Weekend notebook: Phillips hopes to feed the Flames
After piling up 30 points in 20 AHL games to begin the season, Matthew Phillips got the call to join the Calgary Flames this week.
After piling up 30 points in 20 AHL games to begin the season, Matthew Phillips got the call to join the Calgary Flames this week.
Oskari Salminen has appeared in 12 of the Manitoba Moose’s first 18 games, ranking him among the busiest goaltenders in the American Hockey League. But that is a downright light workload for the 23-year-old, relatively speaking.
If nothing else, Magnus Hellberg has been collecting plenty of goaltending gear this fall. Some tales to tell after hockey is done, too.
Here is a look at Sunday around the AHL:
Greg Meireles scored with 2:38 left in regulation to give the Manitoba Moose a 3-2 win over the visiting Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday.
Cal Petersen, assigned to Ontario by the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, made 27 saves to lead the Reign to a 3-1 win and snap Colorado’s 11-game point streak.
As the 2022-23 season reaches the end of its first quarter, early developments and trends are beginning to solidify, though plenty of questions remain unanswered.
Head coach J.F. Houle wanted Xavier Simoneau to see the Laval Rocket’s game in Bridgeport on Oct. 22 from a different vantage point: the stands. Simoneau has not taken a seat since.
The summer months were uncertain ones for Sammy Walker. The shift to fall, however, has been a much different story for the Iowa Wild rookie forward, who has acclimated nicely to the pro game.
Antoine Bibeau made a career-high 49 saves and Angus Crookshank scored two power-play goals as the Belleville Senators snapped a three-game skid with a win over the Laval Rocket.