PORTLAND, Maine … In conjunction with the American Hockey League, the Portland Pirates have announced that tickets for the 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased by calling (207) 775-3458, visiting the Cumberland County Civic Center box office, or going on-line at www.portlandpirates.com. Tickets for the 2010 […]
LOOKING AHEAD: Abbotsford, the only idle team on the AHL’s opening weekend, kicks off its inaugural season as San Antonio visits the Entertainment & Sports Centre on Friday and Saturday… The Heat’s offense includes Carsen Germyn, who matched a career high with 60 points (13-47-60) last season for Quad City; Riley Armstrong, who paced Worcester […]
Also see: East Notes: Three hat tricks to begin season Abbotsford was the only one of the AHL’s 29 teams that did not play on opening weekend… The Heat open the brand-new Entertainment & Sports Centre this weekend with a two-game set against San Antonio on Friday and Saturday… British Columbia native Kyle […]
Also see: West Notes: Splits in Texas, Winnipeg Andreas Nodl, a second-round draft pick in 2006 who split his rookie 2008-09 campaign between the AHL and the NHL’s Flyers, tallied the first goal in Adirondack Phantoms history at 9:09 of the second period on Saturday vs. Worcester… Patrick Maroon, who notched 23 goals as a […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. …The American Hockey League and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) have extended their multi-platform marketing and licensing agreement giving EA SPORTS™ the exclusive license to feature authentic AHL teams, players and jerseys in its best-selling* hockey videogame franchise – NHL®10, which is available now in stores worldwide. For the third year in a […]
The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired left wing Jordan LaVallee-Smotherman from the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for future considerations, club general manager Scott Howson announced. LaVallee-Smotherman has been assigned to the Syracuse Crunch, the Blue Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate. LaVallee-Smotherman was Atlanta’s fifth pick, 116th overall, in the 2005 Entry Draft. The 23-year-old forward […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Forward Andy Hilbert‘s decision to return to the AHL came down to a family referendum. Andy was OK with it, even though he hadn’t been an AHL regular since 2004-05. Wife Andrea voted yes, too. Even yellow lab Stanley had his opinion taken into account, but since he wags his […]
The Chicago Blackhawks, parent club of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, have acquired left wing Kyle Greentree from the Calgary Flames in exchange for defenseman Aaron Johnson. Greentree has been assigned to Rockford. Greentree, 25, appeared in two games with the Flames last season, spending the majority of the campaign with the AHL’s Quad City Flames […]
by Kaitlin Santanna || AHL On The Beat Archive Prior to last season, the prospect of winning a second Calder Cup looked bleak for Hershey defenseman Bryan Helmer. After winning his first championship with the Albany River Rats in 1995, 13 years had trickled by with no repeat. Nearly a decade and a half later, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s 74th season got underway last week as 28 of the league’s 29 teams began on the road to the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Springfield Falcons, Manitoba Moose, San Antonio Rampage, Houston Aeros, Peoria Rivermen and Texas Stars each played two games during the season’s first weekend, and […]
