Give a listen as Rob Rotruck of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms hosts this week’s edition of the AHL Plays of the Week:

By Nick Hart | AHL On The Beat Archive   Some days after the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins practice, music can still be heard blasting throughout the hallways of the Toyota SportsPlex at Coal Street. Practice ended over an hour ago, and most players have cleared out of the room, yet the music blares on. That’s because […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions:  Ontario Reign defenseman Kurtis MacDermid has been suspended for twelve (12) games as a consequence of his match penalty for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game at San Diego on Dec. 26.  MacDermid will miss Ontario’s next 12 scheduled games. […]

By Jason Pearson | AHL On The Beat Archive   Grand Rapids Griffins’ rookie defenseman Robbie Russo always seems to make productive use out of the opportunities presented to him. The 22-year-old Illinois-native has traveled the world playing hockey and is well on his way to realizing his National Hockey League aspirations, but accompanying him […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Iowa Wild goaltender Jeremy Smith has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 27, 2015.  Smith backstopped the Wild to their first winning streak of the season last week, turning aside 52 of 54 shots in consecutive victories over Central Division foes.  On […]

The Montreal Canadiens have announced the acquisition of goaltender Ben Scrivens from the Edmonton Oilers in return for forward Zack Kassian. Kassian will report to the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors. Scrivens, 29, displays a 2-6-1 record in 10 games thus far this season with Bakersfield, along with a 3.47 goals-against average, a .893 save percentage and one shutout. The […]

By Evan Stockton | AHL On The Beat Archive   Put yourself, for a moment, in the shoes of Matthew Peca. You’re a bright-eyed 21-year-old forward who has just completed his senior season at Quinnipiac University (Connecticut), having posted your fourth straight season of 30 points or more. You were picked in the seventh round […]

Give a listen as Scott Stuccio of the Hershey Bears hosts this week’s edition of the AHL Plays of the Week:

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions: Hershey Bears left wing Liam O’Brien has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of a checking-from-behind incident in a game vs. Syracuse on Dec. 20. O’Brien was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). He will miss […]

By Alex Thomas | AHL On The Beat Archive   If you’re looking for the good spots in an American Hockey League city, you might want to ask Springfield Falcons forward Jon DiSalvatore about them. On Friday, December 11th, the veteran skated in his 800th career AHL game—no small feat.   A career that started […]