AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 13

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders vs. 1:00 ET (at Ottawa), AHL LiveA couple of teams struggling for goals and wins meet as Hamilton and Binghamton take to Scotiabank Place in Ottawa for an afternoon contest… The Senators have scored eight goals during their current six-game winless streak (0-5-0-1); the […]

Helmer’s Heroes comes to OKC

by Chris Wescott || AHL On The Beat Archive Oklahoma City Barons defenseman Bryan Helmer is a lot of things. He’s an American Hockey League record setter, a team captain, a husband and a father. His leadership and work ethic on the ice is matched only by his compassion off of it. A perfect example […]

AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 12

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 6:00 ET, AHL LiveConnecticut opens a two-game set in St. John’s tonight in a battle of division leaders as the Whale franchise makes its visit to Mile One Centre since Dec. 1, 2002… The Whale are 7-1-1-2 in their last 11 games, the […]

AHL Morning Skate: 11/11/11

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 1:00 ET, AHL LiveWorcester opens up a busy AHL weekend by hosting Bridgeport in a Veterans’ Day matinee at the DCU Center… The Sharks, who have played eight games over the first 35 days of the season, will play nine games in 16 […]

The AHL remembers, lest we forget

 On the 11th day of the 11th month, the AHL honors the men and women who have served their countries in the armed forces as we mark Veterans’ Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. The AHL itself was affected in the 1940’s, when many players went off to join in the […]

Connolly continuing winning ways

by Andrew Stepanek || AHL On The Beat Archive Winning a college hockey national championship is a special accomplishment that can be about many things. It’s about the glory instilled in the community, the alumni, family and friends. It’s about making a name for the school represented and knowing that no one can take that […]

AHL Hall of Fame Class of 2012 set

Click here for complete release including inductee statistics (PDF) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the four people selected for induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame as the Class of 2012. Honored by the AHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee as the seventh group of enshrinees are Joe Crozier, […]

AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 10

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 7:00 ET, AHL LiveSan Antonio pays a visit to Lake Erie to open a two-game set at Quicken Loans Arena tonight… The Rampage have added goaltender Jacob Markstrom, Florida’s second-round pick in the 2008 NHL draft who spent the first month of the […]

AHL Morning Skate: Nov. 9

Last night’s results || Today’s scoreboard || Standings || League Leaders @ 10:30 a.m. ET, AHL LiveNo strangers over the first month of the season, Portland and Manchester meet for the fifth time in 2011-12 in a school-day matinee at the Verizon Wireless Arena… The teams have split their first four get-togethers, most recently a […]

Caps, Rangers make trade

The Washington Capitals, parent club of the AHL’s Hershey Bears, have acquired defenseman Tomas Kundratek from the New York Rangers, parent club of the AHL’s Connecticut Whale, in exchange for forward Francois Bouchard. Kundratek, 21, had two assists in seven games for Connecticut this season. As a rookie in 2010-11, the native of Prerov, Czech […]