Sunday’s AHL Boxscores LAKE ERIE 7, GRAND RAPIDS 2 Lake Erie erupted for five goals in the second period and seven in all en route to a 7-2 road win over Grand Rapids at Van Andel Arena on Sunday. Justin Mercier led the way with two goals and an assist, helping the Monsters improve to […]
Saturday’s AHL Boxscores SPRINGFIELD 2, PROVIDENCE 1 Springfield halted its 17-game winless skid (0-12-4-1) on Saturday, holding on for a 2-1 triumph over visiting Providence at the MassMutual Center. Goaltender Devan Dubnyk earned the victory with 33 saves in net. Dubnyk, who bounced back from surrendering seven goals in his last appearance for the team […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games just six weeks away, 135 American Hockey League graduates have been selected to represent their countries in Vancouver, B.C. The provisional 23-man rosters of all 12 teams in the men’s ice hockey tournament were announced between Dec. 23 and Jan. 1. The final Olympic rosters will […]
LOOKING BACK: Chris Bourque rang in the new year with a pair of goals on Friday as Hershey edged Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 3-2… In other action, Jordan Knackstedt registered three points (1-2-3) in Providence’s 4-2 win over Bridgeport… Six different Houston skaters found the back of the net as the Aeros dropped Milwaukee, 6-2… Brett MacLean scored […]
by Chris Etheridge || AHL On The Beat Archive Watching Rockford IceHogs alternate captain Mark Cullen work around an opponent’s goal is like heading to the county fair for a nice evening of demolition derby. Cullen’s process in front of the net is quite simple: Get near the goalie, collide with a defenseman protecting the […]
St. Louis Blues president John Davidson announced today that the club has named Rivermen head coach Davis Payne as interim head coach of the Blues. Payne becomes the 22nd out of 30 current National Hockey League head coaches who previously served as a head coach in the American Hockey League, and the seventh in the […]
Friday’s AHL Boxscores PROVIDENCE 4, BRIDGEPORT 2 On the same say that their NHL affiliate came back for an overtime victory in the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic about an hour north, the Providence Bruins rallied for a 4-2 win over Bridgeport at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Friday. Trent Whitfield tallied the game-winning goal unassisted […]
Alexandre Giroux of the Hershey Bears was the AHL’s leading scorer during calendar year 2009, while the Hamilton Bulldogs owned the league’s best regular-season record. Giroux, the AHL’s MVP and scoring champion for the 2008-09 season, recorded 54 goals and 48 assists for 102 points in 68 regular-season games during 2009, helping the Bears to […]
Thirty-three American Hockey League alumni were in the lineup for the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic in Boston on New Year’s Day, as the Boston Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 2-1 in overtime, at Fenway Park. The game rosters featured 16 Flyers and 17 Bruins who have played in the AHL in their careers, including […]
Thursday’s boxscores MANITOBA 3, TEXAS 2 In front of a crowd of 11,820 fans at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Brian Salcido and Michael Grabner scored late in the second period and Cory Schneider made 15 of his 34 saves in the third as Manitoba held on for a 3-2 win over visiting Texas. The […]
