Marlies, Heat ready to square off

(CP) – The Toronto Marlies will be logging plenty of air miles in the next round of the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs. After making easy work of the close-to-home Rochester Americans in the first round, sweeping them in the best-of-five series, the Marlies will face B.C.’s Abbotsford Heat in the Western Conference semifinals. If the […]

Conference semifinals set

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the schedules for the best-of-seven conference semifinal round of the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs. Three series were announced previously on Friday evening. The fourth was finalized on Saturday when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Hershey Bears, 2-1, in the decisive Game 5 of their conference quarterfinal. […]

Penguins hold off Bears

The final piece of the second-round puzzle fell into place on Saturday night when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Hershey Bears, 2-1, in the decisive Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. By virtue of winning the series three games to two, the Penguins advance to the second round of the 2012 Calder Cup […]

AHL Morning Skate: Apr. 28

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 5 – 7:05 ET, AHL Live (Series tied, 2-2) The first round of the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs ends tonight as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton hosts Hershey for the right to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals… The Penguins won the first two games […]

Rampage win 2OT thriller

The first winner-take-all game of the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs was a thriller at Allstate Arena, and Roman Derlyuk‘s goal 5:28 into the second overtime period gave the visiting San Antonio Rampage a historic 3-2 win over the Chicago Wolves. It was the first series victory ever for the 10-year-old Rampage franchise, who were the […]

Bears push Penguins to limit

(hersheybears.com) — Boyd Kane scored two of the Hershey Bears’ three power-play goals, Chris Bourque recorded three points and Dany Sabourin came up one shot shy of perfect in a 4-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night at Giant Center. The Bears evened the teams’ best-of-five Eastern Conference quarterfinal at two games apiece, […]

Norfolk ousts Monarchs; Whale next

Alex Killorn scored 13:27 into overtime as the Norfolk Admirals won a playoff series for the first time in eight years, ousting the Manchester Monarchs with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 on Friday night. The top-seeded Admirals will meet the Connecticut Whale in the Eastern Conference semifinals beginning Wednesday night at Scope. Killorn, a […]

IceCaps advance to round two

Derek Meech scored on a drive from the right-wing circle with 5:01 gone in overtime on Friday night, sending the St. John’s IceCaps into the second round of the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Syracuse Crunch. The IceCaps won the series, three games to one. Meech’s goal, his third of […]

AHL announces suspensions

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Manchester Monarchs right wing Justin Johnson has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of his actions prior to Manchester’s game vs. Norfolk on Apr. 25. Johnson will miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the teams tonight (Apr. 27) […]

Markstrom returned to Rampage

The Florida Panthers on Thursday announced that goaltender Jacob Markstrom has been reassigned to the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL. Markstrom, 22, served as the backup netminder to Scott Clemmensen in Game 6 of Florida’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the New Jersey Devils. The Gavle, Sweden, native has posted a 2-0 record with […]