Gove’s three points help Penguins close in on division

Friday’s Boxscores WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 4, ALBANY 3 Dave Gove tallied two goals and an assist against his former team and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton held on for a 4-3 road win over Albany in front of 6,429 fans at the Times Union Center. The Penguins moved to 15-2-2-1 in their last 20 games and are now a win or […]

Wolves’ Krog named AHL MVP

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that center Jason Krog of the Chicago Wolves has been named the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL’s most valuable player for the 2007-08 season, as voted by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 29 cities. Named […]

AHL Morning Skate: Final playoff tune-ups begin tonight

  AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… Every morning, take a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League.   WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: ALBANY 2, Norfolk 1HAMILTON 8, Rochester 4Portland 3, LOWELL 0QUAD CITY 1, Houston 0Peoria […]

Buzzer beaters for a good cause in Bridgeport

by Erin Willey || AHL On The Beat See also:Sound Tigers TV: TeamBrent & St. Baldrick’s Event If you’re like me, watching Davidson pull off upsets over Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin in the NCAA basketball tournament drove me mad as they netted buzzer-beating game winning shots. That excitement is what fuels college basketball’s March Madness, […]

AHL announces suspensions

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Syracuse Crunch forwards Zenon Konopka and Derek Dorsett and Lake Erie Monsters defenseman Mitch Love have each been suspended for one (1) game as a result of their actions in a game between the teams on Apr. 8. Konopka and Dorsett both received automatic one-game suspensions […]

Wolf Pack’s Hutchinson wins Eddie Shore Award

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Andrew Hutchinson of the Hartford Wolf Pack has been named the winner of the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL’s outstanding defenseman for the 2007-08 season, as voted by AHL coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 29 cities. Hutchinson, […]

Bruins win Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Providence Bruins have won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the American Hockey League’s 2007-08 regular season points champion. The Bruins clinched first place overall with a 6-1 victory over the Worcester Sharks on Wednesday night. The Bruins have already captured the Emile Francis Trophy as the Atlantic Division champions, and the […]

Five-goal second period leads Marlies over Wolves

Wednesday’s Boxscores TORONTO 8, CHICAGO 3 Jiri Tlusty notched two goals and two assists, and Jay Harrison had a three-point night (1-2-3) as Toronto scored five times in the second period on its way to an 8-3 win over visiting Chicago at Ricoh Coliseum. The North Division champion Marlies moved within two points of the […]

Bruins’ Gordon named AHL’s top coach for 2007-08

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Scott Gordon of the Providence Bruins has been named the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for the 2007-08 season, as voted by coaches and members of the media in each of the league’s 29 cities. In his […]

AHL Quick Hits: Western powers meet at Ricoh

LOOKING BACK:In Tuesday’s AHL action, Joakim Lindstrom netted his team-leading 24th goal of the season and assisted on the game-winner as Syracuse defeated Lake Erie, 4-2, to run its winning streak to 12 games and its points streak to 20 (17-0-0-3)… Matt Murley tied the game with 33.8 seconds left in regulation and Mike Zigomanis […]