WEEKLY RELEASE #7 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … It’s been full steam ahead for the Norfolk Admirals since the 2006-07 season opened, and the results have put them in first place in the top-heavy East Division of the American Hockey League. Norfolk continued its assault on the franchise records books with two more wins over the weekend, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Bridgeport Sound Tigers center Robert Nilsson has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 19, 2006. A 2003 first-round pick, Nilsson scored four goals and totaled seven points in three games, helping the Sound Tigers go 2-0-0-1 on […]
by Kevin Boryczki and Adam Kaufman || AHL On The Beat Archive When someone says the name Wacey Rabbit, the first thing that many people do is chuckle and say, “Shhh…Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting Wabbit” or “Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.” But it isn’t until you speak to Wacey and ask the […]
Six different players tallied for the Lowell Devils in a 6-2 win over the Worcester Sharks at the Tsongas Arena on Sunday evening. Justin Papineau, who has nine points (3g, 6a) in the last four games, provided a goal and two assists for Lowell, giving the Devils their fourth straight win. Lowell began the game […]
LOOKING BACK:On Wednesday, Kelly Guard made 42 saves to lead Binghamton to a 4-0 win over Albany… Geoff Platt scored twice as Syracuse earned its first road win of the year, 5-2 in Philadelphia… Jason LaBarbera had 37 stops in Manchester’s 4-2 win over Toronto… Erik Christensen and Rob Schremp scored shootout goals to help […]
Patrick O’Sullivan recorded a hat trick and four points to lead Manchester to a 5-0 win at home against Toronto, helping the Monarchs improve to 3-0-2-1 in their last six games and move to within three points of the Atlantic Division lead. O’Sullivan, who won the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding […]
Defenseman Danny Richmond scored two goals and recorded two assists to lead Norfolk to an 8-2 win over Binghamton on Friday night. The Admirals improved to 11-2-1-1 on the season, including 8-0-0-0 on home ice. Danny Bois gave the Senators an early lead with his third goal of the season, but Norfolk responded by scoring […]
by Dave Ahlers || AHL On The Beat As a second year team in the American Hockey League, the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights are still building their history. It just may be than in a few years time, center Dustin Boyd will be remembered as the team’s first rookie sensation. Boyd has made a smooth transition […]
Goals from Mark Hartigan, Ryan Caldwell and Geoff Platt had the Crunch out to an early 3-0 lead as Syracuse defeated Philadelphia 5-2 in an afternoon match-up at the Wachovia Spectrum. Platt, who leads the Crunch with eight goals and 12 points, registered his second goal of the afternoon on a short hand tally at […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the four people selected for induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame as the Class of 2007. Honored by the AHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee as the second group of enshrinees are Fred “Bun” Cook, Dick Gamble, Gil Mayer and Mike Nykoluk. “The […]
