Monday roundup: Pens edge Phantoms

Monday’s AHL Boxscores WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 4, ADIRONDACK 3 Dustin Jeffrey notched two goals and added an assist as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton edged Adirondack by a 4-3 count before 6,749 fans at the Wachovia Arena on Monday. Jeffrey now has a team-high 35 points (9-26-35) in 31 games for the Penguins, and this marked his sixth three-point effort of […]

AHL Weekly: Another Maine event

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Portland Pirates and the city of Portland are three weeks away from hosting the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic, stirring up memories of the league’s successful showcase at the Cumberland County Civic Center back in 2003. The 2003 AHL All-Star Classic was a celebration of 25 years of AHL […]

All-Star rosters to be announced this week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League will be announcing the playing rosters for the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The 24-man roster for the Canadian AHL All-Stars, comprising players born in Canada, will be announced on Tuesday, December 29, at 2:00 p.m. ET. The 24-man […]

Monster week for Lake Erie’s Haydar

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Lake Erie Monsters right wing Darren Haydar has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 27, 2009. In three games, Haydar scored five goals and added three assists for eight points. On Tuesday night vs. Rochester, Haydar scored the […]

NHL goal not hampered by lack of goals

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lake Erie Monsters rookie left wing Justin Mercier was having trouble focusing at practice earlier this month. Specifically, he kept missing the net with his shots. Afterward, Monsters coach David Quinn called him to his office. Uh-oh, Mercier thought. Quinn asked Mercier what Joe Sacco was going to think the […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: In Sunday’s AHL action, rookie Jeff Zatkoff posted a 36-save shutout as Manchester blanked Providence, 2-0… Darren Haydar had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Weiman made 32 saves in Lake Erie’s 7-0 shutout win at Toronto… Keith Aucoin notched three points (2-1-3) to help Hershey to its sixth straight win, a […]

Sunday roundup: Zatkoff stymies P-Bruins

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores MANCHESTER 2, PROVIDENCE 0 Making his first start since Dec. 5, rookie goaltender Jeff Zatkoff registered a 36-save shutout as Manchester took a 2-0 win over Providence on Sunday at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The Monarchs captured their third straight win and moved to 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 contests. The victory […]

Saturday roundup: Wolves storm past Griffins

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores CHICAGO 7, GRAND RAPIDS 4 Joey Crabb, who had just two points (1-1-2) in his previous 16 games, struck for a goal and two assists as Chicago stormed past Grand Rapids by a 7-4 final on Saturday at Van Andel Arena. The Wolves erupted for four first-period goals en route to the […]

West Notes: Greentree on fire, Lukowich lights lamp

Also see… East Notes: ‘Tigers, Bears roll into break   Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Abbotsford avoided its first three-game losing skid since Oct. 23-25 by posting a 3-1 win over Peoria on Sunday in the back end of a two-game set with the Rivermen… Jamie Lundmark had a goal and an assist for his […]

Legein rejuvenated in Adirondack

by Al Alven || AHL On The Beat Archive As far as Stefan Legein is concerned, there’s no reason to look back now. "No more living in the past or being worried about what happened before," said the 21-year-old Adirondack Phantoms forward. "I’m all about the here and now, and nothing else. "All that stuff […]