AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 4

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 7:00 ET, AHL LiveNorfolk begins a three-in-three road weekend with a stop in Albany tonight, the fifth of seven straight away from home for the Admirals… Norfolk, 7-2-0-1 on the season, is averaging 5.4 goals per game in its seven wins and 2.7 […]

Heat make best of life on road

by Ryan Pinder || AHL On The Beat Archive Pro hockey demands travel, and lots of it, but no team in the American Hockey League will endure more than the Abbotsford Heat. The three-year-old franchise (top affiliate of the NHL’s Calgary Flames) is unofficially the western outpost of the AHL, as the lone franchise in […]

AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 3

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 7:00 ET, AHL LiveWith just one regulation loss in its first 10 games (6-1-0-3), Houston hits the road for a quick two-game trip beginning tonight in Cleveland against the Lake Erie Monsters… Jon DiSalvatore (1-7-8) and Casey Wellman (4-2-6) bring six-game scoring streaks […]

Johnson named top goalie for October

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chad Johnson of the Connecticut Whale has been named the Reebok/AHL Goaltender of the Month for October. Johnson made five appearances and went 3-0-2, tying for the league lead among qualified goalies in both goals-against average (1.69) and save percentage (.942) while helping the Whale […]

Colborne named Player of the Month

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Toronto Marlies center Joe Colborne has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Month for October. Colborne scored eight goals, recorded eight assists and posted a plus-8 rating in nine games to lead the Marlies to a 5-3-1-0 record and first place in the North […]

Ashton named Rookie of the Month

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Norfolk Admirals right wing Carter Ashton has been named the Reebok/AHL Rookie of the Month for October. Ashton scored a league-leading nine goals and paced all AHL rookies with 13 points in 10 games for Norfolk as the Admirals raced out to a 7-2-0-1 start. […]

Pink rinks, mullets and mustaches

by Kelly Donahue || AHL On The Beat Archive The Manchester Monarchs, along with many other AHL teams, have joined in to aid in the fight against cancer. Hockey Fights Cancer was founded in December 1998 when the National Hockey league and the National Hockey League Players’ Association paired up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma […]

AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 2

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 11:00 a.m. ET, AHL LiveIn-state foes Bridgeport and Connecticut get the Wednesday schedule off to an early start with a school-day matinee at Webster Bank Arena… The Sound Tigers rallied for a 5-4 shootout victory in the teams’ only previous meeting this season […]

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Albany Devils center Tim Sestito has been suspended for five (5) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game at Binghamton on Oct. 28. Sestito, who has already served one game of the suspension, will miss […]

AHL Weekly Release

AHL Standings || Scores and Schedules || League Leaders SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … News and notes from around the American Hockey League, where the pace starts to pick up as the calendar turns to November: SHARK ATTACK … With 12 former Worcester Sharks already having played for the San Jose Sharks this season, it should come […]