by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Kurt Kleinendorst took a couple out-of-the-loop vacation weeks this summer. He figures that’s when Binghamton Senators coach Don Nachbaur must have resigned. He came to that deduction because when Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Tim Murray called him to discuss whether he’d be interested in coaching Binghamton, Kleinendorst had no […]
The St. Louis Blues, parent club of the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, have signed defenseman Dean Arsene to a two-way contract, executive vice president and general manager Doug Armstrong announced Wednesday. Arsene, 30, spent last season between the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Springfield Falcons and the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Edmonton Oilers, serving as captain of […]
The Buffalo Sabres, parent club of the AHL’s Portland Pirates, announced today that they have re-signed restricted free agent forward Mark Mancari to a one-year contract. The two-time AHL All-Star has led Buffalo’s AHL affiliate in scoring each of the last three seasons. The 6-4, 225-pound Mancari recorded a career-high 74 points (28+46) in 74 […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have signed left wing Juraj Simek to a one-year, two-way contract today, Lightning vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. Simek, 6-foot, 197 pounds, has amassed 37 goals and 75 points in 204 career AHL games with the Admirals and Manitoba Moose. After […]
The New Jersey Devils today named Rick Kowalsky as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Albany Devils and also announced that Tommy Albelin will serve as an assistant coach with Albany. Kowalsky, 38, joins Albany after four seasons as head coach of the ECHL’s Trenton Devils, where he compiled a record of 138-122-28 = […]
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that left wing Riley Cote has retired as a player to become assistant coach of the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, according to club general manager Paul Holmgren. Cote will join head coach Greg Gilbert and associate coach Kjell Samuelsson on the Adirondack coaching staff. “We are […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired Jon Cooper to be the head coach of the American Hockey League’s Norfolk Admirals today, Admirals general manager Julien BriseBois announced. Cooper joins the Admirals from the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League. “We are pleased to announce Jon as the head coach of the Admirals […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that AHL director of hockey operations Bill Scott has been hired by the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers to serve as the general manager of their new AHL affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons. “On behalf of our teams and our Board of Governors, I […]
The Ottawa Senators announced today that the club has named Kurt Kleinendorst head coach of its American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. The contract is a two-year agreement and will run through the 2011-12 season. Kleinendorst, 49, spent last season as the head coach of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s under-18 team, […]
San Jose Sharks executive vice president and general manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has re-signed center Steven Zalewski and defenseman Derek Joslin to one-year contracts. Last season, Zalewski, 23, finished second on the AHL’s Worcester Sharks with 62 points (22 goals, 40 assists), first among the team’s forwards. He set career-highs in […]
