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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TORONTO 3, ABBOTSFORD 2 (SO) Justin Hodgman and Josh Engel tallied shootout goals, and Toronto goaltender Joey MacDonald stopped four of Abbotsford’s five attempts as the Marlies pulled out a 3-2 win over the Heat on Monday at the Entertainment & Sports Centre. The Marlies snapped a four-game losing streak in contests that extended beyond […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Struggling to find their identity, the Portland Pirates got out to a tough start this season, winning just five of their first 15 games (5-10-0-0) and dropping into the Atlantic Division’s cellar. But since mid-November, the Pirates have hit their stride and are now making noise in the thick of a tight […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Portland Pirates right wing Mark Mancari has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 7, 2010. Mancari notched seven points and a plus-7 rating in three games last week. Mancari’s week started earlier than usual with an 11:00 a.m. […]
A four-goal eruption in the second period propelled Providence to a 6-2 victory over Worcester on Sunday afternoon and a sweep of the teams’ weekend home-and-home series. The game marked the sixth consecutive year in which the Bruins hosted a contest on Super Bowl Sunday afternoon. Providence is 5-1-0-0 in those games, including three straight […]
Bryan Helmer’s one-timer from the point with 1:04 remaining in regulation gave the Hershey Bears their 17th consecutive home victory, a 5-4 decision over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday afternoon. Like their parent club, the Washington Capitals, did against Wilkes-Barre’s parent club, the Pittsburgh Penguins, earlier in the afternoon, Hershey erased a three-goal deficit to extend its […]
