How sweet it is: Bears win record 10th Calder Cup title

WINNIPEG, Man. … A three-goal first period was more than enough as the Hershey Bears captured the American Hockey League’s 2009 Calder Cup championship with a 4-1 win over the Manitoba Moose at the MTS Centre on Friday night. The Bears, the top development team of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, defeated the Moose […]

Bylsma guides Penguins to Stanley Cup championship

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be well-represented on the Stanley Cup after the Pittsburgh Penguins laid claim to the NHL championship with a 2-1 win in Game Seven of the Finals on Friday night. Head coach Dan Bylsma led Pittsburgh to the title after being promoted from the AHL in mid-February. Bylsma, who reached the 2008 […]

2009 Calder Cup Finals photo galleries

The Hershey Bears cemented their place in the AHL record books by capturing a league-high 10th Calder Cup championship on Friday courtesy of a 4-1 road win over the Manitoba Moose in Game 6 of the 2009 Finals. Click below to relive it all with photo galleries and recaps from each game of the Calder […]

AHL Morning Skate: Game 6

  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. 2009 CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS: Complete Results || Scoring Leaders || […]

Chocolate-Moose a sweet treat for AHL fans

More attendance records are set to fall as the 2009 Calder Cup Finals head back to Winnipeg for Game 6 on Friday night and, if necessary, Game 7 on Sunday. The Hershey Bears hold a 3-2 lead in the series, but the Manitoba Moose have regained home-ice advantage with the MTS Centre ready to rock […]

Games 6 and 7 to air locally in Winnipeg

Please be advised the Manitoba Moose, Shaw Cable, and MTS TV are pleased to announce: Manitoba Moose vs. Hershey Bears Calder Cup Finals Games 6 & 7 (if necessary) Friday, June 12th & Sunday, June 14th MTS Centre 7:30 p.m. CT will be available on Shaw Cable Channel 9 and MTS TV Channel 50.

Heat’s Playfair ready to begin next chapter

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lindsay Kramer, the AHL correspondent for NHL.com, profiles an up-and-coming player each Monday during the season, and his AHL notebook appears each Thursday on NHL.com. On June 5, Calgary named Jim Playfair head coach of the Abbotsford Heat, its new affiliate that will join the American Hockey League in 2009-10. […]

Bulldogs, Marlies going overseas this preseason

The Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies have been invited to participate in a four-team preseason tournament in Edinburgh, Scotland, to celebrate Scotland’s contribution to the game of ice hockey. The Edinburgh Capitals, Scotland’s only Elite Ice Hockey team, are hosting the tournament from Sept. 24-27. The Bulldogs and Marlies will be fighting it out with […]

Games 6 and 7 to be televised back to central PA

The Hershey Bears announced today in conjunction with ABC-27 that the remainder of the 2009 Calder Cup Finals between the Bears and the Manitoba Moose will be televised live from the MTS Centre in Winnipeg. The game can be seen in central Pennsylvania on WHTM’s Comcast Digital 246, Verizon Fios Digital channel 461 and also […]

Former AHL goalie Marsters dies in car accident

Nathan Marsters, a member of the Portland Pirates team that came within one win of the Calder Cup Finals in 2006, died Monday in a motor vehicle accident near Smithville, Ont., the Hamilton Spectator has reported. Marsters was 29. A 2000 draft choice of the Los Angeles Kings, Marsters played 37 AHL games for Portland […]