West Notes: SA, Abbotsford working OT

Also see… East Notes: Sens own ‘Rats, Sharks hit road   Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Abbotsford’s last three games have extended to a shootout, resulting in two wins and a 3-2 loss to Toronto on Monday… With 54 points, the Heat are currently tied with Lake Erie for the North Division’s fourth and final […]

Focused Mancari leading Pirates again

by Greg Cavanaugh || AHL On The Beat Archive  You never know what you are going to see when you go to an American Hockey League game. On Jan. 29, Mark Mancari of the Portland Pirates hit the back of the net with a mere bat of an eyelash remaining on the clock to tie […]

Wed. roundup: Keller’s trick paces Norfolk

Wednesday’s AHL Boxscores NORFOLK 5, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 3 Former AHL All-Star Justin Keller continued his recent hot play with a hat trick on Wednesday as Norfolk took a 5-3 win over visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the Scope, improving to 8-1-1-1 in its last 11 games. The Admirals maintained their two-point edge on Adirondack for the East Division’s […]

Charlotte added to AHL for 2010-11

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has approved the sale of the franchise owned by Capital District Sports Inc. to Michael Kahn, and the relocation of the franchise from Albany, N.Y., to Charlotte, N.C., to begin play there in the fall of […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: Joey Crabb scored twice as Chicago beat Peoria on Tuesday, 4-2… Daniel Larsson made 30 saves on Tuesday as Grand Rapids edged Texas, 2-1… Toronto and Abbotsford split a pair of shootouts, with Justin Hodgman and Josh Engel tallying shootout goals in the Marlies’ 3-2 win on Monday and David Van der Gulik’s […]

Vishnevskiy traded to Atlanta, assigned to Chicago

The Atlanta Thrashers have assigned defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy to the AHL’s Chicago Wolves after acquiring him and a fourth-round selection in the 2010 NHL Draft from the Dallas Stars, parent club of the AHL’s Texas Stars, in exchange for goaltender Kari Lehtonen. Vishnevskiy, who was selected in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2006 […]

Wolves double Peoria, continue surge

Tuesday’s AHL Boxscores CHICAGO 4, PEORIA 2 Chicago tallied a pair of third-period goals to break a 2-2 tie and claim a 4-2 win over visiting Peoria at Allstate Arena on Tuesday. Joey Crabb scored twice for the Wolves, who extended their points streak to seven games (5-0-0-2) and moved to 17-3-0-2 in their last […]

Oklahoma City joining AHL in 2010-11

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has approved the relocation of the AHL franchise owned by the Edmonton Oilers from Edmonton, Alta., to Oklahoma City, Okla., to begin play there in the fall of 2010. The Oklahoma City club will hit the […]

Penguins counting on Jeffrey

By A.J. Atchue || for NHL.com If you were to take a quick glance at Dustin Jeffrey’s statistics from his last two seasons of junior hockey, you couldn’t be blamed for pegging him as an offensive machine primed and ready to take his point-producing talents to the next level. But a funny thing happened in […]

Wamsley readying Rivermen for playoff push

by Ryan Richards || AHL On The Beat Archive  For more than 30 years, Rick Wamsley has been immersed in professional hockey. His 12-year goaltending career ended during the 1992-93 season, and it immediately evolved into his first coaching position with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since then he has been a scout, a goaltending coach […]