Larsen named Falcons’ head coach

Columbus Blue Jackets executive vice president of hockey operations and general manager Scott Howson announced today that Brad Larsen has been named head coach of the Springfield Falcons, Columbus’ American Hockey League affiliate. Larsen replaces Rob Riley, who was relieved of his duties in April after two seasons as the Falcons’ head coach. “We are […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 21

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 3 – 3:00 ET, Rogers TV (Toronto), ESPN America, AHL Live (Series tied, 1-1)Oklahoma City rebounded from a 5-0 loss in Game 1 to even the Western Conference Finals with a 5-1 win over Toronto in Game 2 on Friday night… […]

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Oklahoma City Barons left wing Triston Grant has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game vs. Toronto on May 18. Grant will miss Game 3 of the Western Conference final […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 20

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Norfolk leads series, 2-0 Eastern Conference Finals – Series “M” (best-of-7) 1-Norfolk Admirals vs. 2-St. John’s IceCaps Game 1 – Thurs., May 17 – NORFOLK 6, St. John’s 1 || RecapGame 2 – Sat., May 19 – NORFOLK 3, St. John’s 1 […]

Admirals go up 2-0 on IceCaps

(CP) — Alexandre Picard was at the right place at the right time, which has been his story throughout the playoffs. Picard scored for the seventh time in 11 games, hammering home a rebound at 15:38 of the second period Saturday to give the Norfolk Admirals a lead, then added an empty-net goal for a […]

Barons bounce back

(CP) — Mark Arcobello and Philippe Cornet each had a goal and an assist and Yann Danis made 27 saves as the Oklahoma City Barons evened the American Hockey League Western Conference finals with a 5-1 victory in Game 2 on Friday. Ryan Keller, Teemu Hartikainen and Chris VandeVelde also scored for Oklahoma City, which […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 19

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 2 – 8:00 ET, AHL Live, NHL Home Ice Radio (NOR leads series, 1-0)St. John’s tries to pull even in the Eastern Conference Finals as Norfolk hosts Game 2 tonight… The Admirals rolled to a 6-1 win in Thursday’s series opener, […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 18

Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series Previews  Game 2 – 8:00 ET, Leafs TV, AHL Live, NHL Home Ice Radio (TOR leads series, 1-0)Toronto raced out of the gates and grabbed the early lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 5-0 win in Game 1 at Oklahoma City […]

Scrivens, Marlies blank Barons

The Toronto Marlies defeated the Oklahoma City Barons, 5-0, in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Thursday night at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. With the win, Toronto pushed its win streak to five games and took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Ben Scrivens (8-1, 1.43, .951) recorded his […]

Admirals rout IceCaps in opener

(CP) — Mike Kostka scored two goals and Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves as the Norfolk Admirals routed the St. John’s IceCaps 6-1 on Thursday in the opening game of the American Hockey League Eastern Conference final. Jean-Philippe Cote, Michel Ouellet, Ondrej Palat and Keith Aulie also scored for the Admirals. Zach Redmond scored the […]