Aeros rally in shootout to down Bulldogs

Jean-Michel Daoust, Chad Rau and Colton Gillies scored in the final three rounds as Houston rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the shootout to pull out a 4-3 victory over Hamilton at the Toyota Center on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs scored on their first two attempts but Wade Dubielewicz held his ground and helped the […]

Moose’s McIver suspended

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Manitoba Moose defenseman Nathan McIver has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game at Chicago on Oct. 23. McIver was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 29.1 (supplementary discipline). McIver will miss Manitoba’s game on Thursday […]

Steeltown’s hot ‘Dogs off to best start

by Derek Wills || AHL On The Beat Archive During their 14 seasons in the American Hockey League, the Hamilton Bulldogs have had some good teams. As a matter of fact, they’ve had some very good teams. In their inaugural season of 1996-97, Hamilton won the Northern Conference championship before falling in five games to […]

AHL Weekly: Restoring American pride

WEEKLY RELEASE #4 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … After two consecutive last-place finishes in the North Division, the new-look Rochester Americans are off to a fast start in 2009-10 as they look to restore some winning ways to the proud franchise and its fans. With former NHL coach of the year and one-time Amerks captain Ted Nolan […]

Salak backstops way to league honor

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans goaltender Alexander Salak has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 25, 2009. Salak made three starts in a 48-hour span over the weekend and won them all, stopping 88 of 91 shots for a 0.98 goals-against […]

Turris learning while bidding for an NHL return

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com   The San Antonio Rampage recently filmed a couple of instructional videos for their fans. Second-year center Kyle Turris was selected to illustrate the basics of handling faceoffs. It’s fitting that the player whose game makes him a giant on the ice is now a helpful, oversized mug on the […]

Sunday roundup: Khudobin posts shutout

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores HOUSTON 2, SAN ANTONIO 0 Houston broke through for a pair of third-period goals and took a 2-0 road win over San Antonio on Sunday at the AT&T Center. Aeros goaltender Anton Khudobin earned the shutout, stopping all 28 shots sent his way. The game was scoreless until the 4:39 mark of […]

Saturday roundup: Wolves cruise past Heat

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores CHICAGO 7, ABBOTSFORD 1 A night after being shut out in a 1-0 shootout loss to Manitoba, Chicago erupted for seven scores en route to a 7-1 win over Abbotsford on Saturday at Allstate Arena. The line of Spencer Machacek, Jason Krog, and Brett Sterling combined to post 12 points for the […]

Friday roundup: Bochenski helps Norfolk sink Pirates

Friday’s AHL Boxscores NORFOLK 4, PORTLAND 2 Brandon Bochenski continued his torrid start to the season with two goals and an assist as Norfolk doubled up visiting Portland by a 4-2 count on Friday at the Scope. The two teams will square off again in southeastern Virginia on Saturday night. Bochenski began the night’s scoring […]

Wild changes filter down to Houston

by Palmer Hestley || AHL On The Beat Archive   • Backlund not a typical first-year goalie   • The evolution of Wendell Young   • Off and running in Abbotsford   • AHL ON THE BEAT ARCHIVE For the past two years the Minnesota Wild and the Houston Aeros have shared front office personnel and […]