SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that the Manitoba Moose have won the Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award for the 2008-09 season. Since 1972, the award has been presented to the team which allows the fewest goals in the regular season. Manitoba surrendered just 188 goals in 2008-09 and finished the regular […]
Saturday’s Boxscores HERSHEY 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 Kyle Wilson netted a pair of goals as Hershey clinched its second East Division title in the last three seasons with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia on Saturday before 10,705 fans at the Giant Center. The first-place Bears will meet the fourth-place Phantoms in the division semifinals beginning next […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Norfolk Admirals defenseman Mike Knight has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game at Binghamton on Apr. 10. Knight was assessed an instigator penalty within the final five minutes of the third period, resulting in an automatic […]
Every morning from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes 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. FRIDAY’S SCORES: BRIDGEPORT 4, Springfield 3 Hamilton 3, GRAND RAPIDS 2 LOWELL […]
by Greg Glynn || AHL On The Beat Archive He wore #50, but he wasn’t a player. He shared the wins and losses, but he wasn’t a coach. He was a great owner, but he was also a fan. The late Tom Ebright was the owner of the Baltimore Skipjacks and brought hockey back to […]
Friday’s Boxscores PHILADELPHIA 5, HERSHEY 2 Philadelphia scripted a fitting regular-season farewell to the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday, clinching a playoff spot with a 5-2 win over arch-rival Hershey before a sellout crowd of 17,380 fans, an AHL season high.
Chicago Blackhawks General Manager of Minor League Affiliations Mark Bernard announced on Friday that the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League have signed winger Kyle Beach to an ATO. Beach was the Blackhawks’ first-round draft pick (#11 overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The 19-year-old winger split his third full season in the […]
St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced today the club has assigned defenseman Alex Pietrangelo from his junior team, the Niagara Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League, to the Blues’ American Hockey Affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Pietrangelo was the Blues’ first-round pick, fourth overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Pietrangelo, 19, a native […]
The Albany River Rats announced today that center Zach Boychuk has joined the team from the Lethbridge Hurricanes, his WHL junior club. Boychuk, 19, joins Albany after completing his fourth season of junior hockey with the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL. The Airdrie, Alta., native was drafted by Carolina in the first round (14th overall) […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that left wing Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears has been named the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL’s most valuable player for the 2008-09 season, as voted by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 29 cities. […]
