Stars rally past Bears to seize Game 1

TEXAS 2, HERSHEY 1 HERSHEY, Pa. … Rookie Scott McCulloch broke a 1-1 tie with an unassisted goal 2:10 into the third period, and Texas held on to stun Hershey by a 2-1 count on Thursday before 10,505 fans at a sold-out Giant Center in Game 1 of the 2010 Calder Cup Finals. It marked […]

Stars’ Climie steps up to be counted

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Goalie Matt Climie began the season making history for the Texas Stars, and he hopes to end it the same way. That’s the easy part. The bigger challenge is not getting a chance to put your name in the record books at all. "I think it’s harder to watch a […]

Morning Skate: Finals set to begin in Hershey

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. TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE (all times ET): Calder Cup Finals Game 1 – […]

AHL, Reebok-CCM extend partnership

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and Reebok-CCM Hockey have announced a two-year extension of their original multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership that will continue to serve as the foundation for the AHL’s marketing, licensing and on-ice branding strategies through the 2015-16 season. The AHL Board of Governors unanimously approved the extension of the partnership, which […]

Chat wrap: Hershey’s Karl Alzner

Defenseman Karl Alzner of the Eastern Conference champion Hershey Bears stepped into the AHL Chat Room on Tuesday, June 1 to answer fans’ questions about the 2010 Calder Cup Finals and much more. Karl’s transcript is below. Is there any particular player who you try to model your game after, and if so, why? – […]

Calder Cup Finals series preview

Download complete Finals series preview (1MB — PDF) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … A familiar face meets the new kid in town when the 2010 Calder Cup Finals – the American Hockey League’s 74th championship series – get underway on Thursday night. The Hershey Bears are in the Finals for the fourth time in five years after […]

AHL, EA announce partnership extension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, have announced a four-year extension of their successful licensing partnership, under which the American Hockey League will continue to be featured prominently in EA SPORTS’ award-winning NHL game franchise. Since the fall of 2007 with NHL®08, EA SPORTS […]