SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards, given to one player from each AHL member team for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations during the 2005-06 season. From this list of 27 finalists, representatives from American […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League begins handing out individual awards this week in recognition of its outstanding performers during the 2005-06 season. The AHL’s rookie class of 2006 offers plenty of worthy candidates for the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award, including Houston’s Patrick O’Sullivan and Roman Voloshenko, Hartford’s Nigel Dawes, Portland’s Ryan Shannon, […]
by David Unkle While one game does not make a career, Ryan O’Marra certainly did his part on Friday night in his first professional outing to demonstrate why the New York Islanders took him with the 15th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. O’Marra’s signing earlier in the week to a three-year, entry-level […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Jimmy Howard of the Grand Rapids Griffins has been named the Koho/AHL Goaltender of the Month for March. Howard was a perfect 11-0-0 with a 1.80 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage in 11 appearances on the month, as the Griffins clinched the North […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Iowa Stars left wing Loui Eriksson has been named the Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month for March. In 14 games on the month, Eriksson recorded six goals and 11 assists for 17 points, along with a plus-15 rating, as the Stars continued to make […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has named Grand Rapids Griffins left wing Donald MacLean as the recipient of the CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month award for March. On Mar. 12 at Chicago, MacLean became the 46th player in American Hockey League history to score at least 50 goals in a season, and the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Portland Pirates goaltender Jani Hurme has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 2, 2006. Hurme earned road victories in each of his three appearances last week, moving the Pirates closer to their first-ever division championship. On Wednesday […]
Led by two goals from Nathan Barrett, the Norfolk Admirals beat the Hartford Wolf Pack, 3-2, at the Hartford Civic Center on Sunday afternoon. With the win the Admirals become the third team in the East Division to clinch a spot in the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs. Barrett bookended the game’s scoring, with a goal […]
Gary Dineen, a former Calder Cup champion widely regarded as one of the top development coaches in all of hockey, passed away on Saturday morning following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 62. Dineen played only one full season in the American Hockey League, and helped the Springfield Kings to a Calder Cup championship […]
The Manitoba Moose beat the Grand Rapids Griffins by a score of 4-2 on Saturday night at the MTS Centre, putting an end to the Griffins eleven game winning streak. Manitoba’s Lee Goren led the way for the Moose with his 19th and 20th goals of the season. Wade Flaherty was sharp in net for […]
