Monsters roll to seventh win in eight games

Saturday’s Boxscores LAKE ERIE 6, ROCHESTER 2 Lake Erie jumped to a 3-0 lead after the first period and cruised to a 6-2 win over Rochester on Saturday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Matt Hendricks tallied two goals and an assist, and Per Ledin also had three points (1-2-3) for the Monsters, who […]

Calgary sends Chucko to QC, recalls Sutter, Van der Gulik

Calgary Flames general manager Darryl Sutter announced today that forward Kris Chucko has been reassigned to the Quad City Flames (AHL), while forwards Brett Sutter and David Van der Gulik have been recalled from Quad City. Chucko, 22, played his first two NHL games during his call-up, averaging 7:01 minutes of ice time and picked […]

Lightning return Segal to Norfolk

The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have reassigned right wing Brandon Segal to the Admirals, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today. Segal, 6-foot-2, 214-pounds, has appeared in his first two career NHL games over the last week with Tampa Bay. He appeared in his first […]

Hunwick goes from AHL to Bruins’ top pairing

by John McGourty || NHL.com The race for the Calder Trophy each season always is interesting. In most seasons, including this one, several candidates make strong bids. This season, Kris Versteeg, Derick Brassard, Steve Mason, Pekka Rinne, Bobby Ryan, Blake Wheeler, Drew Doughty and Luke Schenn all have made strong cases for themselves. Versteeg has […]

Pelley filling the role of leader in Lowell

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. Lowell center Rod Pelley‘s view of hockey this season has been pretty consistent. A rookie on the left. A rookie on the right. Youngsters just […]

Desjardins stymies Toronto in 2-0 win

Friday’s Boxscores HAMILTON 2, TORONTO 0 Rookie goaltender Cedrick Desjardins pitched a 29-save shutout as Hamilton stopped Toronto’s potent offense with a 2-0 win over the visiting Marlies on Friday at Copps Coliseum. Desjardins (11-10-0) registered the Bulldogs’ league-leading 10th team shutout as Hamilton avenged a 7-1 loss to Toronto last Saturday. The teams played […]

Flyers nullify McLaren trade

The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have nullified the trade on March 4 with the San Jose Sharks in which they acquired defenseman Kyle McLaren in exchange for a sixth round draft pick in 2009. McLaren did not pass his physical, according to club general manager Paul Holmgren. McLaren was to be assigned to the […]

Aeros win, join second-place logjam in West Division

HOUSTON 2, GRAND RAPIDS 1 The Houston Aeros moved into a three-way tie for second place in the West Division with a 2-1 home-ice win over Grand Rapids on Thursday at the Toyota Center. John Lammers posted a goal and an assist for the Aeros, and Jesse Schultz netted the eventual game-winner with 2:16 left […]