SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Sirius XM Radio and XM Canada will be carrying action from the 2009 Calder Cup Finals on their all-hockey NHL Home Ice channel. The 2009 Calder Cup Finals are pitting the Manitoba Moose (top development team of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks) against the Hershey Bears […]
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with goaltender Matt Zaba. Zaba, 25, appeared in 41 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), posting a record of 25-10-0, along with a 2.33 goals against average, a .920 save percentage […]
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today the appointment of Joe Sacco as the club’s new head coach. Former Avalanche player Sylvain Lefebvre was named assistant coach. “The American Hockey League has proven to be a valuable training ground for NHL head coaches and we’re confident that Joe’s experience at that level will be vital […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lindsay Kramer, the AHL correspondent for NHL.com, profiles an up-and-coming player each Monday during the season, and his AHL notebook appears each Thursday on NHL.com. Manitoba Moose captain Mike Keane offered an interesting commentary earlier this week after watching his son, Jackson, play youth hockey on an off-day during the […]
The Dallas Stars, parent club of the AHL’s Texas Stars, announced on Tuesday that the club has re-signed goaltenders Matt Climie and Brent Krahn to one-year, two-way contracts for the 2009-10 season. Both players made their NHL debuts with the Stars last season. Climie, 26, earned the win in his NHL debut on Apr. 4 […]
Cory Schneider, Maxime Fortunus and Graham Mink discuss playing in Hershey for Game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals.
MANITOBA 3, HERSHEY 1 Jason Jaffray scored two of his three goals in the third period as Manitoba rallied past Hershey for a crucial 3-1 win in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals on Tuesday before 14,737 fans at the MTS Centre, tying the series at a game apiece. Jaffray wristed home the game-winner […]
The Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with MTS TV and Shaw Cable, today announced Games 3, 4, & 5 of the Calder Cup Final between the Moose and Hershey Bears will be televised on both MTS TV and Shaw Cable live from Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. The Bears currently lead the best-of-seven championship series 1-0 […]
Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. SATURDAY’S SCORES: Game 1 – Hershey 5, MANITOBA 4 (OT) […]
