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. Kevin Marchand passed on some of his hockey genes to his son, Brad, but he didn’t stop there. Kevin also wanted to make sure that […]
Sunday’s Boxscores TORONTO 10, GRAND RAPIDS 5 Toronto set an AHL season high with 10 goals on Sunday afternoon in a 10-5 win over visiting Grand Rapids at Ricoh Coliseum. Reigning Reebok/AHL Player of the Week Tim Stapleton registered the league’s fourth four-goal effort of the season for the Marlies, while Andre Deveaux tallied a […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned defenseman Alex Goligoski to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL), it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero. Goligoski, 23, began the season with Pittsburgh, registering 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) along with a plus-five rating in 44 games. He notched […]
(AP) — In Columbus, Dan LaCosta made 28 saves in his first NHL start to help the Blue Jackets snap a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. LaCosta, recalled Friday from the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch on an emergency basis, found out after the morning skate that […]
Grand Rapids forward Darren Haydar added another chapter to his storied AHL career when he registered his 500th career AHL point with a goal in the Griffins’ 4-1 loss to Lake Erie on Saturday. Haydar now shows 188 goals and 312 assists in 467 career games and becomes the 73rd member of the AHL’s 500-point […]
Saturday’s Boxscores ROCHESTER 3, BINGHAMTON 2 (OT) Rookie defenseman Jason Garrison (pictured) completed a three-point performance with the game-winning goal 2:24 into overtime to give Rochester a 3-2 win over intra-state rival Binghamton on Saturday afternoon at the Blue Cross Arena. It marked the Amerks’ first overtime triumph of the season and snapped a brief […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have acquired left wing Wade Brookbank, defenseman Josef Melichar and a fourth-round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for left wing Jussi Jokinen. Melichar is expected to join the Admirals tomorrow. Melichar, a 6-foot-2, 222-pound native of […]
by Christina Caligiuri || AHL On The Beat Archive The Manitoba Moose will show their support for Canadian Forces Members with their annual Military Appreciation Night when the Providence Bruins visit the MTS Centre on Saturday, March 7, 2009. About 1500 service members and their families are expected to be in attendance for the 7:30 […]
Friday’s Boxscores NORFOLK 3, BRIDGEPORT 0 Riku Helenius’s first career AHL start was one to remember, as the 20-year-old goaltender registered a 41-save shutout to pace Norfolk to a 3-0 win over visiting Bridgeport on Friday at the Scope. Helenius, who was drafted 15th overall by Tampa Bay in 2006, made 16 saves in the […]
