The Columbus Blue Jackets, parent club of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch, have acquired center Zenon Konopka, left wing Curtis Glencross and a conditional seventh-round pick in either the 2007 or 2008 NHL Entry Draft from the Anaheim Ducks, parent club of the AHL’s Portland Pirates, in exchange for right wing Joe Motzko, center Mark Hartigan […]

LOOKING BACK:On Wednesday night, Chad Wiseman had three goals and an assist to lead Hershey past Philadelphia, 6-1… Wade Dubielewicz made 30 saves to lead Bridgeport to a 4-1 win over Binghamton.. Tomas Plihal scored with 2:27 left in regulation as Worcester beat Houston, 3-2… Marek Zagrapan and Michael Ryan had three points each and […]

The Rampage kicked off their 16-game road trip in good fashion with a 4-2 win over the Marlies at the Air Canada Center on Thursday night. Joel Perrault continued his scoring surge by adding two goals on the night for San Antonio. Perrault has six goals and nine points in seven games since joining the […]

The Portland Pirates announced on Thursday that the team has signed defenseman Eric Weinrich to a professional tryout (PTO) contract. Weinrich, a Maine native, has been serving as the Pirates’ assistant coach since announcing his retirement six months ago. At the time, he had finished his NHL career playing in 1,157 games with 388 points […]

The new American Hockey League team that will begin play for the 2007-08 season in Cleveland at Quicken Loans Arena will be named the Lake Erie Monsters. The announcement was made on Thursday afternoon by Dan Gilbert, majority owner of the Monsters and majority owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and chairman and founder of […]

2007 All-Star goaltender Curtis McElhinney extended his winning streak to seven games, making 22 saves in regulation and overtime, while stopping 3 of 6 players in the shootout as Omaha defeated Milwaukee at home by a score of 4-3. David Moss tallied a pair of goals in the contest, giving the Omaha its seventh win […]

by Mike Ulmer What do you do when you are traded before you play your first National Hockey League game? Well, if you’re Patrick O’Sullivan, a member of the Planet USA team at the 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic, you scratch your head for a minute and get on with your life. TThe All-Star […]

LOOKING BACK:On Tuesday night, Ramzi Abid scored his third overtime goal of the season, leading Milwaukee over Houston, 3-2… Junior Lessard scored once in regulation and once in the shootout to help Iowa past Chicago, 3-2. Mon 1/22No games scheduled Tue 1/23Milwaukee 3, HOUSTON 2 (OT)… IOWA 3, Chicago 2 (SO) LOOKING AHEAD After suffering its […]

Ramzi Abid scored the game-winning goal in overtime for Milwaukee, who defeated the Houston Aeros 3-2 in a wild finish at the Toyota Center on Tuesday night. Goals from John Vigilante and defenseman Mikko Lehtonen, who also assisted on the game winner, put the Admirals ahead 2-0 midway through the second period. Falling into a […]

The San Jose Sharks on Tuesday reassigned goaltender Nolan Schaefer from their AHL affiliate in Worcester to the Hershey Bears. Schaefer, 27, was a fifth-round selection by San Jose in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft after playing four years at Providence College. The fourth-year pro is 5-8-3 with a 2.80 goals-against average in 16 appearances […]