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 […]
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 […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Travis Morin of the Texas Stars has won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading scorer in the American Hockey League, while Zach Boychuk of the Charlotte Checkers has won the Willie Marshall Award as the AHL’s leading goal scorer for the 2013-14 campaign. Morin, who was voted the winner of […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Jeff Deslauriers and Eric Hartzell of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are the recipients of the Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award for the 2013-14 season. Since 1972, the award has been presented to the goaltender(s) with at least 25 games played on the team which allows the […]
by Kirk Dyson || AHL On The Beat Archive Watching Portland Pirates forward Andy Miele play, there is no wonder as to how he is one of the top scorers in the American Hockey League this season. A smooth skater that can stop on a dime, a crafty stickhandler that can hypnotize with moves and […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the following schedules for the conference quarterfinal round of the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs. Unless building availability dictates otherwise, the best-of-five first-round series are in either a 2-2-1 format or a 2-3 format; in the 2-3 format, the higher seed has the option of playing the […]
All 16 playoff berths have been clinched, but there’s still plenty on the line as the 198th and final day of the 2013-14 American Hockey League regular season is upon us. In the Eastern Conference, the Manchester Monarchs (1), Springfield Falcons (2), Binghamton Senators (3) and St. John’s IceCaps (4) are locked into their current […]
The last three berths in the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs were all clinched on Friday night, but there will still be plenty left to decide when the regular season ends on Saturday. The Providence Bruins punched their playoff ticket with a 2-1 overtime victory over Manchester. The Bruins got a pair of goals from Matt […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that center Travis Morin of the Texas Stars has been voted the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL’s most valuable player for the 2013-14 season. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s […]
by Alyssa Dombrowski || for NHL.com Peruse the leading statistics lists for the American Hockey League and you’ll see multiple mentions of 20-year-old forward Ty Rattie, whose 29 goals for the Chicago Wolves rank seventh in the league, third among league rookies and at the top of Chicago’s roster in just his first professional season. […]
