With his team’s 4-3 shootout win in Toronto on Saturday afternoon, St. John’s IceCaps head coach Keith McCambridge has earned the right to coach the Eastern Conference team at the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic, to be held Jan. 29-30 in Atlantic City, N.J. St. John’s is guaranteed to have the best record in the Eastern […]
by Mark Newman || AHL On The Beat Archive When you have a father who played in the NHL, you’re around hockey your whole life. Since you were 4 years old, you got to skate with the guys down at the rink and eventually you get used to the atmosphere. You see the daily routine […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that the regular-season outdoor game between the Adirondack Phantoms and Hershey Bears, to be played Friday, January 6, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, will be televised to audiences across Canada and the United States. The Phantoms, top development team of the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers, will […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Oklahoma City Barons defenseman Taylor Chorney has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game vs. Rochester on Dec. 27. Chorney will miss Oklahoma City’s games Saturday (Dec. 31) vs. San […]
by Caroline Greene || AHL On The Beat Archive Everyone gets knocked down during their lifetime, from getting cut from your high school hockey team to being rejected by your top college choice. Whether literally or figuratively, getting knocked down is part of what makes life interesting and prepares us for the future. While a […]
Johnny Wilson, head coach of one of the most improbable Calder Cup champions in American Hockey League history, passed away on Tuesday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 82. Wilson’s playing career was spent mostly in the National Hockey League, where he won four Stanley Cup championships with the Detroit Red Wings in […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #12AHL Standings || Scores and Schedules || League LeadersSPRINGFIELD, Mass. … News and notes from around the American Hockey League, where a three-day layoff helped light some offensive sparks: SIX SHOTS A-SCORING … The AHL schedule resumed on Boxing Day and offenses started popping like Christmas crackers, as Hamilton, Binghamton and Milwaukee all […]
by Doug Plagens || AHL On The Beat Archive With the Lake Erie Monsters trailing by a pair early in the third period in Rochester last week, Hugh Jessiman made a move into the offensive end and fired his team-leading 12th goal of the season by Americans goalie Drew MacIntyre. The goal was also his […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Albany Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid has been selected as the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 25, 2011. In his lone appearance last week, Kinkaid made 36 saves as the Devils shut out the Binghamton Senators, 3-0, at the Times Union […]
by Dan Peters || AHL On The Beat Archive When Joe Finley came into training camp this season with the Rochester Americans on a try-out basis, he was simply attempting to earn an American Hockey League contract. Plagued by injuries in the first two years of his professional career, the 24-year-old Finley had suited up […]
