Despite ordeal, Olson planning on return

by Bill Ballou || AHL On The Beat Archive Perspective is everything, when it comes to time, anyway. If you’ve got a one-goal lead and are trying to kill a penalty in the last minute of the third period, 30 seconds is forever. If you’re in an airplane that’s about to hit the side of […]

LeNeveu, Rampage hand Wolves first regulation loss

Link to Sunday’s boxscores SAN ANTONIO 4, CHICAGO 0 San Antonio goaltender David LeNeveu turned in a 35-save shutout performance as the Rampage defeated Chicago by a 4-0 final on Sunday at the Allstate Arena. Joey Tenute scored a pair of goals for the Rampage (11-5-1-3), who moved within a point of Chicago for the […]

AHL Quick Hits: West Division leaders set to battle

LOOKING BACK: In Thursday’s action, new acquisition Jason Bacashihua made 38 saves and earned the shutout as Lake Erie picked up its first home win, 2-0 over Quad City… Also Thursday, Mike Brown scored midway through the third period to lift Manitoba past Grand Rapids, 2-1… On Wednesday evening, Greg Moore scored twice in Hartford’s […]

Stewart’s hat trick helps Monsters stop red-hot Marlies

Link to Saturday’s boxscores LAKE ERIE 5, TORONTO 3 Rookie right wing Chris Stewart netted a hat trick and added an assist as Lake Erie handed Toronto (11-1-0-2) its first regulation loss, a 5-3 final on Saturday at the Quicken Loans Arena. Stewart, selected 18th overall by Colorado in the 2006 NHL Draft, scored a […]

Krog scores twice as first-place Wolves roll on

Link to Friday’s boxscores CHICAGO 7, IOWA 5 Jason Krog scored a pair of goals, including one of Chicago’s four in the second period, as the visiting Wolves posted a 7-5 victory over Iowa on Friday at the Wells Fargo Arena. Chicago stormed out to a 5-2 lead after 40 minutes and held on for […]

Peters sees “C” as more than just a letter

by Jeff Wendland || AHL On The Beat Archive With one eye on helping his team win games in the AHL and the other on his dream of the NHL, Quad City Flames center Warren Peters would seem to have plenty to juggle. Throw in his added duties as captain of the second youngest team […]

Moose edge past struggling Griffins, 2-1

Link to Thursday’s boxscores MANITOBA 2, GRAND RAPIDS 1 Manitoba scored once each in the second and third periods to rally for a 2-1 victory over Grand Rapids on Thursday at the MTS Centre. Mike Brown netted the gamer-winner at 9:44 of the third period, propelling the Moose to their first victory in three tries […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Defenseman Casey Borer scored on the power play for his first professional goal in Albany’s 2-0 win over Binghamton on Nov. 7… It also marked the first goal by a River Rats blueliner this season… Borer added another power play goal in the team’s 2-1 loss at Philadelphia on Nov. […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Brett Sterling, the 2006-07 AHL rookie of the year, posted four goals in four games last week after being reassigned by Atlanta… Goaltender Fred Brathwaite has won four straight starts and leads the league with eight wins overall (8-1-0)… Jason Krog has tallied seven assists over his last five games… […]

Anaheim, Columbus swap AHL players

The Anaheim Ducks, parent club of the AHL’s Portland Pirates, announced today that they have acquired center Geoff Platt from the Columbus Blue Jackets, parent club of the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch, in exchange for defenseman Aaron Rome and left wing Clay Wilson. The Crunch also traded defenseman Bruno St. Jacques to the Pirates for future […]