Krahn recalled by Dallas

The Dallas Stars have recalled goaltender Brent Krahn from the Chicago Wolves. The 26-year-old netminder picked up his 12th American Hockey League shutout and first shutout of the season with a 30-save performance in his last start against Houston on Jan. 31. He has notched a 4-3-0 record with a 2.28 goals-against average and .914 […]

AHL Quick Hits: Division leaders collide in Providence

LOOKING BACK: In Wednesday’s action, Joey Crabb tallied a hat trick and four points as Chicago upended Peoria, 5-1… Ryan Vesce extended his scoring streak to 15 games with three points (1-2-3) as Worcester rallied past Portland, 5-3… Corey Crawford made 31 saves to lead Rockford over Rochester, 2-1… Six different Monarchs netted goals to […]

Whitfield recalled by Blues

St. Louis Blues President John Davidson announced today the club has recalled forward Trent Whitfield from the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Whitfield, 31, played in two games for the Blues this season, registering one assist. He has skated in 41 games for the Rivermen this season, collecting 29 points (13 goals, […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Also see: Western Conference notebook Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany’s come-from-behind 2-1 win over Philadelphia on Sunday snapped a six-game losing skid at the Wachovia Spectrum… The River Rats won twice at the neighboring Wachovia Center in the teams’ playoff series last spring but hadn’t been victorious at the Spectrum since Nov. 3, 2006… […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Chicago’s 5-1 win over Peoria on Wednesday marked its highest goal output since posting a 6-2 win at Manitoba on Dec. 30… Joey Crabb tallied a hat trick and four points against the Rivermen and shows a goal in all three games (5-1-6) for the Wolves since being reassigned by […]

Columbus assigns Filatov to Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch announced today that the Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned center Nikita Filatov to the Crunch. Filatov, 18, has appeared in 23 games with the Crunch this season, posting seven goals, 10 assists and 10 penalty minutes. He has also skated in eight games with Columbus this year, tallying four goals. Filatov was […]

Rookie blueliners find common ground in Syracuse

by Laura Mitchell and John Neenan || AHL On The Beat Archive Grant Clitsome At the end of every American Hockey League season, it is commonplace for top junior and college players who have been drafted and/or signed by an NHL team to be sent to that club’s respective AHL team. This gives them their […]

NHL.com: Weiman getting better with age

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. After grabbing netminder Tyler Weiman in the fifth round of the 2002 Entry Draft, Colorado has taken its time breaking him in at a few […]

NHL Network, AHL announce regular-season package

The NHL Network today announced it has reached an agreement for broadcast rights to games of the American Hockey League (AHL), the NHL’s top development league. The broadcast package provides the NHL Network in both Canada and the U.S. with six live match-ups over the rest of the 2008-09 regular season. Coverage begins with Binghamton […]

IceHogs hold off Amerks for fourth straight win

Wednesday’s Boxscores ROCKFORD 2, ROCHESTER 1 Rockford has opened its seven-game road swing with four consecutive victories after taking a 2-1 decision from Rochester on Wednesday at the Blue Cross Arena. IceHogs goaltender Corey Crawford had his shutout bid broken up in the game’s closing minute but still made 31 saves to pick up his […]