Wed. roundup: Surging Pirates blow past B’s

Wednesday’s AHL Boxsores PORTLAND 7, PROVIDENCE 0 Rookie forward Luke Adam notched two goals and an assist and was one of three players to record three points as surging Portland dismantled Providence with a 7-0 victory over the Bruins on Wednesday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center. With their fourth straight win and 15th […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: The road team won all three games on Tuesday’s AHL schedule… Rookie Adam Henrique scored twice and Dave Caruso posted a 37-save shutout as Albany blanked Charlotte, 3-0… Keith Aucoin’s sixth game-winning goal of the year sent Hershey to a 2-1 triumph at Norfolk… Rookie netminder Ben Scrivens stopped 34 of 35 shots […]

Tue. roundup: Devils take rubber match

Tuesday’s AHL Boxscores ALBANY 3, CHARLOTTE 0 Rookie Adam Henrique tallied a pair of goals and Dave Caruso made 37 saves for his first shutout of the season as Albany concluded its three-game visit to Charlotte with a 3-0 victory over the Checkers on Tuesday at the Time Warner Cable Arena. The Devils headed into […]

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Syracuse Crunch right wing Matt Kennedy has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game at Norfolk on Feb. 12. Kennedy was assessed an instigator penalty within the final five minutes of the third period, resulting in an […]

AHL Weekly: Charging Sens eye playoff return

WEEKLY RELEASE #19 AHL standings || Scores and schedules || League leaders SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Fans of the Binghamton Senators have not tasted the Calder Cup Playoffs since the spring of 2005, when future NHL’ers including Jason Spezza, Antoine Vermette, Chris Kelly and Ray Emery helped the club to the East Division title. But this […]

Monsters edge Stars, keep rising in North

LAKE ERIE 3, TEXAS 2 Lake Erie scored once in each period and held on for a 3-2 win over visiting Texas at Quicken Loans Arena on Monday night. With their third straight victory, the Monsters (27-22-3-5) jumped over idle Hamilton and Abbotsford and into second place in the North Division race, one point ahead […]

Thiessen garners award in return

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Brad Thiessen has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 13, 2011. In a week that ended with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s top seven scorers all on NHL recall to Pittsburgh, Thiessen provided some much-needed stability by making five […]

Sun. roundup: Kozun powers Monarchs’ rally

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores MANCHESTER 5, SPRINGFIELD 3 Rookie Brandon Kozun notched the game-tying and game-winning goals as Atlantic Division-leading Manchester scored three times in the final 10 minutes of the third period to rally for a 5-3 win over visiting Springfield on Sunday at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Manchester trailed 3-2 after Falcons forward Kyle […]

Rampage continue military support

by Jackie LaPenta || AHL On The Beat Archive With the largest military medical training facility in the world located just three miles from the AT&T Center at Fort Sam Houston, it is easy to see how San Antonio Rampage games have become home to many of our great men and women in uniform. San […]

Moose retire Keane’s number 12

The Manitoba Moose retired former captain Mike Keane’s jersey #12 in a ceremony prior to their game against the San Antonio Rampage on Saturday night. In five seasons with the Moose, the Winnipeg, Man., native scored 36 goals and 78 assists for 114 points and 244 penalty minutes in 365 games. In 59 Calder Cup […]