Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany has scored the first goal in seven straight games but is just 3-4-0-0 over this stretch… Goaltender Kevin Nastiuk posted his first AHL shutout with 26 saves in last Saturday’s 4-0 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton… It marked the River Rats’ fourth shutout of the season as a team, which leads […]

Wolves trade skates for plates, goals for bowls

The Chicago Wolves will host their 10th annual “Get Fed by the Wolves” lunch at Gino’s East, 1321 W. Golf Road, in Rolling Meadows on Sun., Nov. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. Wolves players will trade in their hockey equipment for aprons and serve as waiters for the afternoon. Proceeds from the event will […]

Wotton hoping to help Bridgeport harvest a title

by Kimber Auerbach || AHL On The Beat Archive We all despise the sound of the alarm clock in the morning, screaming to get out of bed and start preparing for the day. For most of us, we know that our time at work is a standard eight-hour day but for one Bridgeport Sound Tigers […]

Rask earns win in NHL debut for Boston

(AP) – Tuukka Rask remembers the phone call that told him his days with the Toronto Maple Leafs were over. It came on June 24, 2006, just one year after the Finnish goalie was drafted by Toronto in the first round. He was dealt to the Boston Bruins for goalie Andrew Raycroft. "It was during […]

Flames burn Milwaukee in third period, post 4-2 win

Link to Tuesday’s boxscores QUAD CITY 4, MILWAUKEE 2 Grant Stevenson netted a pair of goals, part of a four-goal outburst by Quad City in the third period, as the Flames rallied for a 4-2 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday at the Bradley Center. Stevenson scored both the game-tying and game-winning markers for the Flames, […]

Iowa, Norfolk shuffle defensemen in NHL swap

The Dallas Stars, parent club of the AHL’s Iowa Stars, have acquired defenseman Bryce Lampman from the Tampa Bay Lightning, parent club of the AHL’s Norfolk Admirals, in exchange for defenseman Mario Scalzo. Lampman will report to Iowa, while Scalzo has been assigned to Norfolk. Scalzo, 23, played in 15 games with Iowa this season, […]

AHL Weekly Release: Picking up where they left off

 WEEKLY RELEASE #7 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Proving that last season’s offensive juggernaut was no fluke, the Chicago Wolves are out to the AHL’s best start in 2007-08 with a .900 points percentage over their first 15 games. Head coach John Anderson’s Wolves scored 331 goals in the regular season a year ago, the highest total […]

10-point week yields league award for Darche

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Norfolk Admirals left wing Mathieu Darche has been named the Rbk/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 18, 2007. In his first four AHL games of the season, Darche erupted for 10 points on three goals and seven assists. Assigned to Norfolk […]

Lee quickly becoming one of AHL’s top young D-men

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Binghamton Senators rookie defenseman Brian Lee would really love to compare pro notes with his former teammates from his University of North Dakota days. Taken together, the group forms an impressive database. There’s Buffalo’s Drew Stafford, a first-rounder in 2004. And New Jersey’s Travis Zajac, another 2004 first-rounder. And Chicago’s […]

Sharks fans donate over 2,000 pounds of food

Worcester Sharks President and CEO Michael T. Lehr has announced that the Worcester Sharks collected over 2,000 pounds of food for the 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive during the Sharks game vs. the Pirates on Saturday, November 17 at the DCU Center. The canned food was donated to the Friendly House of Worcester on Monday. […]