Sat. roundup: Plante shuts door on Marlies

Saturday’s boxscores ROCHESTER 1, TORONTO 0 Mike York scored the game’s only goal midway through the first period, and Rochester goaltender Tyler Plante’s 40-save shutout made it stand up as the Amerks earned a 1-0 road win over Toronto on Saturday at Ricoh Coliseum. Rochester has now won three straight games for the first time […]

Circus returns to Houston

by Colby Primeaux || AHL On The Beat Archive  The newest Aero is also the oldest Aero. Signed to a standard player contract, center Tony Hrkac has returned to Houston for his second stint with the Aeros. He made his return to the ice on Mar. 3 at San Antonio. The 43-year-old forward, who was […]

Fri. roundup: Crunch creep closer

Friday’s AHL Boxscores SYRACUSE 5, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 2 Defenseman Brendan Bell tallied the game-winning goal and captain Derek MacKenzie racked up four assists as Syracuse collected a critical 5-2 win over visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday at the Onondaga County War Memorial. The victory pulled the Crunch within five points of the Penguins, who are currently tied […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Pascal Pelletier’s goal with 4:19 left in regulation lifted Peoria to a 4-3 win over Grand Rapids… In Wednesday’s action, Kyle Turris posted three points (1-2-3) and a shootout goal to help San Antonio edge Houston, 4-3… J.T. Wyman tallied his first career hat trick as Hamilton dropped Adirondack, 4-1… Martin […]

Rivermen get past Griffins, 4-3

Pascal Pelletier‘s goal with 4:19 left in regulation snapped a 3-3 tie and sent Peoria to a 4-3 win over Grand Rapids at Carver Arena on Thursday night. Lars Eller had a goal and an assist for the Rivermen, Barry Tallackson moved into a tie for the team lead with his 16th goal of the […]

Chat wrap: Hamilton’s P.K. Subban

Hamilton Bulldogs rookie defenseman and 2010 AHL All-Star P.K. Subban stepped into the AHL Chat Room on Tuesday, Mar. 2… Below is P.K.’s chat transcript. Was there anyone or anything that first inspired you to begin playing the game of hockey? – Alyssa from Montreal My dad grew up in Sudbury, Ont., where he watched […]

East Notes: Pack’s playoff streak in jeopardy

Also see… West Notes: Dekanich rolling, LE hits road Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Adirondack’s 3-2 shootout win over Lowell on Saturday snapped a skid which saw the Phantoms drop five consecutive Saturday games… The Phantoms’ 6-5 loss to Syracuse on Feb. 24 marked the first time all season they had lost in regulation when […]

West Notes: Dekanich rolling, LE hits road

Also see… East Notes: ‘Pack’s playoff streak in jeopardy   Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Abbotsford has earned a point in seven straight games (5-0-0-2) and is 10-1-0-3 in its last 14 contests… The Heat have extended to a shootout in three of their last four games, winning at Worcester on Friday and dropping a […]

Rosa flourishing in first season with Moose

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Marco Rosa‘s new teammates in Manitoba this season greeted him with the proper degree of smugness. Rosa was a member of the Houston squad that fell to the Moose in the Western Conference final playoff series last season. Rosa, a center, subsequently signed with Manitoba as a free agent in […]

Laliberte seeing value in work ethic

by Owen Newkirk || AHL On The Beat Archive  There have been no handouts for Adirondack Phantoms right wing David Laliberte, and certainly no free pass to fulfill his dream of playing in the National Hockey League. So when the St. Liboire, Que., native made his NHL debut earlier this season with the Philadelphia Flyers, […]