Blackhawks summon Brent from Rockford

Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Dale Tallon announced on Tuesday that the National Hockey League club has recalled center Tim Brent from the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League. The recall is Brent’s second of the season. The center was recalled on March 4 and made his Blackhawks debut on March 5 against the Anaheim […]

Reirden a big fan of Pittsburgh’s newest addition

by Brian Coe || AHL On The Beat Archive   Todd Reirden made his NHL debut with Edmonton in 1998-99. (Photo: Getty Images) The Pittsburgh Penguins made one of the biggest deals at the National Hockey League’s trade deadline, acquiring veteran forward Bill Guerin from the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick. To […]

Bulldogs’ Lever promoted to Montreal

Hamilton Bulldogs general manager Julien BriseBois announced on Monday night that Ron Wilson has been named the interim head coach of the hockey club. Wilson replaces Don Lever, who has been named as an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens. Lever becomes the third AHL head coach to be promoted to the NHL during the […]

AHL Weekly Release: Sound Tigers catch Bears in East

WEEKLY RELEASE #22 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Exactly four weeks ago – on the morning of Feb. 9 – the Bridgeport Sound Tigers sat fourth in the AHL’s East Division, 13 points back of first-place Hershey. But the Sound Tigers have roared to an 11-1-0-3 mark over the last month and are now even with the […]

Flames’ Greentree named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Quad City Flames left wing Kyle Greentree has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 8, 2009. In four games, Greentree scored four goals and added five assists for nine points. Greentree scored a goal on a penalty shot […]

Zaba’s focus leads to success for Wolf Pack

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. Hartford Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander kept his promises to goalie Matt Zaba modest at the beginning of this year. "We joked with him at […]

Okposo growing quickly with Islanders

by Dan Rosen || NHL.com When the hip hop music comes on in the New York Islanders dressing room, Blake Comeau tells people to watch Kyle Okposo if you’re in the need of a good laugh. "He is always doing some of his hip hop dances around the room and guys really laugh at him […]

Bridgeport call-ups help spoil Tordjman’s NHL debut

(AP) — Yann Danis helped make his case for next year. So did a lot of his teammates. Danis stopped 40 shots to help the young and rebuilding New York Islanders beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Sunday. The Islanders got goals from Jeff Tambellini, Josh Bailey and Kyle Okposo to win their second straight at […]

Sound Tigers drop Hartford, grab share of first place

Sunday’s Boxscores BRIDGEPORT 6, HARTFORD 3 Bridgeport surged into a first-place tie in the East Division on Sunday with a 6-3 win over intra-state rival Hartford before 7,349 fans at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Jon Sim and Jeremy Colliton (pictured) each tallied two goals and an assist for the Sound Tigers, who have won […]

AHL Quick Hits: Rivermen look to close in on Wolves

LOOKING BACK: On Thursday night, John Lammers posted a goal and an assist in Houston’s 2-1 win over Grand Rapids… Six different players lit the lamp as Milwaukee cruised past Iowa by a 6-2 count… On Wednesday, Jiri Tlusty recorded an AHL season-high six points (2-4-6) in Toronto’s 6-4 win over Providence… Jonathan Matsumoto’s power-play […]