by Ryan Stanzel Rem Murray doesn’t care how much money it cost him for a chance to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. Murray, who played for the Houston Aeros from October through March of the 2005-06 season, estimates that after taxes he’ll lose money this season. After all, he had to pay […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Tomas Fleischmann knew a good start against a hot team was a must for his Hershey Bears. He got just that, as Hershey scored three first-period goals en route to a 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals in the second game of the American Hockey League Calder Cup finals Saturday night. […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. … Tomas Fleischmann scored two goals and assisted on two others as Hershey evened up the 2006 Calder Cup Finals with a 6-3 win over Milwaukee in Game 2 on Saturday night at the Bradley Center. The teams are now off until the series resumes next Saturday in Hershey. Frederic Cassivi and the […]
CALDER CUP UPDATE: Pekka Rinne stopped 36 of 37 shots as Milwaukee struck first in the 2006 Calder Cup Finals with a 2-1 win over Hershey last night… Scottie Upshall and Darren Haydar scored in the first period, and Rinne made 29 of his saves over the final 40 minutes as the Admirals won their […]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (caldercup.com) … Scottie Upshall and Darren Haydar scored first-period goals and Pekka Rinne finished with 36 saves as Milwaukee opened the 2006 Calder Cup Finals with a 2-1 win over the Hershey Bears at the Bradley Center on Friday night. Game 2 is Saturday, with face-off scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET. In the […]
by Don Brennan | Ottawa Sun Logic would seem to dictate otherwise, but the Edmonton Oilers really didn’t do the Portland Pirates any favors at all this week. Hence, they didn’t do a thing for Zenon Konopka‘s bid to win the American Hockey League playoff scoring crown, either. Konopka, the former Ottawa 67’s captain who […]
CALDER CUP UPDATE: The culmination of the American Hockey League’s 70th-anniversary season gets underway tonight (8:00 ET) as the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Admirals and the Eastern Conference champion Hershey Bears meet in Game 1 of the 2006 Calder Cup Finals at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee… Champions in 2004, Milwaukee is looking to reclaim […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning, parent club of the AHL’s Springfield Falcons, have signed goaltender Johan Holmqvist to a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday. Holmqvist won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2003 Calder Cup Playoffs, when he led the Houston Aeros to the AHL championship. Holmqvist spent […]
The Calgary Flames, parent club of the AHL’s Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, have signed 2004 draft pick Aki Seitsonen. As per club policy, terms and conditions of the deal were not disclosed. During the 2005-06 season with the Prince Albert Raiders, Seitsonen posted 35 points on 20 goals and 15 assists. In 204 career WHL games, […]
The Minnesota Wild, parent club of the AHL’s Houston Aeros, today announced the signing of free-agent goaltender Niklas Backstrom to a multi-year contract. Backstrom, 28, posted a 32-9-10 record with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage in 51 games with Karpat Oulu of the Finnish Elite League in 2005-06. He ranked first […]
