by Josh Fisher || AHL On The Beat Archive The Texas Stars are off and running in their inaugural season. Heading into the week, Texas was among the top teams in the AHL for points and wins. The reason for the success is simple; the team has done it with stubborn defense. The goaltenders have […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s most crowded division is also its most competitive from top to bottom through the first two months of the season, with eight teams in the Atlantic Division separated by just 10 points as the calendar turns to December. Manchester, which missed the Calder Cup Playoffs last season for […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Binghamton Senators left wing Josh Hennessy has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 29, 2009. Hennessy recorded four goals, three assists and a plus-9 rating in three games last week. On Thursday evening, Hennessy scored twice, chipped in […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Albany River Rats rookie forward Drayson Bowman chuckles at the goal his coach, Jeff Daniels, holds up as an example of one of his signature moments this season. The goal against Syracuse on Nov. 11 looked like nothing special at the time. Bowman eyed a puck that had bounced off […]
Sunday’s boxscores HERSHEY 5, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 0 Michal Neuvirth continued his home-ice mastery of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with 42 saves, earning his first shutout of the season in Hershey’s 5-0 victory before 7,875 fans at Giant Center on Sunday. Neuvirth has allowed one goal in his last four home dates against Wilkes-Barre, turning aside 123 of […]
Saturday’s AHL Boxscores HAMILTON 3, LAKE ERIE 0 Hamilton shut out Lake Erie for the second time in as many days with a 3-0 win on Saturday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena, marking its 500th regular-season victory in team history. Goaltender Cedrick Desjardins stopped all 32 shots he faced in net. The Bulldogs, coming off […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Lowell Devils left wing Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game at Bridgeport on Nov. 27. Letourneau-Leblond was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 52.3 after being assessed a match penalty for slew-footing. […]
Friday’s AHL Boxscores BRIDGEPORT 3, LOWELL 0 Bridgeport scored once in each period and goaltender Scott Munroe made 39 saves for his first shutout of the season as Bridgeport collected a 3-0 win over visiting Lowell on Friday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard. The Sound Tigers won for the fourth time in their […]
by Adam Kaufman || AHL On The Beat Archive “I’m lucky I didn’t break my neck.” Those were the words of Providence Bruins rookie forward Jeff LoVecchio, thinking back to a scary moment that could have ended his hockey career before it really even started. For that matter, it could have been much worse. Any […]
LOOKING BACK: In Thursday’s only action, Josh Hennessy and Denis Hamel each scored twice and Andy Chiodo made 34 saves as Binghamton shut out Adirondack, 7-0… On Wednesday, rookie Viktor Stalberg netted a pair of goals to lead Toronto past Lake Erie, 4-1… Rookie Logan Couture’s third-period power-play goal lifted Worcester over Springfield, 3-2… Dale […]
