The Manitoba Moose have announced that Game 1 of the 2009 Calder Cup Finals between the Moose and Hershey Bears is sold out at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg. With 15,003 tickets sold, it will be the seventh-largest crowd in AHL postseason history and the sixth-largest for a Finals game. The five larger Finals crowds […]
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. MONDAY’S SCORES Hershey 5, PROVIDENCE 2 (HER wins series, 4-1) […]
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. Hershey coach Bob Woods looks past medicine and to a geographical explanation for how forward Quintin Laing was able to return earlier than expected from […]
Download complete Finals series preview (1.4 MB — PDF) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … For the first time in nearly a decade, the top regular-season team in the Eastern Conference will meet the first-place finisher from the Western Conference in the Calder Cup Finals when the American Hockey League’s 73rd championship series gets underway on Saturday night. […]
Goaltender Cory Schneider of the Western Conference champion Manitoba Moose will enter the AHL Chat Room to answer fans’ questions on Friday, May 29th. Schneider was the AHL’s goaltender of the year after going 28-10-1 (2.04, .928) in 40 regular-season appearances for the Moose. CLICK INSIDE TO SUMBIT YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAT. A 2008-09 […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The 2009 Stanley Cup Finals are set with the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins preparing to battle for the second consecutive spring, and nearly 75 percent of the players, coaches and managers involved are graduates of the American Hockey League. The Eastern Conference champion Penguins are led by head coach Dan […]
The Keystone State has been a cornerstone state for the American Hockey League since the league was formed in 1936, when two founding members – the Philadelphia Ramblers and the Pittsburgh Hornets – played within Pennsylvania’s borders. Since then, teams from the commonwealth have claimed a total of 14 AHL titles and made 35 Finals […]
The American Hockey League remembers former Albany River Rats forward Peter Zezel, who passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 44 following complications from a long-time blood disorder. Zezel played 15 years in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils and […]
When the puck drops in Winnipeg on Saturday for the start of the 2009 Calder Cup Finals, it will continue a long tradition of championship hockey for one of the premier leagues in the world. The Calder Cup, the American Hockey League’s ultimate prize, is named after the National Hockey League’s first president, Frank Calder. […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Manitoba Moose have won the Robert W. Clarke Trophy as the American Hockey League’s Western Conference champions for 2008-09, advancing to the Calder Cup Finals with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Aeros at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg on Monday night. It is the first conference championship in franchise history […]
