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. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: ALBANY 4, Philadelphia 3 (SO) Providence 5, LOWELL 2 Hartford […]

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. Peoria Rivermen defenseman Justin Fletcher‘s strength shines through in a transition game. In order to play that way on the ice, he’s had to live […]

The Philadelphia Flyers today reassigned defenseman Luca Sbisa to the Philadelphia Phantoms from the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League, according to club general manager Paul Holmgren. Sbisa will wear uniform #47 and will be available for the Phantoms’ final two regular season games this weekend against the Hershey Bears. Sbisa, 19, was the […]

The Providence Bruins announced today that forward Vladimir Sobotka has been recalled by the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins on an emergency basis. He is expected to be available for tonight’s game against the Montreal Canadiens at the TD Banknorth Garden. Sobotka, 21, has played in 23 games for Boston over five previous recalls this […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cory Schneider of the Manitoba Moose has been named the winner of the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the 2008-09 season, as voted by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 29 cities. A […]

Also see… East Notes: Teams battle for playoff spots, positioning Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Chicago will miss the playoffs for just the second time in eight AHL seasons, having also missed out in 2006… The Wolves scored as many goals (5) in their 5-0 win over Lake Erie on Wednesday as they had totaled […]

Also see… West Notes: Down the stretch they come Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany snapped an eight-game winless skid (0-7-0-1) with a 4-3 shootout victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday… It marked the River Rats’ longest slide since a 13-game skid from Mar. 17 to Apr. 12, 2006… Rookie Cory Quirk is on a three-game […]

Wednesday’s Boxscores WORCESTER 2, PORTLAND 1 Worcester punched its ticket to the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs on Wednesday with its fifth consecutive victory, a 2-1 decision over Portland at the DCU Center. Captain Ryan Vesce and Dan DaSilva netted goals for the Sharks, and goaltender Thomas Greiss made 24 saves on 25 shots. Vesce opened […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that left wing Nathan Gerbe of the Portland Pirates has been named the winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding rookie for the 2008-09 season, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 29 member cities. […]

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk and general manager Bryan Murray announced today the signing of Cory Clouston to a two-year contract as the team’s head coach. The contract will run through the 2010-11 season. Clouston was appointed head coach of the Senators on Feb. 2 after beginning the season as the bench boss of Ottawa’s […]