Heat young guns quickly evolving

by Dave Sheldon || AHL On The Beat Archive This season, the Abbotsford Heat, like any other club in many other leagues, has rookie players join their team. But unlike any other league, the AHL’s rookies are all accomplished players who have led their previous teams and have the potential of becoming stars not just […]

Dafoe, Daneyko to be honorary captains

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Byron Dafoe and Ken Daneyko will serve as the honorary captains at the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic, to be held January 18-19 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Byron Dafoe played parts of four seasons in the American Hockey […]

Wednesday roundup: Tokarski blanks Pens

Wednesday’s AHL Boxscores NORFOLK 2, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 0 Rookie goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves for his second shutout of the season as Norfolk took a 2-0 win over visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday at the Scope. Tokarski, who blanked Manchester in his second outing of the season on Oct. 10, moved above .500 at 9-8-0 on […]

AHL announces suspensions

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Binghamton Senators right wing Jeremy Yablonski has been suspended for 10 games as a result of his actions in a game vs. Syracuse on Dec. 12. Yablonski was suspended after receiving a game misconduct for physical abuse of an official under the provisions of AHL […]

Tuesday roundup: Devils fly past Falcons

Tuesday’s AHL Boxscores LOWELL 6, SPRINGFIELD 1 Alexander Vasyunov, who entered the night with four goals in 27 games this season, scored three times for his first career AHL hat trick as Lowell cruised to a 6-1 win over visiting Springfield on Tuesday at Tsongas Arena. Vasyunov netted a goal in each period and scored […]

Crunch’s Lalande suspended

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Syracuse Crunch goaltender Kevin Lalande has been suspended for two games as a result of his actions in a game at Binghamton on Dec. 12. At the 20:00 mark of the second period, Lalande was assessed a game misconduct under the provisions of AHL Rule […]

Mission im-Parse-able

by Kim Mueller || AHL On The Beat Archive The Manchester Monarchs picked up their 20th victory of the season on Sunday to move them into first place in the American Hockey League. This is the most successful season for the Monarchs since head coach Mark Morris took the reins as bench boss in the […]

AHL Quick Hits

LOOKING BACK: In Monday’s only AHL action, Mike Santorelli scored on the power play 46 seconds into overtime to lift Milwaukee to a 4-3 road win over Toronto… Marlies goaltender Adam Munro made 43 saves in net to help his club earn a point. Mon 12/14 Milwaukee 4, TORONTO 3 (OT) LOOKING AHEAD: Portland wraps […]

Santorelli sends Milwaukee to OT win

MILWAUKEE 4, TORONTO 3 (OT) Mike Santorelli scored on the power play 46 seconds into overtime as Milwaukee pulled out a 4-3 road win over Toronto on Monday at Ricoh Coliseum. The Admirals (14-8-1-4) have now won a season-high four straight games and have pulled into a three-way tie with Peoria and Rockford for second […]

AHL Weekly: Rats rising up in the East

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Beset by inconsistencies on both sides of the puck, the Albany River Rats missed the playoffs last season after reaching the tournament the previous two springs. This year, the River Rats are both scoring and defending with regularity as they continue to march up the East Division standings. Albany enters the new […]