Mursak, Tatar take friendship to Detroit

by Randy Rice || AHL On The Beat Archive  The pace of their journeys to the NHL have been very different, but during the final week of 2010 both Jan Mursak’s and Tomas Tatar’s dreams came true as they each made their big-league debuts with the Detroit Red Wings within five days of one another. […]

2011 All-Star rosters unveiled

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star rosters for the 2011 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross, to take place Jan. 30-31 at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Each team comprises 23 players – 12 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders. AHL fans determined the starting […]

AHL Weekly: On, Wisconsin

WEEKLY RELEASE #14 AHL standings || Scores and schedules || League leaders SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Milwaukee Admirals franchise has been a pillar of excellence since joining the American Hockey League in 2001, and they show no signs of fading as they again climb towards the top of the West Division. Milwaukee, whose affiliation with […]

All-Star rosters coming Tuesday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League will be announcing the playing rosters for the 2011 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross on Tuesday, January 11, at 3:00 p.m. ET, on the official Web site of the AHL at theahl.com and on the Official American Hockey League Fan Page at facebook.com/theahl. Both the Eastern […]

Wolves’ Dawes named week’s best

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves left wing Nigel Dawes has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 9, 2011. Dawes scored five goals and added an assist for six points to go with a plus-4 rating in three games for the Wolves. […]

Sun. roundup: Dziurzynski leads B-Sens

BINGHAMTON 5, PROVIDENCE 3 Rookie winger David Dziurzynski, who notched his first professional goal a night earlier, scored twice more on Sunday to lead surging Binghamton to a 5-3 road victory over Providence on Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The Senators earned their third win in as many days, and the three-game winning […]

Sat. roundup: Rivermen rally and roll on

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores PEORIA 5, OKLAHOMA CITY 4 (OT) Peoria rallied back from deficits of 1-0, 2-1, 3-2, and 4-3 before Nathan Oystrick scored 16 seconds into overtime to give the Rivermen a stirring 5-4 victory at Oklahoma City on Saturday, extending their latest winning streak to five games. The Rivermen’s streak is their longest […]

Hynes, Bednar named West All-Star coaches

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Rookie head coaches John Hynes of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Jared Bednar of the Peoria Rivermen have been named the co-coaches of the Western Conference All-Star team for the 2011 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross, to take place Jan. 30-31 in Hershey, Pa. Hynes and Bednar earned the honor because […]

Walk down memory lane

by Griffin Spencer || AHL On The Beat Archive  The Manchester Monarchs will play their 800th regular season game on Apr. 10, 2011, against the Providence Bruins. Not only is that quite the milestone for the franchise, but it also signifies that the Monarchs have concluded their 10th season in the Queen City. Through 10 […]

Fri. roundup: Dalton backstops P-Bruins

Friday’s Boxscores PROVIDENCE 3, MANCHESTER 0 Making just his fourth AHL appearance of the season, rookie goaltender Matt Dalton turned in a 34-save shutout to lead Providence to a 3-0 win over Atlantic Division-leading Manchester on Friday in front of 8,597 fans at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Dalton, coming off a 21-save performance at Bridgeport […]