come-from-behind victory over Hershey at Giant Center, taking a 6-5 decision in double overtime in Game 3… The Pirates still trail the Bears two games to one heading into Game 4 this evening (6:00 ET)… Shane O’Brien provided the decisive blow 7:31 into […]

Shane O’Brien scored 7:31 into the second overtime period as Portland rallied for a 6-5 victory over Hershey at the Giant Center on Saturday night. It was the Bears’ first loss since Apr. 8, snapping a 10-game winning streak in the postseason and a 12-game winning streak overall. The game-winner came off the ensuing faceoff […]

Milwaukee used 10 successful penalty kills and a pair of shorthanded goals to take a 2-0 series lead with a 2-1 victory over Grand Rapids in Saturday’s Game 2 of the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals. Pekka Rinne made 41 saves, including 20 in the second period, to improve his record to 6-0 on the postseason. […]

CALDER CUP UPDATE: The best road team in the league needs to work some of its magic as the Eastern Conference Final resumes… Portland set an AHL record by winning 27 games away from home in the regular season, and head to Hershey for tonight’s Game 3 (7:00 ET) trailing the series two games to […]

by Damon Markiewicz It’s hard to believe it has been almost nine years since a rookie named Daniel Briere came to Springfield with high expectations in starting his professional career after dominating the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Now, more than 400 National Hockey League games later, Briere has inched closer to fulfilling his ultimate […]

As part of the American Hockey League’s 70th anniversary this season, theahl.com will be taking a look at some of the legendary careers that have been carved in the AHL over the last seven decades. Winnipeg native Phil Hergesheimer was a prolific scorer during the early days of the American Hockey League, averaging better than […]

As the two conference finals take Friday off, some notes from around the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs as we get closer to crowning the American Hockey League’s 70th Calder Cup champion: The Hershey Bears continued their history-making march with a 2-1 overtime win in Portland last night, claiming a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference […]

Graham Mink scored 1:52 into overtime as the Hershey Bears claimed a 2-1 victory over Portland in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Thursday night. The Bears have grabbed a two-games-to-none lead as the series shifts to the Giant Center in Hershey for the next two games, […]

Pekka Rinne made 36 saves and Darren Haydar recorded two goals and an assist as Milwaukee opened the Western Conference Final series with a 4-0 victory over Grand Rapids at Van Andel Arena on Thursday night. Game 2 is Saturday back in Grand Rapids. The contest was scoreless until Chris Durno’s unassisted goal 2:01 into […]