by Mike Vogel || WashingtonCaps.com Chris Bourque is not going to let two straight strong preseason showings give him a false sense of confidence or security. He knows he hasn’t really done anything yet, at least not anything on par with what he wants to do. For as long as he can remember, all Bourque […]
The New York Islanders, parent club of the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, have claimed defenseman Thomas Pock off waivers from the New York Rangers. Pock has played in 59 career NHL games and has scored seven goals with seven assists for 14 points. Last season, Pock played in one game with the Rangers and went […]
HERSHEY 5, NORFOLK 4 Rookies Michael Dubuc and Francois Bouchard combined for three goals and five points as the Hershey Bears opened their 2008 preseason slate with a 5-4 home-ice victory over Norfolk on Sunday afternoon at the Giant Center. Sean Collins and Ben Boudreau also scored for the Bears, who will play a home-and-home […]
PHILADELPHIA 5, NORFOLK 2 Frederik Cabana recorded two goals and an assist the Philadelphia Phantoms used an offensive onslaught to record their third consecutive preseason victory, 5-2, over the Norfolk Admirals in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Polonia Bank Flyers Skate Zone in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday night. The Phantoms opened up the […]
Rookies Nino Musitelli and Elgin Reid were credited with goals as the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins posted a 2-1 win over the Binghamton Senators in preseason action on Friday night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Seeing his first action for the Pens was goaltender Adam Berkhoel, who was signed as a free agent in […]
(AP) — Grant Stevenson scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in the NHL preseason opener for both teams. After backstopping the Chicago Wolves to the Calder Cup championship in 2008, Ondrej Pavelec played the entire game in goal […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has reached a multi-platform marketing and licensing agreement with Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, focusing on the launch of NHL®09, the latest release in EA’s NHL franchise. One component of this partnership includes NHL®09 receiving in-arena signage and promotion throughout the 2009 AHL […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Playing with your brother at a high level of hockey is a chance that comes along once in a lifetime, if it all. Two years ago, Mark Santorelli (right) had that chance in his hand and tossed it away. He was set to join his older brother, Mike, at Northern […]
The AHL’s Chicago Wolves have signed defenseman Alex Brooks to a contract for the 2008-09 season. The blueliner collected a professional career-high eight assists and 90 penalty minutes in 70 American Hockey League games with the Peoria Rivermen last season, his seventh as a pro. Overall, the Madison, Wis., native has racked up 416 penalty […]
Patrick Maroon and Michael Ratchuk both scored for the second time in as many games as the Philadelphia Phantoms registered a 4-1 preseason win over the Lowell Devils on Tuesday afternoon in Newark, N.J. In the first exhibition of the season for both clubs, the Phantoms hosted the Devils on Monday and came away with […]
