Hedden lifts Stars to OT victory

Mike Hedden banged home a loose puck for his second goal of the night 5:35 into overtime, giving the Texas Stars a 3-2 win over the Oklahoma City Barons in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series at the Cox Convention Center on Wednesday night. Game 2 is Saturday in Oklahoma City. Hedden converted […]

Falcons take Game 1 in overtime

Andrew Joudrey‘s goal 2:21 into overtime gave the Springfield Falcons a 3-2 road win over the Providence Bruins in the opening game of the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Falcons take a 1-0 series lead home with them for Game 2 on Friday and Game 3 on Saturday. Joudrey took a touch pass from Dana […]

AHL Morning Skate: April 23

Take a game-day spin around the AHL ice with latest from around the American Hockey League in today’s Morning Skate. Complete Schedule || Playoff Brackets || Today’s Scoreboard || League Leaders Tonight’s Previews   Game 1 – 7:05 ET, AHL LiveSpringfield and Providence kick off the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs when they drop the puck […]

Veteran Fortunus still takes it step by step

by Stephen Meserve || AHL On The Beat Archive Draft day came and went for Texas Stars captain Maxime Fortunus in 2001. The La Prairie, Que., native led his major junior squad in defenseman scoring that year and helped them to the second round of the QMJHL playoffs. The fifth-year Texas Star, a member of […]

Samson named CCM/AHL Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that St. John’s IceCaps right wing Jerome Samson has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Apr. 20, 2014. Samson tallied two goals and five assists for seven points, along with a plus-5 rating, in two games last week as […]