The Vancouver Canucks announced Sunday that they have assigned center Bo Horvat to the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets on a conditioning assignment. Horvat, 19, appeared in five games with the Canucks during the 2014 preseason, registering one goal. The ninth overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Horvat could make his professional debut […]
by Alan Cross || AHL On The Beat Archive When given an inch, take a mile. Grand Rapids Griffins center Andrej Nestrasil knows a thing or two about waiting for doors to open, and blowing those doors off the hinges on your way through. A third-round pick (75th overall) by the Detroit Red Wings in […]
A week after their first matchup against new Northeast Division opponent Springfield, the Syracuse Crunch found themselves in a familiar position, trailing 2-1 to the Falcons. This time would be different, though. In his first professional game, Jonathan Drouin scored the game-winning goal in the third period to propel the Crunch to a 3-2 victory […]
by Kinsey Janke || for NHL.com Two years ago, while Connor Carrick was anxiously waiting to hear his name called in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, his younger brother, Hunter, was sitting beside him, listening to hundreds of names he didn’t recognize. Joining in with the spirited crowd in Pittsburgh, Hunter began playfully booing each […]
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The Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday announced that forward Jonathan Drouin has been assigned to the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch for a conditioning stint. The third overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Drouin is expected to begin his professional career on Friday night when Syracuse hosts Springfield. Drouin, 19, recorded 29 goals and 79 […]
by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive With Ryan Bourque, a three-year Hartford Wolf Pack mainstay, being five years younger than his brother Chris, a veteran of nine seasons of pro hockey, the opportunities for the two siblings ever to play together have been limited. “Just in summer leagues,” Ryan said recently about […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Norfolk Admirals center Chris Wagner has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 12, 2014. In the Admirals’ season opener on Saturday night, Wagner registered his second career AHL hat trick to help Norfolk to a 5-4 win […]
by Lindsey Willhite || AHL On The Beat Archive The first meeting between Pat and Natalie Cannone wasn’t exactly ripped from the pages of a romance novel. It happened a few days before their freshman year at Miami University in 2007. Natalie, a Columbus, Ohio, native focused on psychology and fashion, was walking on the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Adirondack Flames left wing Trevor Gillies has been suspended for twelve (12) games as a consequence of his actions in a game at Rochester on Oct. 10. Gillies was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). Gillies will miss Adirondack’s next 12 […]
