AHL Morning Skate: May 26

Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest from around the American Hockey League in today’s Morning Skate. Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Today’s Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series PreviewsTonight’s Previews   Game 2 – 7:00 ET, AHL Live (WBS leads series, 1-0)Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, which had won four elimination games in the […]

Barons even up series with Griffins

Game 2: Oklahoma City at Grand RapidsBarons hold on for a 4-2 win, Tatar and Blashill interviewed.   4 2 Game 2 (griffinshockey.com) — The Oklahoma City Barons on Saturday became the first team to outshoot the Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs and did so in impressive fashion, riding a 37-22 […]

Penguins double up Crunch in Game 1

Penguins hand Crunch first postseason lossGame 1: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Syracuse   4 2 Game 1 (wbspenguins.com) — Defenseman Alex Grant netted his first two goals of the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins started off the Eastern Conference Finals with a 4-2 win over the Syracuse Crunch at the Onondaga County War Memorial […]

AHL, PHPA to donate to OK relief efforts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association, in conjunction with the Oklahoma City Barons, announced today that all ticket revenue from the Barons’ game against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday, May 29, will be removed from the league revenue-sharing program and instead will be donated to the United […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 25

Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest from around the American Hockey League in today’s Morning Skate. Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Today’s Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series PreviewsTonight’s Previews   Game 1 – 7:00 ET, AHL Live Two teams carrying loads of momentum collide in this year’s Eastern Conference […]

Griffins clamp down, take Game 1

Game 1 – Oklahoma City at Grand Rapids   1 2 Game 1 The Western Conference Finals opened at Van Andel Arena on Friday night and the hometown Grand Rapids Griffins struck the first blow with a 2-1 win over the Oklahoma City Barons. The Griffins take their 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series into […]

AHL Highlights of the Week

SendtoNews presents the latest AHL Highlights of the Week…   AHL Calder Cup HighlightsFeature goals, saves & hits from the AHL, May 24

Conference final previews

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Four teams eyeing their first championship will face off in the American Hockey League’s conference finals for the right to advance and play for the 2013 Calder Cup title. Lower seeds won all four conference semifinal series, highlighted by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ historic performance – becoming just the third team in the […]

Kings of the Queen City

by Samantha Wood || for NHL.com Kings aren’t born, they’re made. And in the case of the Los Angeles Kings, they’re made in the Queen City: Manchester, New Hampshire. No matter that they’re 3,000 miles apart, the Kings and their primary affiliate, the American Hockey League’s Manchester Monarchs, have discovered a winning formula for player […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 24

Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest from around the American Hockey League in today’s Morning Skate. Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Today’s Scoreboard || League Leaders || Series PreviewsTonight’s Previews   Game 1 – 7:00 ET, AHL Live The AHL’s Western Conference Finals begin tonight at Van Andel Arena as […]