Guite hits books, ice with same passion

by Brea Burkholz || AHL On The Beat Archive  Education has always been an important aspect of Milwaukee Admirals forward Ben Guite’s life. The Montreal native recently graduated from the University of Maine with a master’s degree in business administration, a level of accomplishment rare among professional athletes. With the unique blend of his parents’ […]

Friday roundup: Monster crowd sees OT win

Friday’s AHL Boxscores LAKE ERIE 5, TEXAS 4 (OT) Justin Mercier capped off a three-point effort (2-1-3) with the game-winning goal 4:21 into overtime as Lake Erie emerged with a 5-4 win over Texas on Friday before an AHL season-high crowd of 18,626 fans at the Quicken Loans Arena. It marked the fifth-largest regular-season crowd […]

League-wide quake relief effort announced

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced a league-wide initiative designed to raise funds and awareness in the wake of the devastating earthquake and aftershocks that have struck Haiti. At games throughout the AHL for the rest of the month, the league’s head coaches will be calling on fans through video board messages […]

AHL Weekly: Second half ready to roll

AHL WEEKLY RELEASE #16 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The AHL All-Stars have departed Portland, and with the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic now in the rear-view mirror, the American Hockey League will resume its 74th season on Friday night as the race to the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs begins to ratchet up in intensity. […]

Nolan’s roots return him to Rochester

by Warren Kosel || AHL On The Beat Archive  When Ted Nolan was last a part of the Rochester Americans organization, he had one goal in mind: to win a championship. As fate would have it, 25 years later Nolan has returned to the very team he captained during the 1984-85 season, and although his […]

Hard-hitting Martin on the cusp

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com The Bridgeport Sound Tigers concluded practice a couple weeks ago by forming the traditional stretching circle. Coach Jack Capuano decided it was time for a little mischief. He tapped each player and told him he had a good skate. Every player but one, that is. Capuano purposely skipped rookie forward […]

Bears’ Giroux named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears left wing Alexandre Giroux has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 17, 2010. In four games last week, Giroux scored seven goals and added four assists for 11 points, extending his scoring streak to 11 games. […]

Canadians rally late for All-Star win

PORTLAND, Maine … After an 18-12 win in Monday’s Skills Competition, the Canadian AHL All-Stars completed a sweep of the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic tonight with a come-from-behind 10-9 shootout win over PlanetUSA in the 2010 AHL All-Star Game at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Rookie Tyler Ennis of the hometown Portland […]

AHL Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2010

PORTLAND, Maine … The American Hockey League today formally inducted four new members into its American Hockey League Hall of Fame. The AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony took place at historic Merrill Auditorium in downtown Portland as part of the festivities that are making up the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star […]

Canadians take win in Skills Competition

PORTLAND, Maine … The Canadian AHL All-Stars opened the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic with an 18-12 victory over their PlanetUSA counterparts in the 2010 Ducks Unlimited AHL All-Star Skills Competition at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Monday evening. Skills Scoresheet Hamilton Bulldogs goaltender Cedrick Desjardins claimed the Reebok Top Goaltender award […]