by Dan Rosen || NHL.com When the hip hop music comes on in the New York Islanders dressing room, Blake Comeau tells people to watch Kyle Okposo if you’re in the need of a good laugh. "He is always doing some of his hip hop dances around the room and guys really laugh at him […]
(AP) — Yann Danis helped make his case for next year. So did a lot of his teammates. Danis stopped 40 shots to help the young and rebuilding New York Islanders beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Sunday. The Islanders got goals from Jeff Tambellini, Josh Bailey and Kyle Okposo to win their second straight at […]
Sunday’s Boxscores BRIDGEPORT 6, HARTFORD 3 Bridgeport surged into a first-place tie in the East Division on Sunday with a 6-3 win over intra-state rival Hartford before 7,349 fans at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Jon Sim and Jeremy Colliton (pictured) each tallied two goals and an assist for the Sound Tigers, who have won […]
LOOKING BACK: On Thursday night, John Lammers posted a goal and an assist in Houston’s 2-1 win over Grand Rapids… Six different players lit the lamp as Milwaukee cruised past Iowa by a 6-2 count… On Wednesday, Jiri Tlusty recorded an AHL season-high six points (2-4-6) in Toronto’s 6-4 win over Providence… Jonathan Matsumoto’s power-play […]
Saturday’s Boxscores LAKE ERIE 6, ROCHESTER 2 Lake Erie jumped to a 3-0 lead after the first period and cruised to a 6-2 win over Rochester on Saturday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Matt Hendricks tallied two goals and an assist, and Per Ledin also had three points (1-2-3) for the Monsters, who […]
Calgary Flames general manager Darryl Sutter announced today that forward Kris Chucko has been reassigned to the Quad City Flames (AHL), while forwards Brett Sutter and David Van der Gulik have been recalled from Quad City. Chucko, 22, played his first two NHL games during his call-up, averaging 7:01 minutes of ice time and picked […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have reassigned right wing Brandon Segal to the Admirals, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today. Segal, 6-foot-2, 214-pounds, has appeared in his first two career NHL games over the last week with Tampa Bay. He appeared in his first […]
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by John McGourty || NHL.com The race for the Calder Trophy each season always is interesting. In most seasons, including this one, several candidates make strong bids. This season, Kris Versteeg, Derick Brassard, Steve Mason, Pekka Rinne, Bobby Ryan, Blake Wheeler, Drew Doughty and Luke Schenn all have made strong cases for themselves. Versteeg has […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lindsay Kramer, the AHL correspondent for NHL.com, profiles an up-and-coming player each Monday during the season, and his AHL notebook appears each Thursday on NHL.com. Lowell center Rod Pelley‘s view of hockey this season has been pretty consistent. A rookie on the left. A rookie on the right. Youngsters just […]
