AHL Quick Hits — January 5-7, 2007

LOOKING BACK:On Thursday night, Eric Godard recorded two goals and two assists to lead Omaha past Milwaukee, 4-3… Marek Schwarz made 35 saves as Peoria beat Houston in a shootout, 4-3… On Wednesday, Brandon Bochenski tied an AHL record with his second consecutive hat trick, pacing Norfolk past Hershey, 5-4… Darren Haydar ran his scoring […]

Weekly Notebook: Western Conference

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Darren Haydar extended his scoring streak to 37 games on Wednesday while leading the league in points (76), assists (53) and plus-minus (plus-24)…Brian Sipotz leads all defensemen and ranks second in the league, behind Haydar, with a plus-minus rating of plus-20… In the last five games, the Wolves have tallied […]

Weekly Notebook: Eastern Conference

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats At 18-14-2-0 the River Rats are four games above the .500 mark for the first time since the 1998-99 season…Tyler Weiman is 10-1-0 with a 2.13 goals-against average and .928 save percentage since Nov. 3… Albany center Ben Guite has points in 12 of his last 13 games, recording 12 […]

Peverley emerging as leader in Milwaukee

by Barry Holloway || AHL On The Beat Archive Rich Peverley doesn’t have much of a pre-game routine, he doesn’t take part in elaborate superstitious rituals, and he has no particular choice of music to fire him up in the locker room. It is not by any gimmick that Peverley leads his team in scoring […]

Moose beat Amerks, close in on division lead

Brad Moran recorded his third straight multiple-point night by scoring a goal and three assists, helping Manitoba to a 6-4 win against the North Division leading Rochester Americans at the MTS Centre on Thursday night. Moran has scored in each of his last four contests, registering nine assists and 11 points in that span for […]

AHL stars still shining: Marc Savard

A fourth-round draft pick by the New York Rangers in 1995, Marc Savard began his professional career at the age of 20 with the Rangers’ American Hockey League affiliate in Hartford in 1997-98. In his first campaign, Savard led the team with 53 assists and 74 points in 58 games to earn a spot on […]

Bochenski powers Norfolk past Hershey

The Norfolk Admirals avenged Saturday’s loss to Hershey with a 5-4 win at Scope Arena on Wednesday night, with Brandon Bochenski recording a hat trick for the second consecutive game. Bochenski scored the winning goal with 6:36 to go in regulation and also added an assist for four points on the night, while teammate Martin […]

Sterling claims rookie honors again

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves left wing Brett Sterling has been named the Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month for December. This is the second month in a row that Sterling has earned the honor. The 22-year-old standout scored 16 goals in 14 games during the month, and […]

Boutin named top goalie for December

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Jonathan Boutin of the Springfield Falcons has been named the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for December. The 21-year-old netminder was 5-1-1 in nine appearances last month, with a 1.77 goals-against average, a .942 save percentage and one shutout as the Falcons moved up […]

Hershey Bears capture AHL Milestone of the Month

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has named the Hershey Bears franchise as the recipient of the CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month award for December. On Dec. 20 in Albany, the Bears took the ice for the 5,000th regular-season AHL game in club history. The oldest franchise in the AHL, Hershey joined the league […]