Shutout gives Marlies 3-1 series lead

(CP) — The Toronto Marlies are one win away from a rare Calder Cup Finals appearance. Ben Scrivens made 30 saves as Toronto shut out the Oklahoma City Barons 3-0 on Wednesday night. The Marlies now have a 3-1 series lead in the American Hockey League Western Conference Finals. The winner will face the Norfolk […]

Richardson named B-Sens coach

The Ottawa Senators announced today that the club has named Luke Richardson head coach of its American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. The contract is a two-year agreement and will run through the 2013-14 season. Richardson will be joined by assistant coach Steve Stirling and video coach Matt Meacham. Richardson, 43, has spent the […]

Capitals, Bears renew partnership

The Hershey Bears announced today that the club has extended their affiliation agreement with the Washington Capitals. The announcement was made by Bears President/GM Doug Yingst. “The combined efforts of the Capitals and the Bears have produced playoff teams each year and three championships here in Hershey since our partnership began,” Yingst said. “Washington also […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 23

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 4 – 7:00 ET (TOR leads series, 2-1)TV: Rogers TV (Toronto), Cox Channel 3/703 (OKC), ESPN AmericaWebcast: AHL LiveThe Western Conference Finals resume tonight at Ricoh Coliseum with host Toronto looking to extend their 2-1 series lead over Oklahoma City… Matt […]

Heartfelt sendoff for first-year IceCaps

(CP) — The fans of the IceCaps gave their team a rousing ovation Tuesday as it became clear St. John’s would be eliminated from the playoffs. Dustin Tokarski stopped all 29 shots he faced and the Norfolk Admirals shut out the IceCaps 4-0 to complete the four-game sweep of the American Hockey League’s Eastern Conference […]

Anchors aweigh!

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Norfolk Admirals have won the Richard F. Canning Trophy as the AHL’s Eastern Conference champions for 2011-12, claiming the title with a 4-0 victory over the St. John’s IceCaps in Game 4 of their best-of-seven series at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, N.L., on Tuesday night. Norfolk goaltender Dustin Tokarski […]

Phantoms’ Paterson relieved of duties

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have relieved Joe Paterson of his duties as head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. No successor has been named at this time. “As an organization, we feel the Phantoms need a new voice moving forward,” Holmgren said. […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 22

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 4 – 6:00 ET, Rogers TV (St. John’s), Leafs TV, AHL Live (NOR leads series, 3-0)One win away from its first-ever trip to the Calder Cup Finals, the Norfolk Admirals look for the sweep in Game 4 at St. John’s tonight… […]

OT win puts Norfolk on the verge

(CP) — St. John’s, N.L., is on the edge of North America, but the IceCaps found themselves teetering on a different sort of edge after Monday night’s 1-0 overtime loss to the Norfolk Admirals. The IceCaps are close to elimination in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final after losing the first three games of the series. […]

Frattin, Marlies prevail in Game 3

(CP) — Matt Frattin scored two goals, including the game-winner with two minutes to play as the Toronto Marlies defeated the Oklahoma City Barons 5-3 on Monday in Game 3 of the American Hockey League Western Conference finals. Frattin snapped a shot past Barons goalie Yann Danis for his league-leading eighth goal of the playoffs […]