The Hometown Kid

41 year old Winnipeg native, Mike Keane, looks to bring a championship to Manitoba.

AHL Morning Skate: For all the marbles in Milwaukee

  Every game day 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.   TUESDAY’S SCORES: HERSHEY 3, W-B/Scranton 0 (HER wins series, […]

Home, sweet home: Bears oust Penguins in Game 7

HERSHEY 3, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 0 Keith Aucoin gave Hershey a 1-0 lead just 50 seconds after the opening face-off, and the Bears never looked back en route to a 3-0 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in Game 7 on Tuesday at Giant Center. The Bears, who improved the home team’s record to 7-0 in this series, advance to […]

First-round pick Hodgson assigned to Moose

The Vancouver Canucks, the NHL affiliate of the Manitoba Moose, announced today they have assigned centre Cody Hodgson to the Moose. Hodgson, 19, was named the Ontario Hockey League’s 2008-09 Most Outstanding Player after scoring 43 goals and 49 assists for 92 points in 53 games with the Brampton Battalion. He ended up fourth overall […]

Khudobin emerges to keep Aeros in flight

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. Houston goalie Anton Khudobin, a native of Kazakhstan, speaks very good English but delivers it in a fashion that usually leaves his teammates chuckling. The […]

Battle of the Brothers

The Santorelli brothers of the Milwaukee Admirals talk about playing on the same team and debate who is better in several categories.

AHL Morning Skate: Winner take all in Hershey tonight

  Every game day 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. MONDAY’S SCORES: PROVIDENCE 4, Worcester 3 (PRO leads series, 3-2) […]

AHL experience does wonders for younger Wings

by Eric Stephens || NHL.com Darren Helm scored a big goal for Detroit in Sunday’s Game 5 win over Anaheim. Just how do the Detroit Red Wings do it? That question alone could produce a number of different answers, but in this case it relates to their ability to tap into the American Hockey League […]

Admirals soar past Aeros in Game 6

MILWAUKEE 7, HOUSTON 0 Seven different Milwaukee skaters netted goals as the Admirals overwhelmed Houston with a 7-0 victory in Game 6 of the West Division Finals on Monday at the Bradley Center. Defenseman Robert Dietrich had a goal and three assists for the Admirals, who have erased a 3-1 series deficit to force a […]

Bruins take bite out of Sharks, lead series 3-2

PROVIDENCE 4, WORCESTER 3 Providence came out with a strong second period and held on for a 4-3 win over Worcester on Monday in Game 5 of the Atlantic Division Finals. Rookie Brad Marchand was one of four skaters to score for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid and took a 3-2 series lead. […]