Game 1 goes to the Dogs

Full Playoffs Schedule Brock Trotter scored his second goal of the night 14 seconds into overtime as Hamilton opened the Western Conference Finals with a 3-2 win over the Texas Stars at Copps Coliseum on Friday night. With Texas shorthanded after a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty late in regulation, the Bulldogs controlled the faceoff at the start […]

Morning Skate: Western Finals set to begin

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: Game 1 – HERSHEY 4, Manchester 2 (HER leads […]

Bulldogs’ Palushaj productive, clairvoyant

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Aaron Palushaj was a forward on the rise for the Hamilton Bulldogs near the end of the regular season, and he had a vision of where he was going to peak on the night of May 10. That’s when the Bulldogs hosted Abbotsford in Game 6 of the North Division […]

Bears double up Monarchs for Game 1 win

Full Playoffs Schedule HERSHEY 4, MANCHESTER 2 Hershey jumped to a 2-0 lead after the first period and doubled up Manchester by a 4-2 count on Wednesday before 7,718 fans at Giant Center in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Michal Neuvirth, the reigning Calder Cup Playoffs MVP, earned the victory with 24 saves […]

Bulldogs, Stars ready for West finals

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The puck will drop at Copps Coliseum on Friday night with the Hamilton Bulldogs meeting the Texas Stars for the American Hockey League’s Western Conference championship. The first-year Stars earned a trip to the AHL’s final four with a dramatic 6-5 overtime victory in Chicago on Tuesday night, rallying from 2-0, 4-2 […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 12

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. TUESDAY’S SCORES: Game 7 – Texas 6, CHICAGO 5 (OT) (TEX […]

Whirlwind year still going for Carlson

by A.J. Atchue || for NHL.com After more than a week of waiting for an opponent, the Hershey Bears finally hit the ice last Saturday able to prepare to take on the Manchester Monarchs in the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals. It will have been 12 full days off between rounds when rookie defenseman John Carlson […]

Stars take 6-5 OT win in epic Game 7

Full Playoffs Schedule TEXAS 6, CHICAGO 5 (OT) II Western Conf. Finals schedule Rookie Jamie Benn wristed a shot home short side from the left circle at 4:57 of overtime, sending resurgent Texas to a dramatic 6-5 road win over Chicago in Game 7 of the West Division Finals on Tuesday night at Allstate Arena. […]

Western Conference Finals schedule set

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced the following schedule for the Western Conference Finals series in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs: Western Conference Finals – Series “N” (best-of-7) N1-Hamilton Bulldogs vs. W2-Texas Stars Game 1 – Fri., May 14 – Texas at Hamilton, 7:30 Game 2 – Sun., May 16 – Texas […]

Bears, Monarchs set to tangle

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Eastern Conference championship series gets underway Wednesday night as the Hershey Bears and Manchester Monarchs battle for the right to play for the Calder Cup. The Bears will have had 12 full days off between games by the time the puck drops for Game 1 of the best-of-seven series, after sweeping […]