Sportsnet adds two January games

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and Sportsnet announced today the addition of two AHL games to the network’s broadcast schedule, ensuring fans continue to receive weekly live AHL hockey into the New Year. Saturday, Jan. 5 – Rockford IceHogs at Toronto Marlies 3 ET/noon PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific) The Rockford […]

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Oklahoma City Barons center Chris VandeVelde has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game at Texas on Dec. 27. VandeVelde will miss Oklahoma City’s games tonight (Dec. 28) vs. San […]

Hall hat trick leads Barons past Stars

5 4 (okcbarons.com) — Taylor Hall had a hat trick, two of those goals on the power play, as the Oklahoma City Barons held off the Texas Stars, 5-4, on Thursday at Cedar Park Center in Cedar Park, Texas. Oklahoma City (15-10-1-3) has beaten Texas four of out five times this season and has won […]

Robins fighting more than just the odds

by Kathryn Uggerholt || AHL On The Beat Archive The gloves flew off and it was on. In his first shift with the Providence Bruins in Portland, Maine, Bobby Robins was fighting the player he used to fashion himself after, Ryan Hollweg. Hollweg threw some left hooks and Robins retorted with some rights until he […]

Bruins-Pirates rescheduled for Jan. 2

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that tonight’s game between the Providence Bruins and the Portland Pirates (AHL #433), scheduled to be played at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Wed., January 2, 2013, at 7 p.m. […]

Amerks win another wild one

6 7 (amerks.com) — Marcus Foligno scored 2:40 into the extra fame and T.J. Brennan finished with a career-high five points to propel the Rochester Americans to a 7-6 overtime win over the Lake Erie Monsters Wednesday night at The Blue Cross Arena. The game was the first of a two-game set between the North […]

AHL Weekly Release

AHL Standings || Scores and Schedules || League Leaders SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … News and notes coming out of the AHL’s Christmas break: TOP SENS As the AHL rolled into the final week of 2012, the Binghamton Senators found themselves with the best record in the league. Led by rookie head coach Luke Richardson, the Senators […]

Van der Gulik named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Lake Erie Monsters left wing David van der Gulik has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 23, 2012. In three games on the week, van der Gulik scored three goals and tallied four assists for seven points […]

Former foes together as Monsters rookies

by Doug Plagens || AHL On The Beat Archive Hockey is a world all its own, and a small one. Three Lake Erie Monsters rookies, former opponents turned teammates, are living proof of that notion. But their routes weren’t the same to the Colorado Avalanche organization. Mike Sgarbossa — last season’s scoring champion in the […]

Etem’s heroics lift Norfolk

(norfolkadmirals.com) — Emerson Etem tied the game with 33 seconds remaining in regulation and won it six seconds into overtime as the Norfolk Admirals (13-13-1-0) defeated the Albany Devils (9-10-1-6), 2-1, on Saturday night at Norfolk Scope Arena. (Boxscore) The win moved the Admirals back to .500 on the season. Norfolk’s Igor Bobkov (6-7-0) and […]