Fri. roundup: Moose win again

Friday’s AHL boxscores MANITOBA 4, CHICAGO 1 Defense partners Mark Flood and Nolan Baumgartner tallied a goal and an assist each to lead Manitoba to a 4-1 win over Chicago before 11,684 fans at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg on Friday evening. The Moose extended their winning streak to six games with the victory. At […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Dustin Boyd scored the game-winner for his 10th goal in seven games as Hamilton edged Lake Erie, 3-2… Braden Holtby posted a 25-save shutout to help Hershey past Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 1-0… Nathan Lawson stopped 32 of 33 shots in Bridgeport’s 2-1 triumph at Worcester… Rob Klinkhammer’s late third-period goal sent Rockford past […]

Thu. roundup: Boyd carries Bulldogs

Thursday’s AHL Boxscores HAMILTON 3, LAKE ERIE 2 Dustin Boyd broke a 2-2 tie with a power play goal 1:17 into the third period, and Hamilton held on for a 3-2 win over Lake Erie on Thursday at Copps Coliseum. Boyd has now collected 10 goals in just seven games since joining Hamilton from parent-club […]

Black and gold fit Tangradi well

by A.J. Atchue || for NHL.com Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Eric Tangradi may only be 21 years old, but he’s already experienced a rollercoaster ride’s worth of emotions in his young hockey career. For someone who was raised just outside of Philadelphia and grew up as a Flyers fan, not least among those emotions was the […]

Wed. roundup: Kennedy sinks Pirates in OT

Wednesday’s AHL Boxscores CONNECTICUT 2, PORTLAND 1 (OT) Ex-Pirate Tim Kennedy scored on the power play only 36 seconds into overtime to lift Connecticut past visiting Portland by a 2-1 count on Wednesday before 7,913 fans at the XL Center. With their eighth win in 10 games (8-1-0-1), the Whale moved within one point of […]

Back in black (and teal)

by Christopher Carbone || AHL On The Beat Archive  “Cheechoo off the iron and in!” is becoming a common saying in Worcester Sharks announcer Eric Lindquist’s vocabulary this season. Jonathan Cheechoo’s career has come full circle, as he is back in the Sharks organization playing for Worcester. The Moose Factory, Ont., native’s professional career started […]

Tue. roundup: Lack, Moose prevail again

Tuesday’s AHL Boxscores MANITOBA 4, PEORIA 1 Eddie Lack earned his 12th win of the season – tops among AHL rookie goaltenders – with 33 saves on 34 shots to help Manitoba keep rolling with a 4-1 win over suddenly struggling Peoria on Tuesday before 7,543 fans at the MTS Centre. Manitoba secured a sweep […]

AHL Weekly: Bears still eye three-peat

WEEKLY RELEASE #12 AHL standings || Scores and schedules || League leaders SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … It’s only been done once in American Hockey League history, by the Springfield Indians of the early 1960’s. And while wins haven’t come as easily this year as they did in 2009-10 for Hershey, the Bears are still very much […]

Mon. roundup: Khudobin denies Rampage

Monday’s AHL Boxscores HOUSTON 2, SAN ANTONIO 1 Houston goaltender Anton Khudobin made a season-high 39 saves on 40 shots against the AHL’s fourth-ranked offense as Houston eked out a 2-1 road win over first-place San Antonio on Monday at the AT&T Center. A former AHL All-Star, Khudobin snapped a personal three-game losing skid and […]

Desharnais snags weekly honor

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hamilton Bulldogs center David Desharnais has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 26, 2010. Desharnais recorded five points (two goals, three assists) in two games last week to assume the AHL’s overall scoring lead. In Hamilton’s final pre-holiday […]