Bryan Helmer scored with 1:23 left in overtime as Grand Rapids clinched the North Division title with a thrilling 5-4 win in Manitoba on Friday night. The victory, the Griffins’ 11th in a row, also gave Grand Rapids the regular-season Western Conference title. At 53-16-1-4, the Griffins need four wins in their final six games […]
by Joe Clark Brandon Prust walks into the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights’ dressing room, takes off his skates and heads right to trainer D.J. Amadio’s room. He knows the routine. The bags of ice aren’t for a bum knee or sore shoulder. They are for his hands, which can look like raw hamburger once Prust finishes […]
The New York Islanders have signed center Ryan O’Marra, their 2005 first-round draft pick and a member of the gold medal-winning Team Canada at this year’s World Junior Championships, to a three-year contract. The 18-year old O’Marra, the 15th pick overall in last summer’s draft, has been assigned to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers to begin […]
Playing for the first time in nearly five months, Justin Papineau scored the winning goal on Wednesday night as Bridgeport moved into third place in the East Division with a 5-4 overtime victory over visiting Hershey on Wednesday night. Papineau, who suffered a shoulder injury in a game back on Nov. 2, converted with the […]
by Michael McHugh With the recall of all-star Josh Harding to the Minnesota Wild, goalie Seamus Kotyk is getting more playing time as the Aeros head towards the postseason. For Kotyk, the only thing on his mind right now is a chance to win a Calder Cup. “He’s done an excellent job,” said Aeros head […]
Ryan Ramsay, Gavin Morgan and Tomas Mozjis each scored twice as Peoria rolled to an 8-2 win over Houston on Tuesday night, closing the gap in the West Division standings. The Rivermen scored five power-play goals in extending the Aeros’ winless streak to seven games. Peoria, 8-1-2-0 in its last 11 games, now trails second-place […]
As part of the American Hockey League’s 70th anniversary this season, theahl.com will be taking a look at some of the legendary careers that have been carved in the AHL over the last seven decades. Les Douglas was one of the AHL’s top players of his day, winning two scoring championships and two Calder Cups […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … With just three weeks remaining on their 2005-06 regular season schedule, the Grand Rapids Griffins have pulled away from the pack and now have AHL history in their sights. Somewhat overshadowed by the impressive records of teams like Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Houston for much of the season, Grand Rapids has emerged as the […]
by Joe Sager || pittsburghpenguins.com Noah Welch is projected to be a fixture on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ blue line for many years to come. Right now, he’s getting his first taste of the NHL. Welch was summoned from the Penguins’ top affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for a late-season stint in Pittsburgh. So far, he’s done very […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Syracuse Crunch right wing Joe Motzko has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 26, 2006. In two contests last week, Motzko scored four goals and added an assist as the Crunch ran their winning streak to four […]
