East Recaps: Bears, Pens, Pack take 2-0 series leads

HERSHEY 6, PHILADELPHIA 2 Hershey racked up six unanswered goals to run away with a 6-2 road win over Philadelphia at the Wachovia Spectrum on Saturday and a 2-0 lead in their East Division semifinal heading home for the next three games, if needed. Looking to even the series, the Phantoms jumped to a quick […]

Aeros-Rivermen delayed until 8:25 CT

The start of tonight’s game between the Peoria Rivermen and the Houston Aeros, Game 3 of their West Division semifinal series from Toyota Center in Houston, has been pushed back due to travel delays. The game is currently scheduled to begin at 8:25 p.m. CT.

AHL Morning Skate: Busy night as first round continues

  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. FRIDAY’S SCORES: PROVIDENCE 2, Portland 1 (Series tied, 1-1) W-B/Scranton […]

Darche a stabilizing force on young Pirates

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. At some point during the season, the tidbit leaked out, and all Portland forward Mathieu Darche could do was try to contain it. In 2000-01, […]

Khudobin posts shutout as Aeros knot series

HOUSTON 2, PEORIA 0 Just two nights after surrendering six goals in its postseason opener, a 6-4 loss, Houston clamped down and evened its West Division semifinal with a 2-0 win at Peoria on Friday night. Aeros goaltender Anton Khudobin stopped all 30 shots he faced to become the third netminder in as many nights […]

Penguins, Griffins take Game 1 on the road

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton scored two power-play goals in the first period and held on for a 3-2 victory over Bridgeport in a chippy opener to the teams’ East Division semifinal series at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Luca Caputi’s goal at 10:58 of the second period gave the Penguins a 3-0 lead and proved to be the […]

Bruins, Moose capture critical Game 2 wins at home

PROVIDENCE 2, PORTLAND 1 Providence captain Jeremy Reich scored through a screen at 10:32 of the third period to break a 1-1 tie and give the Bruins a 2-1 win over visiting Portland in Game 2 of their Atlantic Division semifinal at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Friday. The best-of-7 series is now tied at […]

AHL Morning Skate: The rest of the field joins the party

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. THURSDAY’S SCORES: HARTFORD 2, Worcester 0 (HFD leads series, 1-0) Hershey […]

O’Reilly strikes late as Milwaukee draws first blood

MILWAUKEE 3, ROCKFORD 1 Playing in his first game for Milwaukee since Mar. 23, Cal O’Reilly snapped a 1-1 tie with 2:52 to play in regulation and then added an empty-netter in the closing seconds to give the Admirals a 3-1 win over Rockford in Game 1 of their West Division semifinal on Thursday. Milwaukee’s […]

Bears take round one of intra-state battle

HERSHEY 4, PHILADELPHIA 2 A three-goal third period propelled Hershey to a 4-2 road win over Philadelphia on Wednesday in Game 1 of their East Division semifinal series. Kyle Wilson and Andrew Gordon each posted a goal and an assist for the division-champion Bears, and rookie forward Oskar Osala netted the eventual game-winner. Gordon gave […]