AHL Quick Hits — November 15-16, 2006

LOOKING BACK:On Tuesday, Alexander Radulov had a goal and five assists and Sheldon Brookbank and Kevin Klein each scored twice as Milwaukee dumped Grand Rapids, 8-1… Darren Haydar and Jason Krog extended their scoring streaks to 15 games each and Brett Sterling added four more points as Chicago beat Iowa, 8-2… Jaroslav Halak made 20 […]

Bruins, Coyotes make swap

The Boston Bruins, parent club of the AHL’s Providence Bruins, have traded center Tyler Redenbach to the Phoenix Coyotes, parent club of the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage, in exchange for goaltender Philippe Sauve. Sauve, 26, is in his seventh professional season. This year, the netminder played in 10 games with San Antonio going 4-5-0 with […]

Radulov, Brookbank lead Admirals to 8-1 win

Led by Alexander Radulov’s six-point performance, the Milwaukee Admirals rolled to an 8-1 win over the host Grand Rapids Griffins in a Tuesday matinee at Van Andel Arena. Sheldon Brookbank scored two goals and added an assist, Cal O’Reilly had a goal and three assists and Kevin Klein scored twice for the Admirals, who won […]

Agnew named interim head coach of Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets named Gary Agnew their interim head coach at a press conference on Tuesday morning. Agnew replaces Gerard Gallant, who was relieved of his duties on Monday, and becomes the 19th current NHL head coach to have previously been a bench boss in the American Hockey League. He will make his debut […]

Griffins host Milwaukee in Tuesday matinee

Week 7 begins early as the Grand Rapids Griffins host the Milwaukee Admirals in a noon (ET) start today at Van Andel Arena. It’s the Griffins’ sixth annual matinee game, with a record crowd for the event expected to approach 9,000 — including more than 6,000 students. Grand Rapids owns a perfect 5-0 record all-time […]

AHL Weekly Release: Big 3 driving Wolves’ engine

WEEKLY RELEASE #6 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The most productive trio in the American Hockey League today has the Chicago Wolves (9-4-1-0) back among the league’s elite after missing the playoffs last season. Rookie Brett Sterling has joined center Jason Krog and right wing Darren Haydar to power the Wolves’ league-leading offense, averaging 4.43 goals per […]

Rangers assign Dawes to Hartford

The New York Rangers announced today that left wing Nigel Dawes has been reassigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League. Additionally, defenseman Darius Kasparaitis has been recalled from Hartford. Dawes, 21, registered one goal in eight games with the Rangers this season. He tallied his first career NHL goal in a […]

Pirates’ Konopka gets Player of the Week nod

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Portland Pirates center Zenon Konopka has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 12, 2006. Konopka led all players with six assists and eight points last week while posting a plus-6 rating in three games, helping the Pirates […]

Yates authoring next chapter in Crunch story

by Ed Gonser || AHL On The Beat Archive When it comes to Of Ice and Men — the slogan adopted by the Syracuse Crunch for the 2006-07 season — the Crunch and their fans dream for another run at the Calder Cups Playoffs and perhaps an American Hockey League Calder Cup championship. Not since […]

MacArthur nets hat trick as Rochester wins fifth straight

Clarke MacArthur had his first multi-goal game of the season recording a hat trick and four points in the Americans’ 7-3 win at home against Chicago. The Americans, who are winners of five straight games, improved their record to a league best 12-1-0-0 and 24 points and now lead the North Division by nine points […]